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First and foremost, Happy New Year to you all, we truly appreciate all of you maniacs that choose to spend your time here, day in and day out, through good times and bad, in our corner of the Devils universe. I truly wish all of you a healthy and happy 2026. Since it is It’s […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (20-17-2) at the Columbus Blue Jackets (17-15-6) 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 […]
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The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (20-17-2) at the Columbus Blue Jackets (17-15-6) The Time: 7:00 PM The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN Where December Started The Devils and Blue Jackets met in Newark on December 1 for what was going to be a great night on Brenden Dillon’s 1000th NHL game. During that game, Brenden […]
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There has been a lot of negativity when it comes to the discourse around the New Jersey Devils throughout 2025. And justifiably so. For the second year in a row, the Devils got off to a good start only to give it back. They’re 39-38-6 in the last calendar year. The Devils, who were in […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (20-16-2) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (17-15-6) The Time: 7:00pm ET The Broadcast: TV — MSG, Radio — Devils Radio Network The Game Preview: Jackson wrote a 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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As we embark on the 2nd half of the 2025-26 season, there is a ton going wrong for the Devils. Injuries, management, player regression, scoring slumps – we’ve had a full NJ Diner Menu of issues on and off ice. My track record as a blogging mush is pretty strong: I wrote this blog about […]
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Good morning, Devils fans. The World Juniors Championships are well underway, and it’s time for a new thread of games. Check below for the times and the standings. Please note that this will be the end of the group stage, and the playoffs will begin on January 2, running through January 5. December 30 Group […]
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As another year is about to end, we take a look at the prospect pool and dish out some mid-season awards. Best Breakout Season — Gustav Hillstrom The breakout star in the Devils pool this season out of the gate has been Gustav Hillstrom, and while difficulties cracking and earning quality minutes in the SHL […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (20-16-2) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (17-15-6) The Time: 7:00pm ET The Broadcast: MSG, Devils Radio Network Last Devils Game The Devils returned to action after the Christmas break on Saturday when they hosted the Washington Capitals. Jesper Bratt shook out of a deep scoring slump by potting two goals, but it wasn’t enough as […]
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2025 is just about over. While every single one of us has very different lives, we all presumably share one thing in common: A love for New Jersey Devils hockey. This team may annoy the bajeebers out of us sometimes, but this is the franchise we’ve chosen to support, and so we ride with the […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links The Devils managed to come back and push to a third-period lead against the Capitals on Saturday, but Washington tied things up and took the contest with an overtime winner. Capitals won, 4-3. [Devils NHL] “To be frank, the core players are simply too talented to be […]
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After a 3 day Christmas break, the Devils were back at home hosting division rival Washington, where they fell in overtime 4-3. Apologies for posting this late, I lost power last night in the storm that delivered no snow and only sleet. Which is kind of a metaphor for how I feel about this team […]
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Good morning, Devils fans. The World Juniors Championships are well underway, and it’s time for a new thread of games. Check below for the times and the standings. December 28 Group A Matchup: Sweden vs. SwitzerlandThe Time: 2:00 PM ESTThe Spot: Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota, USAThe Broadcast: TV — TSN, NHL Network, […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (20-16-1) vs. Washington Capitals (19-13-5) The Time: 7:00pm ET The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN2, Radio — Devils Radio Network The Game Preview: Jackson wrote an extensive 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: New Jersey Devils (20-16-1) vs. Washington Capitals (19-13-5) The Time: 7:00pm ET The Broadcast: MSGSN2, Devils Radio Network Last Devils Game In their final game before the Christmas break on Tuesday, the Devils lost to the Islanders 2-1 on Long Island. Brett Pesce had New Jersey’s lone goal, Jacob Markstrom was excellent except for one major gaffe, […]
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Good morning and Happy Boxing Day, Devils fans and hockey fans alike. One of the best hockey tournaments is getting underway once more, and it starts with some solid matchups. It is the World Juniors Championships once more, and it will run from today, December 26, to Monday, January 5. Today, we have some group […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Let’s see your Devils Christmas haul! Here are your links for today: Devils Links A bright spot in a disappointing season so far: “It’s been nearly a full calendar year with middling to bad five-on-five offensive results for the Devils, and that should raise alarm bells about where this team is headed.” [Devils on the […]
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The New Jersey Devils just aren’t good enough right now. Maybe that’s stating the obvious with the team falling out of a playoff spot and looking listless even over the last two games where they had a number of players return to the lineup. Yet at the same time it has to be said. With […]
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Over the next week or so, expect the various nations participating in the 2026 Olympic games to announce their rosters for the men’s hockey tournament. It’s tough to click around wherever you consume your hockey media, whether its YouTube, The Athletic, Twitter, ESPN, NHL.com, or wherever it is and not see projected rosters from various […]
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Here are your links for today: Devils Links A back-breaking, late third-period goal for the Islanders and another rough offensive night for the Devils led to a 2-1 New Jersey loss. This isn’t fun. [Devils NHL] “Jesper Bratt and Nico Hischier aren’t scoring enough goals, and it’s causing the New Jersey Devils’ offense to sputter.” […]
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The lack of offense from this team is completely unacceptable. The New Jersey Devils lost 2-1 to the New York Islanders on Long Island tonight. The game was tied 1-1 until about a minute left in the third period, until Adam Pelech scored a backbreaking goal off a broken play to snatch at least a […]
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (20-15-1) at the New York Islanders (19-13-4) The Time: 7:00 PM EST The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN 2, Radio – Devils Hockey Radio The Game Preview: I had the preview today. The Song of the Day: Continuing the theme from last gamethread, here’s Christopher Lee’s Christmas metal song, “Jingle Hell.” Give them hell, Devils. […]
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The Comets have been playing better as of late, but still have a long way to go to crawl out of the basement. Comets Win The Comets won 3-2 in a shootout victory over the Wilkes-Barre Penguins on Saturday thanks to a 31 save effort by goaltender Jakub Malek. Wingers Cam Squires and Josh Filmon […]
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The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (20-15-1) at the New York Islanders (19-13-4). The Time: 7:00 PM ET The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN 2 For the Fourth (or Better) Divisional Spot The New Jersey Devils are currently sitting in eighth in the Eastern Conference, just one point behind the New York Islanders, who are fourth […]
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The New Jersey Devils welcomed back an entire top six line in last night’s game against the Buffalo Sabres. Timo Meier returned from his personal leave, Arseny Gritsyuk returned from his undisclosed injury, and of course, Jack Hughes made his long-awaited return from his freak accident at a Chicago restaurant. Hughes even scored the first […]
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