Let's Inspire our Team to Win the Cup

Let’s inspire the New Jersey Devils to win a championship. Let’s let them know how much the team and the players mean to us. Post or send us your inspiring stories about your experiences with the team, players, games you’ve been too or watched. Maybe you have some video you’d like to share or some pictures with players. Let’s begin to “Rise Up” and show this team we care about them. When we build a library the best stories video and pictures will be put into a Fan Yearbook; that hopefully we can give to the players and the organization.

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Devil Fans are one of kind and give a tremendous amount of Support, We want others and the team to know this! We are hoping to create a hard bound FAN YEARBOOK!

Devils still have fight. 2-1 over the ducks!

Despite more injuries to this team, the Devils were able to fight for the victory last night. Leading the way was our captain Jamie with the game winning goal. The Devils came out on fire in the first period recording the first 7 shots of the game. I hope the team keeps building off of this. The team was great back checking last night. Parise had a game saving play by lifting the stick of Selanne when he was sitting on the doorstep of his 612th. Awesome Win, lets bring this into the next game against LA.

Some Notables:

Marty has been sharp which seems to be a great starting point for this team. I thought he has been playing well the last two games despite the loss in San Jose.

Parise's goals will start to come, I still haven't seen a hockey player work so hard all the time. His sense of where to be on the ice is one of the best on this team.

Kovalchuck: I thought he played really well. His engergy level was there and he had opportunity. Kovalchuck crashing to the net on Vasyunov's pass was the reason Elias was able to score. If other teams are keeping a close eye on Ilya, then let's take advantage with the players left open, I'll take those goals everyday.

Kovy is getting paid the big bucks to shoot. In his case I'd rather him be a little selfish when he has the shot and just take it. There were a few additional opportunities that didn't amount to a shot. I think Kovalchuck can take quicker shots instead of that extra little touch and he will score more as well.

Langebrunner: Now that is how a captain needs to play!

Great Win! Let's string a few together. Lets Go Devils!

-Ross

Devils Third Period burst not enough to catch Rangers

The devils now drop to 2-6-1, with some 'growing pains' still needing to be worked out. We need to take shots when we have the chances, that's obvious. One period of aggressive play is not enough to win a game. The devils have rarely played a full 60 minutes, and again tonight it showed. We have to move past another loss, but use the third period to build upon with a long road trip coming up. Danyeko mentioned before the game that the team needs to have some bonding while away. This is extremely important with so many new faces.

Jacob Josefon still impresses me with his skill and awareness. The late penalty was him being overly aggressive but that will work itself out over a few more games. Zubrus' pass to kovy late in the third resulted in the loan goal for the devils. Zubrus' play has been strong along the boards and has had scoring chances over the past two games.

One of the shows on MSG had mentioned top 5 coaches on the chopping block, one being Maclean. I like his coaching style and being a rookie coach isn't easy when you have such veterans like Brodeur, Kovalchuck, Jamie and others. Maclean will earn their respect and be a fine coach. Don't forget last year we had a rough start at home as well. The end of last year we finished poorly due to rough second periods, if I recall properly. This issue of the team not playing together is just a continuation from last year, Maclean will repair this as I hope this 6 game road trip helps as well.

One more side note: Management needs to get the Elephant out of the room. I know Rolston is out on long term injury and so is salvador, but the lingering question of who will stay and who will go can still be a factor to some of this team.

-Ross

New Jersey Devils Management Whoas

I wanted to comment on the first few games. However, it really isn’t fair to critique or criticize any of the players. Management is an entirely different story. It is expected of the players to win; that is their part of the contract. Management’s part is to give the players the best possible chance to win and they are not. Allowing a team that has a lot of potential of winning to be playing with anything less then 21 men is unacceptable. With out the proper staff players will continue to drop due to injury. It was stated by a few players and management before the season started, that this team was built for longevity. I can’t agree if management is asking the all the players to play 20-25 minutes all season long. The probability of more players getting hurt is almost inevitable and there is no room to cover for those players.

A few other opinions on this as well:
http://www.versus.com/blogs/nhl-expert-opinions/hatcher-lamoriello-mocking-the-league/

Also, Tom Gulitti from Fire & Ice pointed out that the team played many games with dressing 17 or 18 players in 06 and 07. They won a few but the reason was the same, salary cap. I strongly feel that it is still unacceptable to put your team at a disadvantage.

Also, if you aren't putting a full team on the ice why am I still paying full price for my tickets?