24 Sep
Wednesday night the Devils had their second appearance of the pre-season with a match up against Atlantic Division opponent, the New York Islanders. The Devils pulled this one out much like they did against the Rangers a week ago, with pursuit to the puck and clogging up the neutral zone.
The final score was New Jersey [...]
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23 Sep
Tuesday’s practice/scrimmage was cut short after Coach Lemaire wanted to work more of defense. When I read about this, I got a little worried because it was my understanding that Lemaire was happy with how things were done with this team last year and he wasn’t going to change much about them offensively. But, when [...]
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23 Sep
Eastern Conference
1) Boston Bruins – They may have lost Kessel, but have plenty still there that are capable of being the best in the conference again. As long as they stay healthy, they should be just as good.
2) Washington Capitals – Questions at goaltending are there, but Ovie is the best player in the game [...]
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22 Sep
In some quick news and notes on Jersey’s Team, training camp continues to march on. On September, 21st, day 8 of camp, saw the Red team win 4-1 over the White team in scrimmage action. The Red team had the experienced goalies in net with Brodeur and Danis with the younger forwards in front of [...]
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19 Sep
Phil Kessel has officially signed a 5-year $27 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, puting an end to the drama that enveloped him and the Boston Bruins organization. This certainly improves the Leafs with the addition of Kessel after he put up career numbers last year and should only improve on those numbers with [...]
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