Category Archives: Devils

Devils sign John Moore to 3 year, $5 million deal

Defenseman John Moore signs with the Devils as a FA, after playing with the Blue Jackets, Rangers and Coyotes since 2010-11 So far, Day One of Free Agent Frenzy 2015 has been an expectedly quiet one for the Devils.  Especially … Continue reading

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Devils post-draft and pre-FA musings

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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NHL Draft Summary: Sabres and Islanders Hit Home Runs Early

It was a big night for Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel. But the Sabres stole the show trading for Ryan O’Reilly and Isles GM Garth Snow was up to his usual tricks trading into the first round twice. Continue reading

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Devils draft Zacha, trade for Palmieri (apparently)

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

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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NHL Draft June 26-27

The NHL Draft is a week away. Set to take place at BB&T Center in Sunrise Florida June 26-27, the league announced the draft order for the big event next weekend. The first round will take place next Friday on … Continue reading

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Devils announce Hynes as new head coach

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

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

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

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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