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 …
This time last week, the New York Rangers sat pretty high and mighty with a 2-0 advantage in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs against their local rivals, the New Jersey Devils. And why not? Coming off identical 5-1 wins, everything was happening at the right time for the Blueshirts. And then a funny thing happened on the …
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 …
If you are a New York Rangers fan, life is pretty good at this moment. Two games into the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and guess what -the Blueshirts are up 2-0 and dominating their rivals, the New Jersey Devils. Even more importantly, the Rangers look like the team they should have been this past season. Better late than …
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 …
The NHL reached its mid-season point and with the annual All-Star game around the corner and the trade deadline looming just beyond the horizon, it’s time for the Rangers to start thinking about potential 2023 draft rankings. There is a plethora of top-tier talent avaiable this year and the excitement of the recent World Junior Championships gave us a glimpse …
It’s been another gut-wrenching year for Blueshirts fans. So close for such a promising team that had been playing exceptionally well all season, but yet so far as we had to endure four tough losses in a row. So, what happened, and what’s in store for the coming season? Let’s start with a quick and brief rundown on the season …
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 …
