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BREAKING: Ray Shero fired as Devils GM

Posted on January 12, 2020

Welp I wasn’t expecting to write this blog today or at any point really in the near future although certainly I’d soured on our now-former GM Ray Shero this year when his win-now moves busted, the rebuild stalled and the … Continue reading →

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Devils’ blowout of Washington a temporary reprieve for their ills

Posted on January 12, 2020

Last week in this space I said the Devils were about one or two wins away from turning me back into a believer after their stirring win at Nassau last Thursday, finishing off a 6-2-1 run through the new year.  … Continue reading →

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New year brings new hope

Posted on January 3, 2020

Despite a 5-2-1 stretch heading into the new year I remained skeptical about the Devils’ ability to maintain their recent run, especially with a schedule that doesn’t get any easier heading into the long All-Star break in a little over … Continue reading →

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Devils decade retrospective part II – games and team of the 2010’s

Posted on December 21, 2019

My last blog was basically an overview of the decade itself and all the main events on and off the ice by year.  This time I’ll expand the Devils retrospective by looking more closely at the top ten games and … Continue reading →

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Devils decade in review: Mostly dark clouds with a couple of bright patches

Posted on December 18, 2019

I’ve seen some decade in review things sporadically including podcasts and whatnot, plus the NFL’s 100th anniversary stuff but it didn’t really occur to me to do a decade in review for the Devils until I saw someone bring up … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: Hall to Arizona for 1st, conditional pick and three prospects

Posted on December 16, 2019

What seemed like an interminable wait over three days for all parties involved once Taylor Hall got pulled from the lineup before the Devils’ game in Colorado on Friday is finally now over, and the deal is done.  This afternoon, … Continue reading →

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Moment of the day: Nas’s first win as head coach

Posted on December 15, 2019

Gotta admit, as jaded as I have been about this team and their new head coach, you don’t have a soul if you can’t smile at this clip of the players giving Alain Nasreddine the puck for his long-awaited first … Continue reading →

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Hall trade imminent

Posted on December 14, 2019

Just three lousy months ago if you’d asked any Devils fan what mid-December would look like, nobody would have pictured that not only would Taylor Hall get traded, but that it would happen this soon.  Heck, on the eve of … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: Hall held out of tonight’s game for ‘precautionary’ reasons

Posted on December 13, 2019

Welp I had zero intention of either watching or paying attention to tonight’s expected housing in Colorado, with the 9-16-5 Devils playing a 20-8-3 Avs team on the road, thirteen points out of a playoff spot in mid-December.  I still … Continue reading →

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Tumultuous week leads only to more excuses and losing

Posted on December 7, 2019

By now the firing of former Devils coach John Hynes is old news, but I haven’t blogged since then in part due to general apathy of the season at this point, and in part because I wanted to see an … Continue reading →

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