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PostPosted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 6:57 pm 
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Saw an article today that showed the Devils were the oldest average team in the NHL by 1 full year- and that was last year's roster before they signed Jagr. Old roster + most back-to-back games in the league this coming season = probably bad things. Wonder how many kids will make the team out of camp, or Lou will wind up lacing up.

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Saw an article today that showed the Devils were the oldest average team in the NHL by 1 full year- and that was last year's roster before they signed Jagr. Old roster + most back-to-back games in the league this coming season = probably bad things. Wonder how many kids will make the team out of camp, or Lou will wind up lacing up.

It's a concern, but their #1 issue last year were their old balls goaltenders, and they've rectified that with the Schneider acquisition. They just need both Elias and Jagr to produce like they have been consistently as far as old guys are concerned. Salvador and Zidlicky blow, but they already should know that by now and use Adam Larsson more this next year.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:51 pm 
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So the Devils forfeit their 1st round pick this year. Can they trade for one, or are they outright banned from drafting in the 1st round?

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 1:04 pm 
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Chris18 wrote:
So the Devils forfeit their 1st round pick this year. Can they trade for one, or are they outright banned from drafting in the 1st round?


Good question. I believe they can still trade for one. Still laughing because there's little chance it'll be as low or lower than the #29 pick they chose to keep.


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 7:48 am 
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So the Devils forfeit their 1st round pick this year. Can they trade for one, or are they outright banned from drafting in the 1st round?


Good question. I believe they can still trade for one. Still laughing because there's little chance it'll be as low or lower than the #29 pick they chose to keep.


Seriously. Lou was sniffing glue that day, huh?

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:06 pm 
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Interesting insight from Brodeur on Friedman's 30 Thoughts:

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8. Martin Brodeur on the New Jersey Devils: "We've lost that identity of what Devils hockey is all about ... [Ilya Kovalchuk, now in KHL,] took a lot of minutes off of everybody and everything had to go through him -- like the two-minute power play. It was hard to adjust yourself sometimes because he needed his minutes. We never had that in New Jersey. Everybody was playing on the same page. We had some great players -- Zach [Parise] -- they played the way we played ... I think we'll be able to get back to that."


All in all, Ilya Kovalchuk was a very, very costly mistake. Not only in terms of money but it also cost them Parise.


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Didn't they almost win the Cup with Ilya forcing them to not play Devils hockey?

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:49 am 
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Didn't they almost win the Cup with Ilya forcing them to not play Devils hockey?


That's what I was thinking too. They still had Parise then though.

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13utchy wrote:
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It's a North American game. Don't draft Russians. Don't have them play on your teams. When will GM's learn?

Don't put communists on your team. It's that simple.

No sympathy for New Jersey on this one.

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Since he has since dumped the Devils for $7 million a year and signed with St. Petersburg for $15 to $20 million a year, tax free, I would say that they are far from being communists. In fact I'd say they play the game of capitalism better than any american or western nation have dreamt of since the Robber Barron's of the late 19th century.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:28 pm 
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saskhab wrote:
Didn't they almost win the Cup with Ilya forcing them to not play Devils hockey?


Almost doesn't count though, does it?

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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck- ... 59855.html

Brodeur is apparently still pissed off at the Devils for letting Parise walk.


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