Tag Archives: Luke Hughes

A tale of two vastly different years

One year ago to the day last season, we were getting ready for Game 1 of the playoffs and a hotly anticipated series with the Rangers after setting a franchise record for wins in the regular season. Not that I … Continue reading

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Devils’ disappointing season draws to a close next week

Sadly the most exciting moment of the season was this nonsense which brought back visions of the 2012 line brawl at the Garden, and one that occurred after I was officially checked out of the season following another disastrous blown … Continue reading

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Rangers’ third period comeback gives them a win over Devils to sweep season series

After the early fireworks came just two seconds in, with Matt Rempe and Kurtis MacDermid headlining a 10-player line brawl, there was a hockey game played at The Garden on Wednesday night. With the refs sending eight players to the … Continue reading

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Lafreniere leads Rangers to an easy win over struggling Devils

If this were a prize fight, the referee would’ve stopped it early. In what amounted to a walk in the park, the Rangers skated to an easy 5-1 win over the struggling Devils before 16,650 at The Prudential Center in … Continue reading

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Devils’ latest home-ice embarrassment brings their organizational ills to light

If you want to know what it’s like to simultaneously want to rant about your team and just don’t really give a fig anymore, try being a Devils fan this year. With expectations high after a franchise-best total of wins … Continue reading

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Devils’ roller-coaster season back on the upswing after a big stadium series win over the Flyers

For one memorable night outdoors at least, the magic from the Devils’ 2022-23 season was back. In what was certainly a must-win game for the Devils’ chances to stay in the hunt for a top three finish in the division … Continue reading

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All-Star Banter: Rangers observations and more

It’s been a while since the Rangers played a game. There hasn’t been much happening. The extended break included All-Star weekend in Toronto. I didn’t watch it. I guess the way the game is set up doesn’t interest me. I … Continue reading

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Devils’ uncertain up-and-down season nears halfway point after spirited win over the Blackhawks

I had to look back and see when my last blog on the Devils was, turns out it was when we hit another valley losing the first three games of our pre and post-holiday homestand. Since then, the Devils have won … Continue reading

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Have the Devils…finally found their stride?

It’s been a while since I did write any form of a recap, for a reason. I just didn’t watch much of the team on the West Coast so I would have felt silly doing recaps of games I just followed … Continue reading

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Devils back at a crossroads after devastating loss to the Sharks

Mea culpa…I thought the Islanders game on Tuesday night would be the start of the Devils getting back to being the Devils circa last season’s version. Instead it seems to have only been a pit stop on the way back … Continue reading

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