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Devils post-draft and pre-FA musings

Posted on June 28, 2015 by hasan4978

Between the schedule coming out last week, the NHL Draft taking place on Friday and Saturday, impending Free Agency starting Wednesday this week and the Devils season ticket holder Q/A with GM Ray Shero and coach John Hynes today (more on … Continue reading →

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Devils draft Zacha, trade for Palmieri (apparently)

Posted on June 26, 2015 by hasan4978

If hiring John Hynes was Ray Shero’s first important move as Devils GM, the first night of the NHL draft showed us Shero’s first moves toward reshaping the roster and stocking the prospect cupboard.  With a #6 overall pick, I was obviously … Continue reading →

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Devils 2015 NHL Draft preview

Posted on June 21, 2015 by hasan4978

New braintrust Ray Shero and John Hynes will take part in their first draft with the Devils this weekend (The Record.com) It’s the dichotomy of draft day, where teams that made the playoffs generally take a back seat to those … Continue reading →

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Devils announce Hynes as new head coach

Posted on June 1, 2015 by hasan4978

New coach John Hynes (NJ.com) With almost every other head coaching vacancy filled up (and Detroit expected to hire its own AHL coach), the Devils had their pick of what was remaining out on the head coach market and GM … Continue reading →

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A new day: Shero becomes Devils’ fourth GM

Posted on May 7, 2015 by hasan4978

Clearly the news on Monday afternoon was the end of Lou Lamoriello’s 28-year tenure as Devils GM but going forward the focus now will be on Ray Shero, just the fourth GM in the 33-year history of the Devils.  Of … Continue reading →

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Lou Lamoriello relinquishes GM role in NJ after 28 years

Posted on May 4, 2015 by hasan4978

Well I certainly didn’t expect to come home to stunning Devils news on a sunny, hot Monday afternoon.   When I saw the tweet below from Tom Gulutti an hour ago I figured it would probably have something to do with … Continue reading →

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Offseason musings – 2015 Draft lottery, coaching vacancies

Posted on April 17, 2015 by hasan4978

Far be it for me to interrupt the playoff mayhem with both NY teams and around the league (has the Ottawa police investigation into Mark Stone’s wrist injury began yet?), but ironically the non-playoff teams will take center stage tomorrow night … Continue reading →

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Devils’ long season finally comes to melancholy end

Posted on April 11, 2015 by hasan4978

I really didn’t want to waste my time on yet another blog for this sorry 2014-15 Devils season – particularly after Tuesday’s home finale fiasco – but with the official close of the team’s campaign this evening in Florida I … Continue reading →

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Devils finish out their season in obscurity

Posted on April 5, 2015 by hasan4978

It’s one thing for the New Jersey Devils to be eliminated from the playoffs with eight games to go, in what was only news to the media who highlighted the actual elimination as if it wasn’t a fait accompli since … Continue reading →

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Gomez writes emotional first-person account of his career

Posted on March 14, 2015 by hasan4978

Normally, doing a blog almost entirely about another blog is a bit unconventional. However, both the Players’ Tribune blog itself, and specifically their most recent piece by the Devils’ own Scott Gomez is definitely worthy of the fifteen minutes-half hour … Continue reading →

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