Monthly Archives: October 2011

The season is almost a week in and it’s off to the usual unbalanced start. Such is the case when select teams have played three and four times already while others twice and even a few only once. This is … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon, the Devils got off the schneid – both in scoring goals and winning, beating the Hurricanes 4-2 to even up their record and provide their first goals of the season. New captain Zach Parise scored twice – his … Continue reading →

Twenty-four hours later, I’m sure panic has been replaced by calm for both Islander and Devil supporters, whose teams each posted their first wins of the new season on Columbus Day. Ironically, the old Patrick rivals each hosted special Columbus … Continue reading →

Aside from the disaster that was the Devils’ 3-0 loss to the Flyers last night, there were things off-ice I wanted to comment on too. First off, my new seats in 120 are outstanding…literally spot-on right behind the net with … Continue reading →

If the Devils were looking to put a poor 2010 start behind them, tonight’s 3-0 loss to the Flyers did nothing to help. If anything, it reinforced all the outside pessimism about the Devils’ chances this year and already killed … Continue reading →

It wasn’t exactly the script they had in mind. When Marian Gaborik cashed in on a goal mouth scramble to steer the Rangers ahead 2-1 in yesterday’s big Euro opener at The Globe, it looked like Henrik Lundqvist would win … Continue reading →

As a Devils fan over the last decade and a half, I’ve seldom gone into a season with outright pessimism. Perhaps I have to go all the way back to 1999, when Jacques Lemaire left (the first time) and there … Continue reading →

Predicting the future is never easy. So many x-factors we won’t even know about play a part in how a season goes. This year, the Bruins aim for a successful Cup defense after a well earned seven-game victory over the … Continue reading →

Whoosh, it’s been a busy last forty-eight hours in the swamp as the Devils sought to reconfigure their roster before the 3 PM deadline this afternoon. On Monday, the Devils sent down several players including former first-rounder Matt Corrente and … Continue reading →

They were an unlikely pair from the start. It was never going to work for Sean Avery and John Tortorella after the former Cup winning coach relieved Tom Renney during ’08-09. Sometimes, matches are made in hell. Such was the … Continue reading →