Posts Tagged ‘ New Jersey Devils ’

No, “NHL Tonight”, Kopitar did NOT fan on his shot on the game-winning goal

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May 30, 2012

As I said in the last post, Kopitar waited until Brodeur kicked his leg up and put it under. We’ve all been watching the NHL Tonight Ten Best This-and-Thats of the Playoffs. We’ve all seen Brodeur’s beautiful kicks-his-leg-up saves on the highlight reels. Ask Anze about it. He’ll tell you. He didn’t fan on...
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KINGS 2, Devils 1 (OT) – SCF Game 1 Real-Time Bullets

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May 30, 2012

And we're off...

  • Yes, suddenly Lewis is 6'4" and menacing. No, Mike, that was Dwight King.
  • I wonder if we can go the whole game without hearing "regathers."
  • I would like to keep it to under 10 incidences of "knifes" as a verb.
  • I guess Eddie Olczyk never really watched the Terry Murray Kings. I think he just...
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Regular Seasons of Cup Winners (plus this year’s Kings and Devils)

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May 27, 2012

Maybe I’m just over-sensitive, but whenever I read that “these are the two lowest seeds ever to compete for the cup,” I hear the desire to put an asterisk next to the accomplishment of whoever wins this next series, like it’s somehow the fault of “parity” or the current playoff format that we are...
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Mirtle lists the 81 players still playing, in line combinations

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May 13, 2012

Eastern Conference (1) New York Rangers Hagelin – Richards – Gaborik Anisimov – Boyle – Callahan Fedotenko – Stepan – Prust Kreider – Mitchell – Rupp McDonagh – Girardi Staal – Del Zotto/Stralman Bickel Lundqvist (Biron) (6) New Jersey Devils Kovalchuk – Zajac – Ponikarovsky Parise – Elias – Clarkson Sykora – Henrique –...
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My dream of a Flyers Kings finals is dead — DEAD!

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May 8, 2012

And I’m shocked, really. I didn’t think the Flyers would lose to New Jersey. To the Rangers maybe, but not the Devils. I’m happy for Ponikarovsky and Harrold though. Evernote lets you save all the interesting things you see online into a single place. Access all those saved pages from your computer, phone or...
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The History of 50 Goal Scorers After Age 26

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July 17, 2010
The History of 50 Goal Scorers After Age 26

Before you read this post, I want you to play the following thought experiment. We’ve all heard the various hypothetical/rumored long-term deals bandied about for Ilya Kovalchuk, everything from a (now considered shortish) seven years to an unimaginable 15 years. It’s generally assumed that any deal cap-friendly enough for the Kings (or Devils) would have to be in...
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From Mirtle: The Flyers goaltending: Not as bad as you think (and other netminding myths) [ME: Ah, but the Kings' goaltending is worse than you think!]

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August 25, 2009

There’s something about goaltending that, when it’s bad, it can hang on a franchise like an odour, weighing on fans and netminders alike. Pre-Luongo, for example, Vancouver was always pegged as a goalie graveyard (although some would argue a few of his predecessors were stiff upon arrival). In Ottawa, they seemingly haven’t had a...
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Team Canada 2010

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August 3, 2009

Team Canada Summer Training Camp Invitees: Goaltenders: Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils), Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks), Marc-André Fleury (Pittsburgh Penguins), Steve Mason (Columbus Blue Jackets), Cam Ward (Carolina Hurricanes). Defense: Jay Bouwmeester (Calgary Flames), Dan Boyle (San Jose Sharks), Scott Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks), Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers), Robyn Regehr (Calgary Flames), Dion Phaneuf (Calgary...
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NJ.com: Cap Could Drop by as much as $2.5MM for 2009

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May 23, 2009

As they compile their wish lists for the start of free agency beginning July 1, GMs will likely be facing the first decrease in the salary cap since it was instituted for the 2005-06 season. The cap could drop by as much as $2.5 million for the 2009-10 season from its current $56.7 million...
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