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Leblond And The Magical Injury
December 29th, 2009
Tom Gulitti reports that the Devils have recalled Matt Corrente (just after sending him down to make room for David Clarkson). And how did they make room? Well, the put Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond on IR with an upper-body injury. The injury is retroactive to December 17th, so Leblond will be ...
The New York Yankees and New Jersey Devils Are Truly Excellent Franchises
December 22nd, 2009
Sports Illustrated released its list of the top 25 franchises of the decade. The only local teams on the list? My New York Yankees and my New Jersey Devils. The Devs ranked 19th, and were one of only two NHL teams to crack the top 25 (the Red Wings ...
Martin Brodeur and His New Jersey Devils: No. 1 Overall
December 21st, 2009
Tonight's game between the top two NHL teams was bumped off its regular local radio station thanks to a Giants-Redskins game. And so, on some random station, history was made. Martin Brodeur made 35 spectacular saves and the Devils scored four goals en route to Marty's record-setting 104th shutout. ...
Yi Jianlian Sucks
December 6th, 2009
Yi Jianlian was supposed to play today. He didn't. That's because he suffered a lip laceration during a 3-on-3 practice yesterday. It required 50 stitches to close. Yup. Right when Yi is about to play, he gets a cut on his lip, one that needed 50 freaking stitches ...
Brendan Shanahan Retires After Being Cut by the New Jersey Devils
November 18th, 2009
After being cut by the New Jersey Devils, Brendan Shanahan weighed his options and ultimately decided there were no good offers out there. And so, today, Shanny has retired from the NHL.
Although his most prolific years were in Detroit—he won three Stanley Cups there—he started and ended his career with ...
New Jersey Nets Should Hire Byron Scott
November 12th, 2009
Look, I'm all for an 0-82 season.
Seriously, the Nets are horrible. They're not about to get any better this year. They may even end up with the number one draft choice in 2010—not to mention enough cap room to sign LeBron James AND another big free agent with cash flow ...