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Greene retires as a Devil on the eve of the 2022-23 season

With the Devils’ season set to open in less than twenty-four hours against the Flyers I have to admit it’s hard to feel excitement at the moment, not really knowing what to expect from a still young and unproven group. … Continue reading

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Devils thump Islanders 4-0 for third straight win

Maybe, just maybe this is a new day in Newark after all. If you could dismiss the Devils’ 7-3 win against the Panthers on Tuesday as an inevitable road letdown from a team off to a hot start that just … Continue reading

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Thawing out

After being snowed in figuratively (with losses in their previous two games) and literally on Saturday with the second of three major storms in the area so far, the Devils and the weather both finally seem to be warming up … Continue reading

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Jekyll-and-hyde Devils snow in Tampa Bay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rr9Oea4LnM Our last three games have basically epitomized the Devils’ entire season…blowing a multi-goal lead in horrendous fashion at Columbus, no-showing in the first period in Pittsburgh on Friday night before rallying in the final two but in typical Devil … Continue reading

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Another flat night at the Rock

Dreary weather outside (dark, rainy and cool) proved a fitting metaphor for tonight’s no-show at the Rock by the Devils.  Granted, I can’t kill the team from the perspective that tonight was their 10th game in 17 nights with a … Continue reading

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Ghosts of seasons past loom over Devils’ 2-0 loss to Kings

What was ironic about the Devils’ loss to the Kings in the teams’ first game since the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals is that for the first period and the early part of the second it didn’t feel like a revenge … Continue reading

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Hell freezes over – Janssen scores, Devils win

What does Kirk Gibson‘s famous World Series home run have to do with tonight’s game?  Just listen to the calls – ‘I don’t believe what I just saw!’ from Jack Buck…and Vin Scully‘s ‘The impossible has happened!’.  More or less … Continue reading

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Changing of the net in Jersey

When the Devils acquired Cory Schnieder in a blockbuster draft trade with Vancouver four months ago, people figured he would supplant a 41-year old Martin Brodeur as the team’s starting goalie at some point.  I’m not sure anyone figured the … Continue reading

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Yes, we are now at Defcon 1 in New Jersey

What would a Devil season be without me posting the Wargames Defcon 1 clip at least once? I was holding off on it as long as I could…but after the Devils’ 4-1 meltdown in Columbus tonight it’s time to batten … Continue reading

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Finally, a happy recap in New Jersey

It’s been six months since the Devils got a win that mattered – April 20 last season, to be exact when they beat the Panthers 6-2 in the penultimate weekend of the season keeping their faint playoff hopes alive for … Continue reading

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