In early December, after Sheldon Keefe called the team “essentially lifeless” following a bad loss, I wrote an article titled, “Essentially Lifeless: The New Jersey Devils Organization is Faltering, Part One: The Roster.” Over the past few days, Jared, and I have written articles about Tom Fitzgerald and the front office, while Gerard wrote about […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links The descent continues: Luke Hughes scored the lone goal for the Devils as the Penguins took a 4-1 win Thursday night. [Devils NHL] Sheldon Keefe talks about job security: Seems bad! Tom Fitzgerald’s silence continues: “The last calendar year of New Jersey Devils hockey should have Tom […]
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The word on the street was the Devils “need a good response.” Let’s talk about responses. Pre-game, Bryce Salvador released an interesting recounting of all of the “response games” this season. Truly an incredible run of absolute duds every time they’ve come off a challenging loss. Spoiler Alert, they haven’t bounced back very well this […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (22-19-2) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (20-12-9) The Time: 7:00pm ET The Broadcast: MSGSN, Devils Radio Network The Game Preview: Jackson wrote the preview this morning. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: please do not swear in the […]
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The New Jersey Devils are a complete mess right now. We’ve talked about it over the course of at least a week here at AAtJ and more than a few articles. From accountability, to change being needed to not wanting internal replacements if and when moves are eventually made, it seems everything is going wrong […]
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Put Tuesday’s game out of your mind for a moment. On Sunday night, New Jersey Devils fans raised eyebrows and perked ears around the league as they repeatedly booed Luke Hughes over two gaffes leading to goals against in their loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. The timing of it feeds into the worst pot-stirrers league-adjacent […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (22-19-2) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (20-12-9) The Time: 7:00pm ET The Broadcast: MSGSN, Devils Radio Network Last Devils Game You already know what the last Devils game was. Last Penguins Game Pittsburgh last played on Sunday, and they beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4 in overtime. Pittsburgh went down 4-1, then […]
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Let’s take a look at the tale of the tape since the Devils moved on from Lou Lamoriello as General Manager way back in 2015. The Devils have gone through two permanent GMs in Ray Shero and Tom Fitzgerald. They have gone through three permanent head coaches in John Hynes, Lindy Ruff, and Sheldon Keefe, […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links You run out of words to describe how horrendous a team can play. On Tuesday night, the Islanders took a 9-0 win over the Devils, and you have to think people are getting fired after this one. [Devils NHL] Things gotta change: Nico news: “While every game […]
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The New Jersey Devils hit rock bottom tonight. They got blown out 8-4 by the Colorado Avalanche on October 28. They had an epic meltdown against the Philadelphia Flyers in a 6-3 loss on November 22. They lost 4-1 to a terrible Bruins team that was missing David Pastrnak and Charlie MacAvoy on December 6. […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (22-18-2) at the New York Islanders (23-15-4). The Time: 7:30pm ET The Broadcast: TV — ESPN+/Hulu, Radio — Devils Radio Network The Game Preview: Matt wrote the preview this morning. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: please do not swear in […]
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Ethan Edwards was the star of the win, while LaChance, Hameenaho, and Vilen all picked up goals this weekend. Friday On Friday, the Comets lost in Overtime 5-4 to Laval. Nico Daws earned the loss in this one, stopping 35 of 40. The Comets offense was lead by Brian Halonen, who scored twice. Hameenaho and […]
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Last Devils Game On Sunday night, the Devils lost to Carolina (what else is new) by a score of 3-1. I’m not going to dive into BooGate in this post. I think at this point, everything that needed to be said about that has already been said in other posts, either from the game thread […]
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Happy 2026! I hope you and yours had a fun and safe New Years Eve and Day. Now that the festivities have died down, it’s time to look ahead to what this fresh year of New Jersey Devils hockey will bring us. Last week, we went over the top 10 Devils storylines of 2025, so […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links Jesper Bratt tallied a couple points, Dougie Hamilton scored for the first time in forever and the Devils took a 4-1 win over the Mammoth on Saturday. [Devils NHL] Then on Sunday, Luke Hughes had a rough outing (and got booed), the Devils scored one goal and […]
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First Period The Carolina Hurricanes took the lead right off the jump, as Nikolaj Ehlers tipped an early shot off of Jake Allen. It would have stayed out, but Luke Hughes redirected the puck right into the net, giving the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead. Mark Jankowski left the game just a couple minutes into the […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (22-17-2) versus the Carolina Hurricanes (24-14-3). The Time: 7:00pm ET The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN, Radio — Devils Radio Network The Game Preview: I wrote the preview this morning. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: please do not swear in the […]
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The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (22-17-2) versus the Carolina Hurricanes (24-14-3). The Time: 7:00 PM The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN, Radio — Devils Hockey Network Back-to-Backs The Devils and Hurricanes are both playing on back-to-back days tonight, though the Hurricanes have a bit of the short end of the stick. They played the Avalanche […]
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First Period The New Jersey Devils and Utah Mammoth got off to a largely slow start in Newark. Jacob Markstrom almost had to deal with a breakaway a couple minutes in after Jonas Siegenthaler fell in the neutral zone, but Daniil But lost the puck on the attempt, giving Markstrom an easier save. A bit […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (21-17-2) versus the Utah Mammoth. The Time: 3:00pm ET The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN, Radio — Devils Radio Network The Game Preview: Matt wrote the preview this morning. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: please do not swear in the comment […]
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Last Devils Game On New Year’s Eve, the Devils beat Columbus for their first win in 5 games. Over the first two periods, things were not looking good for the Devils, yet again. Mason Marchment scored in the 1st period for Columbus and Charlie Coyle scored in the 2nd period to send the game to […]
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Good morning, Devils fans. The World Juniors Championships are now past the group stage and into the playoffs. Please see below for how the Groups A and B shook out: The Rosters and Standings Please see the following hyperlinks for each roster for qualified teams. Please note that not all teams have posted their rosters […]
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Earlier this week, I wrote why I was cautiously optimistic about the Devils heading into the second half of the season. The Devils then proceeded to play some of the most uninspired and frankly gutless hockey we’ve seen from them over the next five periods in Toronto and Columbus. It took a third period explosion […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links Down two goals heading into the third period on Wednesday, the Devils scored three in a short burst and held on for a 3-2 win over the Blue Jackets to head into 2026 with some good vibes. [Devils NHL] “Jack Hughes of the New Jersey Devils will […]
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Last week, I questioned if the coaching staff of the New Jersey Devils should feel secure about their jobs. In that article, I also briefly mentioned how it is General Manager Tom Fitzgerald’s job to do something as well; after all, heading coaching hires (and to some extent, the assistants) are his decision. The Devils […]
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