With Jack and Nico, Bratt and Schmido, Dougie and Timo, Gravy and Marino...These Devils have shown us over the last 2 weeks that they are not to be doubted.
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New Jersey Devils goalie Akira Schmid: “I don’t think it’s because of me but you can sense our team gaining confidence over the last three games."
Devils winger Jesper Bratt after Game 2: “We started out this season 0-2 and then after that, we went 18-1-1, so we see this series as far from over."
Erik Haula of the Devils after a Game 1 loss to NYR - “We’ve done it all year long, whenever people doubt us that’s when you see our best game,”
New Jersey Devils Timo Meier: “Game by game I’m feeling better, with the system - more familiar. I want to be perfect and ready to go for the playoffs,”
“It was great. That’s as close as you’re going to get to a playoff game in the regular season." NJ Devils defenseman Ryan Graves
“We’ve had a couple of tough years & for the 1st time in a long time, we are playing really meaningful games..." New Jersey Devils winger Jesper Bratt
“We have to use this game as a lesson. We have to take a little bit of what they did; they were waiting on us to make mistakes.” Devils HC Lindy Ruff
“We can outwork and outplay any team, we can play with any team and win any game.” - Jesper Bratt & the confident New Jersey Devils are playoff bound.
New Jersey Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald had a plan and he stuck to it, and now fans are reaping the benefits. They are a good team. A playoff team.
Pavel Zacha - “When you play against your old team you want to show that you’re a good player and play your best on those nights.”
Scott Wedgewood: "You walk away with a little chip on your shoulder, but there’s no F You or anything like that; it’s just a nice battle.”
the New Jersey Devils' hot start has catapulted them past perennial playoff teams like Washington, Pittsburgh, Carolina, and the Rangers
Nathan Bastian: “I think about it more than you would probably think. I’m so grateful to be back in New Jersey and with the Devils.
Dawson Mercer on Year 2 with the New Jersey Devils: I’m getting a lot of chances and I’m just trying to make sure I put away as many as I can.
Of the 21 skaters who have played in at least one game for New Jersey Devils this season, only three have yet to record a point.
Tomas Tatar: I was very unhappy w/how things went here & how we ended up. That drove me thru the summer to get ready, put everything behind me, start fresh.
New Jersey Devils d-man Ryan Graves on Allie Munroe: "When I put the hockey school together she was my first call to see if she wanted to be a part of it.”
New Jersey Devils head coach Lindy Ruff thinks new center Erik Haula can help this team win. He will do that through experience and faceoff wins.
Fabian Zetterlund: I feel confident on the ice when the puck is on my stick & I’ve been able to create a lot of offensive chances when I’ve been out there.