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Devils season begins with a cloud of increasing expectations and injuries

I admit I wasn’t following the Devils enough in the preseason to know much of anything other than the seemingly neverending Luke Hughes contract speculation, which finally ended a few days ago when the young defenseman signed a much-anticipated seven-year … Continue reading

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Devils’ season ends once again in Raleigh, fittingly in excruciating fashion

Never has such an inevitable result been more annoying, other than I suppose the 2008 playoffs where we lost in five games to a Ranger team we couldn’t even beat in open play during eight games of the regular season … Continue reading

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As jekyll and hyde Devils zig zag toward the postseason, Carolina ghosts loom large

Despite the Devils’ inconsistency for the last three months, a playoff berth is all but sewn up now with the magic number at two, where it’ll probably remain with the Devils behind 3-0 in what sounds like a flat effort … Continue reading

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Devils stabilize going into the break, all while weathering mini-injury crisis

Last time I wrote, the Devils had at least beaten the Bruins on Jacques Lemaire night, snapping a four game losing streak and hopefully ending the January blues this team went through. Whatever reason(s) you want to attribute the Devils’ … Continue reading

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Canadiens Show Class in Fleury’s Final Game at Bell Centre

On Thursday night, Quebec native Marc-Andre Fleury made his last start in Montreal. The 40-year-old legendary goalie is in his final season with the Wild. A future first ballot Hall of Famer, he had a memorable game by shutting out … Continue reading

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Devils finally have a return of good form on Lemaire night

Last time I blogged I termed the Devils’ slump a mini-crisis, it certainly became a major one since then – no doubt about it. After a troubling 1-4-1 road trip, the Devils did return home and put up a good … Continue reading

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Devils hit a mini crisis point as TV blackout hits local customers over the holiday

Now that the Devils are slumping, I feel moderately guilty for not blogging during the recent homestand, where the team looked like they were hitting all cylinders and even posting good performances at the Rock. Of course, as the home … Continue reading

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Devils to honor Jacques Lemaire with Ring of Honor ceremony before 1/22 home game

As the Devils continue their pursuit to make some history on the ice this season, they’ll celebrate a piece of their storied past next month by honoring former coach Jacques Lemaire with a spot in the team’s still relatively new … Continue reading

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Which Rangers and Devils Would you Vote for?

Over their historic rivalry that peaked in the 1990s thanks to legendary players, the Rangers and Devils have provided fans with plenty of excitement spanning over three decades. Continue reading

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The more things change…

Despite everything that’s gone wrong with the Devils this season, one thing that (as of yet) has been unchanged from the last few years is their head-scratching dominance against the Pittsburgh Penguins, particularly at the Prudential Center. Granted, it’s not … Continue reading

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