The New Jersey Devils have just two names in their Ring of Honor: Dr. John McMullen and the recently inducted Sergei Brylin. The iconic Glenn "Chico" Resch must be next.
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"when I come back and they come out of their way to say hi to me, it’s heartwarming. I hope they feel the same way - they were very important to me when I was on my own here for a while.” -- Scott Wedgewood
“In the warmups, it was special. Every time I skated up to the red line, someone (I knew) was there laughing at me or saying something,” Fabian Zetterlund on playing his former teammates on the New Jersey Devils
Devils coach Lindy Ruff on Curtis Lazar: “He’s been an important guy; he’s been able to fill in at center, fill in at RW, and he’s done some PK work."
Perhaps the New Jersey Devils believed the hype around them, or maybe extended absences of Hughes, Hischier, and Meier is why their record is so average.
“You don’t want to have your eyes glued to the iPad the whole time, some guys are very good at finding that line. Whatever is comfortable.” - John Marino
“If I look at the roster I feel pretty comfortable w/the team going forward. We have a pretty good team & we’ve set the bar high,” - Jonas Siegenthaler
Jesper Bratt: We’re building every single day, every single season, we are just going to get better & better. It’s an extremely exciting time to be here.”
Bruce Driver was a featured speaker at MeiGray’s 18th annual Jersey Expo & we caught up w/him to get his thoughts on the new era of Devils' hockey + more.
When the new season kicks off on Oct. 12 at the Rock against Detroit, here are some personal milestones that will be in grasp for your favorite Devils.
This is just the beginning of a new, winning age of hockey in New Jersey. Is there a team currently with a better top-9 in the NHL? I haven’t seen one yet.