I'm Tired. Tired of losing to Carolina Hurricanes Tired from a draining season on my couch. Tired from a 2nd 2OT game. All we needed to do was get back home, but alas we could not get over these inbreds. Add it to the list of heartbreak against them:  2009 Game 7 2009 Game 4 2006 Gam...

That was more or less curtains on the 2024-2025 Devils barring some sort of miracle. I'm cold and there are wolves out (extra credit if you know this reference).  We needed a lot more from the team last night and they didn't have enough push, and just seemed out of gas from the ...

It's not over until you lose at home.  Season on the line, decimated by injuries, pulled most of my hair out, paced around a little bit. The boys showed some pride and resilience and the crowd (you were incredible) willed them to a win in 2 OTs. There hasn't been a lot of joy around these...

There are a lot of ways to look at this game, both good and bad.  We went into this with the absolutely lowest of low expectations after the Luke and Dillon news. History will paint this season as one riddled by unsustainable injury issues (and to puck knowers a failure by Fitz) and piling on ...

Sorry for not writing anything the last three games, if you care. Just didn't see the point with there being nothing on the line.  I was coming into this game with a weird sense of "maybe they can surprise me, but I really have low expectations, but they maybe can do it, but man it hasn't been...

Here we are again, 3 steps forward 2 steps back. Again. Points-wise this didn't matter, but vibes continue to be low after they cough up a lead to the bottom feeding Penguins. The audio hadn't even switched over on the NHL Network when Mercer hit Haula on a partial break and 1 shot 1 goal from Uncl...

Anyone who went to that game should get a refund, just a disgusting no-show. I'm not going to get too deep into each play because frankly I could write a Moby Dick length tome about each one. To a man, that was disappointing.  Except for you Daniel Sprong/Cotter/Glass and maybe you E...

Hope you don't hit any cars on the way home, drive safe!  Fucking losers, what a lifeless sad team. You suck as a rival, I want a new one, you're no fun. "No Quit in NY" more like "Nothing but Quit in NY" amirite? Let's review the tape this season against the Rangers so we can g...

See what I did there? Please clap. Don't look now, but since the Flyers game they are 7-4-1, a .625 winning percentage. When you start to look longer term, this team has been getting better. Yes, I am tossing out he deadline day dud because I can and I'm creating a narrative here. I really think we...

This team continues to give us all whiplash. An absolute dud of a performance against the class of the league, then a thorough enjoyable win against a team in our weight class. Hey they just beat the Caps, so the transitive property says we are now better than the Caps. It's math, math don't l...

I am going to get this caveat out of the way now: I realize it was Chicago, one of the worst teams in the league all season.  But they are an NHL team, and on any given night any team can beat any team. Just in March alone they beat the Kings 5-1, brought Ottawa to OT, and last game ...

I'm not really having that much fun watching this team right now, it is just such a grind. We continue to circle the drain here, but still have a decent size cushion and the teams below us are falling all over themselves too. What continues to be so frustrating is they show glimpses of promise, tak...

Life comes at ya pretty fast - one minute you're cruising into the 3rd period with a solid 2-goal lead, the next you're letting in 4 straight goals to the worst scoring team in the league.  As you may suspect, I have a litany of complaints and concerns that I will get to. I...

Big win last night against CBJ - it wasn't pretty but they got it done. Probably want to re-write that 3rd period game script. This was a tale of 3 VERY different periods: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.  The first period was the bad and can be summed up in one phrase: HIT THE FUCKING NET. Th...

Well that wasn't great yesterday, got stuffed in a locker by Sid and Co. - just a flat out a no-show. Just an absolute vibe killer. It was pretty frustrating to see a D effort after 3 straight A efforts. They were chasing this game from the start, were getting beat to spots, off-puck support w...

As the season wears on I tend to catalog my favorite wins in my head. And this comeback, resilient win is right up there... add in a sprinkle of recency bias, I'll put it at the top of the list.  One thing I swear I am never going to do again, is question Keefe's lineup choices....

Well, well it appears the Devils' demise was greatly exaggerated. There was a lot to like last night, and about 12 minutes not to like. What a first period. Not just the scoreboard, but process, game flow, breakouts, transitions, O-Zone pressure..  Every line was clicking, the PP looked smooth...

Got a little busy this weekend, and frankly was so annoyed Friday that I didn't feel like writing anything after the Winnipeg game. Do you care?  Probably not. I was pretty pissed after the deadline, but we have to move forward.  I was good with the addition of Glass and Sprong, guys with...

I haven't gone to sleep that upset about a game in a little while, just an absolutely devastating way to lose a game. Probably going to need to do some dream analysis with my therapist.  That was soul crushing. I see a lot of dooming and vibes are low, but there are some encouraging things the...

Things are pretty bleak in Devils-Land, but good thing I have some crisis PR experience, because you, dear readers, are about to get a one-way ticket to the spin zone. Or are we doomed? I'm writing this on the fly, so let's find out.  I was actually encouraged through most ...

I was very excited to use this line for a title, and if you don't know what it's from, you should re-evaluate your life.  Nice solid dubya against a sneaky good team that had been playing very well of late.  Reminds me a bit of the younger Devils - tons of promising young player...

These guys stink. Embarrassment is probably the most prevalent feeling I have right now. Basically from puck drop we got bullied out of the building against the Avs with a few minor glimpses in the 2nd period, Jake Allen held on as long as he could, but to full on no-show to a man is...

Welcome back to all 3 of you that read this nonsense, I hope you all had a lovely 4 Nations break. Devils hockey returned with a split against Dallas and Nashville so let's see what your favorite beer league hero saw this weekend. First up was Dallas, a tough matchup to come bac...

Kind of a quick one today - The gang got back in the win column, and now we sit and wait for two weeks for them to get healthy, get some new pieces, and go on a heater.  Right, guys?  RIGHT??! The juxtaposition of this game vs Vegas was world of difference: just better connected...

Their circuit's dead, something's wrong Can you hear me GM Tom Can you hear me GM Tom Can you hear me GM Tom Sigh. All I want is for my favorite team to be a good hockey team. To show up when our fans show up for them. A lot is going wrong right now, and not much is going right. This is their ...

At this point, getting a win is really all that matters - it was pretty ugly, they grinded it out, and even though it was just one day, we sit in a much more comfortable standings position with CBJ and Carolina losing. Just a slog of a game - a slow old team vs a slow injured team. Low ev...

We waited 4 days for that? In retrospect, and we should all now expect this - no chance we are ever going to have a five game stretch better than 3-2 as currently constructed, we are just an aggressively slightly above average team with Nico, Marky, and Haula out. I can't believe I'm including...

OK, fellas..   That was a lot of fun, more of that please (well the 2nd period anyway). I am still a little frustrated and I may be just a grumpy grader here but... You guys had that in your bag and have just been sleeping on it?! That game could've gone south early like it...

This blog has an R rating for language, parental advisory. I generally do my best to stay positive and find some redeeming things to point to - but there was nothing redeeming about last night. We went into Philly and got bullied by a group of NPCs: No heart, no effort, no connectivity, no tal...

Big win for our boys against Montreal, certainly didn't need that level of anxiety for a late January game. These are supposed to be the sleepy dog day games. That was a wild, high-event game and the gang does OT win (finally). I will say Montreal is going to be a problem in short order, ...

That was the team we all know and love, it feels good to be able to administer that kind of beatdown. First things first, obviously we come away with a very mixed bag. It will be absolutely devastating if Markstrom's injury is anything longer than a month on the shelf. Intellectually, I w...

First, I will preface this saying I am also a Ravens fan, so how was my weekend?  NOT GREAT, BOB.  Normie: "But Tim, you should be an adult and not let sports teams affect your mood!" Me: "It's 5 fucking degreees outside, My hockey team can't score and my football team lost in a hear...

I did not like that game said Tim-I-am, no way, no ma'am. Nothing like a nice little trip across the border to see our friendly neighbors to the north and OMIGOD THEY WERE MEAN I WAS TOLD THEY WERE NICE. Just an absolute new-guy-in-jail pumping. We got thoroughly beat up and down the ice and t...

Tomorrow, we storm the league office and demand the shootout be abolished once and for all.  I don't think there is a single fan who likes it now, the novelty has worn off. Full disclosure - I am cheating a bit since I missed the first two periods and only watched an abbreviated reca...

As in ride the lightning outta town, amirite? Bueller? I got a little bit of playoff vibes last night: tight checking, high energy - back and forth back and forth. There are still some lingering issues that'll I'll get into below, but that was a really strong game against a nemesis that h...

Meh. We got a point I guess, and frankly not entirely sure they deserved it - just a grab bag of a game. We are now in a 1-4-1 slump with a gauntlet of teams coming up: TBL, FLA and TOR, so this would've been a good time to find a strong win in a get right game.  They started out fine, go...

Well holy shit, how 'bout our goalie, eh? That game wasn't exactly how you draw up the game script, but having Simone Biles in goal kind of helps.  I am still trying to process how 6'6" Markstrom made a couple of those saves, especially the last paddle save.  The funniest part of the ...

Hello darkness my old friend The Devils lost yet again That makes a four game streak 2025 so far isssss bleak  And the scoring.. that fitz loved.. and was elite still remains the sounds of silence I am not having a good time this year so far, and I am letting a hockey team influence my me...

t It was nice of the NHL to feature us in the Winter Class - what's that?  it was just a regular game, and the only one on?  We didn't fucking score again and the other team did. We have really lost our mojo coming out of the break, and the schedule guy at the lea...

Well, I didn't see a total dud against the Mighty Dukes coming. That game was fucking stupid! The Devils actually looked pretty good in the first, crisp and on the front foot creating chances. Which obviously means the Ducks were going to score first.  Of all the things that were certain after...

That game blew.  First things first, The Devils played like dogshit. Carolina controlled that game from the opening faceoff and did what they do best, Ozone/possession dominance and shot spamming.  Our boys looked a step slow and a little disjointed, were not connecting on passes, an...

The Hurricanes are more like a light rain, amirite? We are right back at it tonight, and in the words of Gary Busey, "Utah, get me two!" I got the vibe that a lot of us didn't quite trust that this team was going to come out strong after the break, and with Carolina being another boogeyman, a ...

Jeez, are those guys ok? In my totally unbiasednessnessnessed POV, the Rangers need a therapist.  AHAH, nah fuck those guys.  Enjoy the Lincoln Tunnel and 9th Ave traffic as you try to get back to the train station during the Christmas rush. As I've gotten older, my presents hav...

You know what's fun? Just strangling the shit out of someone and slapping them around. Wait. What? In Hockey you weirdos. I got some real mid/late 90s vibes last night, as we stifled the Penguins' adorable little hot streak. You could've looked at the standings pre-game and blown these gu...

Can I say something? Elvis is such a preposterous name for someone to have in the year of our lord 2024. It seems we'll have to wait some more for that elusive 4+ game winning streak to happen this year. The story of this game was 100% Merzlikins, who saved 4.7 Goals above expected and wa...

Ugh, that title sucks, but we are gonna move on. St. Louis is a weird team, they actually have a few very good/borderline elite players and a bunch of plumbers (no offense to plumbers, I wouldn't wish Missouri on any of you). Add in a new coach bump since Maine legend Jim Montgomery took over (6-2-...

That wasn't exactly how you write up the game script, but that 3rd was Bedarded! The Devils came out a little flat, and credit to Chicago they definitely were playing better than we expected in the first. Not sure if it was underestimation, but good to see some pride from a rebuilding team that&nbs...

"Oh, we're Los Angeles, we have good weather and the best defense in the league." Well, uno reverse card losers, our defense is better and we have unidentified drones occupying our airspace.  Not much to complain about in this game, and the boys got back on track in a big w...

Welp, that was frustrating. I had originally planned on going scorched earth and was stewing for a bit after that game. Then I slept like a baby, soothed by chaotic snoring from my dog. We all kind of saw this one coming. There are still several concerns but you know what? The Devils are a top...

SING IT WITH ME!!! Hello darkness, my old friend We got shutout once again Amanda's tweeting one nothing them Our old goalie stopped everything... And the offense.. that Fitz assured.. was elite still remains the sounds of silence Fuck Mondays, what a night for the Devils/Yankees par...