Teams in various sports have a tendency to burn themselves out in one playoff series and then have nothing left in the tank to continue on to the next level of the playoffs, let alone win championships. Apparently, the New Jersey Devils have confused winning the postseason Hudson River Rivalry over the New York Rangers is akin to winning the …

The New Jersey Devils have found new life and new hope in the last few games. What a difference a week makes as the Devils and their new goaltending hero Akira Schmid are peaking at the right time in the playoffs and are poised to advance to the next round – if they can take care of business. The first …

The New Jersey Devils, a team that has had its fair share of success in the NHL, is celebrating their former captain and legendary defenseman Scott Niedermayer with a new bobblehead. The Scott Niedermayer New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Champions Bobblehead was just released by FOCO, giving fans and collectors alike the chance to own a piece of Devils history. …

What a week this has been in the NHL.  Yes, the playoffs are here, and all bets are off.  Nobody cares what you did in the regular season – this is the Stanley Cup playoffs, and you better show up ready to play or get ready to go home.  For the New Jersey Devils, things look, well, bleak. Forget about the 112 …

In what can be considered a gross understatement, the New Jersey Devils should receive a trophy as the turnaround team in the NHL this past season.  With an improvement of 25 more wins and 49 more total points from 2021-22 to 2022-23, the Devils finished up this year comfortably in second place in the Metropolitan Division. They were one of the most …

In case you haven’t heard, the NHL regular season isn’t quite over just yet and with a massive matchup between the Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils being the marquee hockey game this weekend on television, maybe the folks at ESPN are a bit clairvoyant and just know who’s going to be in the Eastern Conference finals this spring.  Of course, that might offend …

It’s hard to believe that the 2022-23 NHL regular season is in it’s waning days.  Soon. Stanley Cup playoff fever will begin its crescendo and guess what – the New Jersey Devils are in the thick and thin of the playoff mix. How will the Devils finish up this year? With a 47-20-8 record and 102 points, the New Jersey …

In the almost 10 months I’ve been writing weekly Devils articles, there haven’t been too many optimistic ones. In what might be my final article as a writer for New York Sports Nation, I figured there’s no better way to go out than with an optimistic to-do list for general manager Tom Fitzgerald. The Devils are on the cusp of …

This past Tuesday, the Devils were the only team to move up in the draft lottery, going from the 5th pick to the 2nd. Devils fans can be happy about the jump. Still, outside the draft lottery, the Devils have been allergic to winning, including this year. In order to have the fifth-best odds to pick first means you lost …

Last week, I handed out the final report cards on all the Devils’ forwards, and the players you would’ve expected to grade high, did. Unsurprisingly, most of the team had failing grades for their performance during the 2021-22 season. However, I think the defensemen will be happy with their results as I was content with their play for most of …