Archive for June, 2009

Today, one day before free agency begins; it is most likely that the Devils will name their next coach. Lou Lamoriello said after the Entry Draft that the next thing to do on his list of priorities was to find the next Head Coach. Since free agency begins Wednesday it would be in the best interest for the Devils to have a coach in place in order to keep the players they have that are free agents as well as being able to attract any newcomers (which is hard enough to do in New Jersey as it is). There has [...]

In the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, the New Jersey Devils swapped picks with the Calgary Flames and moved up into the 20th position (this was probably an agreement amongst the two teams when the Flames contacted the Devils about pursuing Brent Sutter as their new Head Coach). With that pick they selected center Jacob Josefson of Sweden, at the time the fifth overall Swedish player drafted. Josefson is 6’0” and about 185 lbs, so not a lot of size but he plays bigger then that. He does not shy away from the puck and actually has excellent strength; therefore he [...]

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