New Jersey Devils

What We Learned: At quarter pole, NHL's biggest surprises

Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.

Prior to the start of the season, everyone was just brimming with optimism. Hockey was, after what felt like a painfully long summer, almost back. The glee was palpable.

As so many pundits do, I made what I called 20 bold predictions (where "bold" usually either meant "sarcastic" or "painfully obvious" but occasionally bordered on "somewhat daring").

Now that every team in the league has played at least 20 games and we're more than a quarter of the way through the season, I figure it's as good a time as any to see how those predictions are coming along.

My guess: Not well. Feel free to hold me accountable.

[Coming up: Your ol' pal Lambert looks at his miserable failures, Anaheim needs to hire new doctors, Kyle Okposo loves him some mediocre AHL players, the best ever fight between two French Canadians, St. Louis will keep but maybe not keep Alex Pietrangelo (I swear), Rick Nash goes on a European Vacation, the top 10 reasons it hurts to watch the Avs, and Evgeni Nabokov doesn't like your line of questioning.]

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• Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:40 am EST
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• By Ryan Lambert
• 72 Comments

Saturday's Three Stars: Robidas rules; Perron's goal of year?

No. 1 star: Stephane Robidas, Dallas Stars

After Brian Rolston opened the scoring for the New Jersey Devils, it became the Robidas Show for the rest of the first period: Primary assists on goals by Warren Peters and Mike Ribeiro, and then a power-play goal of this own. Tom Wandell's goal in the third gave the Stars the lead again after a Devils' rally, and it was Robidas that finished off the scoring with his fifth of the season for a 5-3 Dallas victory. It was the defenseman's second career two-goal game and first four-point night.

No. 2 Star: Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames

Iggy now has 15 goals on the season, 11 coming in November, as his hat trick helped the Flames to a 5-2 victory at the Los Angeles Kings. As usual, Iginla's contributions to the win went beyond the score sheet, as Coach Brent Sutter said he was "just rock solid in a lot of areas."

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• Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:51 am EST
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• By Greg Wyshynski
• 44 Comments

The New Jersey Devils All-Decade Second Team

In a collaborative effort with Steve and Tibbs, we have named All-Decade teams for the New Jersey Devils. This post announces the Second Team, with summaries of why we felt they were worthy players for New Jersey within the past decade.

• Mon Nov 23, 2009 EST
• In Lou We Trust
• By John Fischer

New Jersey Devils Morning News, Nov 23

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• Mon Nov 23, 2009 EST
• In Lou We Trust
• By TibbsBeastoftheEast

New Jersey Devils Departures and Replacements at the Quarterpoint

Per a reader question, this post offers a quick comparison of the Devils' main departures from the summer with the current Devils who have replaced their spots on the roster at the quarter point of the season.

• Sun Nov 22, 2009 EST
• In Lou We Trust
• By John Fischer

NJ Devils & Atlantic Division Weekly Snapshot - 11/22 - 11/28

This weeks' Atlantic Division weekly snapshot shows that the Devils weren't the only team to struggle in this past week as well as showing why the Devils need to start winning soon. Snapshot comes with a quick chart of the week ahead for all five division teams.

• Sun Nov 22, 2009 EST
• In Lou We Trust
• By John Fischer

New Jersey Devils Morning News, Nov 22

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• Sun Nov 22, 2009 EST
• In Lou We Trust
• By TibbsBeastoftheEast