Monthly Archives: October 2013

Weird and wacky home opener leaves Devils winless

Posted on October 5, 2013 by hasan4978

After sleeping off last night’s roller-coaster shootout loss to the rival Islanders there’s plenty I want to get to this morning…about the winless Devils, petty fans/management and other random home opener thoughts.  As I usually do in these blogs though … Continue reading →

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Grabner steals show in Newark

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Derek

It was supposed to be about John Tavares. Much is expected from the Islander captain in 2013-14. On a night when he was held in check, another teammate stepped up. Michael Grabner stole the show scoring twice and setting up … Continue reading →

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Lack Of Preseason shows for Stepan, Other Observations

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Derek

All training camp, we wanted to know when Derek Stepan would sign on the dotted line. With the key piece of the Rangers in a battle with general manager Glen Sather, it took all preseason to finally get the 23-year … Continue reading →

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Devils suffer Murphy’s Law epidemic on Opening Night

Posted on October 4, 2013 by hasan4978

Whatever can go wrong, will – that’s what Murphy’s Law is.  And that’s pretty much how the Devils’ Opening Night began last night, before and during a 3-0 loss to the Penguins in Pittsburgh.  As much as I’d been looking … Continue reading →

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Nothing To Howl At: Rangers drop opener

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Derek

The Rangers dropped the season opener to the Coyotes 4-1. Not exactly the start you wanted to see under Alain Vigneault. Similar to preseason, they never led and were undisciplined. Another theme was the superb play of Marc Staal. He … Continue reading →

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Schnieder to start opener, Elias off IR and Urbom waived

Posted on October 2, 2013 by hasan4978

Less than 36 hours before their season opener, the Devils made news by announcing that Cory Schnieder would get the nod tomorrow in Pittsburgh, the first time someone other than Martin Brodeur has started a season opener since 1993-94.  Brodeur … Continue reading →

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NHL Opening Night, other random thoughts

Posted on October 2, 2013 by hasan4978

Although I was busy and unfortunately couldn’t watch much of the action last night – and wasn’t interested in staying up for Winnipeg/Edmonton considering I wanted to get some sleep after a really long day – from what I’ve read … Continue reading →

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NY Puck NHL Predictions

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Derek

Predicting the NHL always presents a unique challenge. Reflecting back on last year, what was I thinking? I had the Rangers beating the Canucks in a ’94 rematch. Instead, John Tortorella and Alain Vigneault swapped places. All the more reason … Continue reading →

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Metropolitan Division Predictions

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Derek

The new season finally is here. Six teams are in action tonight including new Metropolitan Division member Washington. The Capitals are back where they belong playing against old Patrick rivals the Devils, Islanders, Rangers, Flyers and Penguins. The only difference … Continue reading →

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Sabres name Vanek co-captain in potential final year

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Derek

With an eye towards retaining Thomas Vanek, the Sabres named their top finisher co-captain with Steve Ott. The 28-year old Vanek is entering his final year of a long-term contract that pays him $7.1 million this season. In eight seasons … Continue reading →

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