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The 2010-11 New Jersey Devils Power Play: Just Hot in December
One of the glaring and more frustrating problems with the New Jersey Devils this season is their power play. As if it wasn't enough that this team struggles to score goals in general, the power play has ranged to the occasionally good to so bad that one wonders that what they watched was an utter...
The New Jersey Devils Optional Practice of 2/13 - Pictures & Thoughts
The New Jersey Devils opened up today's practice those who renewed their season tickets early. While it was an optional practice, there was a "meet & greet" session with all of the players on the main concourse of the Prudential Center. So if you wanted to be in a mob of people wanting to see...
The 1992-93 Season: A Last Hurrah for 1980s Hockey
Whether it's a show on VH1 or a casual conversation with friends, we have a tendency to identify cultural and social shifts by decades, with each having unique characteristics. This can sometimes be the case in terms of hockey playing styles, with the 1980s in particular being renowned for a...
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians: The Underrated
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians (LOES) is a weekly forum bringing together top analytical minds in the hockey world to answer a variety of questions that straddle the line between stats analysis and something you might hear floating around section 304. They have agreed to answer these...
Suppose the New Jersey Devils Fire John MacLean, What Kind of Coach Should Replace Him?
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What John MacLean & His Staff Can and Can't Control - A Discussion
The New Jersey Devils are sitting at 5-11-2 and already playoff hopes are beginning to look bleaker by the game, as the team continues to drop points. The Devils are beyond just having a slump or even being a joke, but an outright target of pity. As such, nearly every Devils fan (myself...
What Adam Oates Can Bring to the New Jersey Devils as New Assistant Coach
Today, the second and final assistant coach for John MacLean's staff was announced to be former Tampa Bay Lightning assistant Adam Oates. The official site has the announcement with plenty of information about Oates the player. For those who aren't aware, Oates was a fantastic playmaker, one of...
Tuesday night link dump and open thread
So the draft is done, free agency starts on Thursday. here's some of the things going on in Lightning world as well as the rest of the hockey and sports world. Make sure to vote in the team confidence poll. Lightning News Bolt Prospects supplemental rankings are out post-draft. [Bolt...
Tuesday Caps Clips
Your savory breakfast links: It sounds like Tomas Fleischmann's agent fancies his client as a $3 million center. The Caps fancy him as a guy who was unplayable at the end of the playoffs. That's what's known as a chasm. [CI] The Caps will open the 2010-11 season at Atlanta on October 8 and...
What about Rick Wilson and Adam Oates?
One thing that has not been clear since the dismissal of Rick Tocchet in April, is what will happen to associate coach Rick Wilson and assistant coach Adam Oates? Wilson, who was brought in specifically to improve the defensive game for the Lightning, and Oates, hired as a power play specialist...
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