New Jersey Devils News and notes, September 27, 2008

Devils teammates drop the gloves - (The Bergen Record)
Holik not dwelling on past - (The Bergen Record)
Devils "splitting camp"; Bergfors has "tight groin" - (Fire & Ice)
Brodeur won't play at Garden - (Fire & Ice)
Red team wins, 3-2 - (Fire & Ice)
Langenbrunner and Zubrus drop the gloves (updated with quotes) - (Fire & Ice)
Scrimmage underway; No word on Tallackson yet - (Fire & Ice)
Langenbrunner and Zubrus fight at Devils practice, Sutter doesn't mind - (The Star Ledger)
New Jersey Devils' Bergfors still haunted by injuries - (The Star Ledger)
Langenbrunner and Zubrus fight in New Jersey Devils' scrimmage - (The Star Ledger)
Update on NHL blogs - (The Star Ledger)
New Jersey Devils start showing coach Brent Sutter some fight - (The Star Ledger)
Dev itchin' for fight - (The New York Post)
Rolston leads Red team to 3-2 win - (NewJerseyDevils.com)
Introducing the all-new NJD TV - (NewJerseyDevils.com)
Devils report: Roster - (Sportsline.com)
Devils report: Inside shots - (Sportsline.com)
Devils report: Notes, quotes - (Sportsline.com)
Listening & Working - (2 man advantage)


NHL: 2008 offseason transaction list - (Vancouver Sun)


F torek's way - (Goerie.com)

New Jersey Devils News and notes, July 16, 2008

Brylin's Devils career likely over - (The New York Post)
Ranking the offseason moves: Eastern Conference - (SportingNews.com)


Scorch Cheers on Athletes to Raise Money for Charity - (TrentonDevils.com)


Report: Kings eye Murray - (Yahoo NHL )
Oilers sign a pair - (Yahoo NHL )
Malkin's prison restaurant - (Yahoo NHL )
5 ways to save Nashville - (Yahoo NHL )
Philly Spectrum to be demolished - (Yahoo NHL )
Michigan bank suing Capitals' Fedorov - (Yahoo NHL )
Turris pushes for NHL job - (NHL.com)
Caps have a 'Q' rating - (NHL.com)
Preds hope Blum is a plum - (NHL.com)
Brotherly love in Atlanta - (NHL.com)
Desjardins joins Flyers staff - (NHL.com)
Dallas Drake calls it a career - (NHL.com)
Ducks sign 2007 first-round pick - (NHL.com)
Hanzal to have back surgery - (NHL.com)
Fritsche signs with Rangers - (NHL.com)
Habs to host 2009 Entry Draft - (NHL.com)
After roof blew off, Snider took a big risk - (Philadelphia Inquirer)
THN.com Blog: Kings have some spending to do - (The Hockey News)
Report: Terry Murray poised to become Kings new head coach - (The Hockey News)
THN.com Blog: NHL needs to keep it real - (The Hockey News)
Rumor Roundup: Bouwmeester's future in Florida - (The Hockey News)
Nolan saga was a distraction: Guerin - (Faceoff.com)


Nolan saga was a distraction: Guerin - (MLive.com): Ftorek
Ducks Sign MacMillan to Entry-Level Deal - (NHL.com): Son of ex-Devil Bob MacMillan

Devils News and notes, November 16, 2007

If it deals with the New Jersey Devils, it is in the News and Notes! The News and notes also appears daily on Devilsrule.com.


The Bergen Record
Devils looking for a spark

Fire & Ice
Lauding Langenbrunner
Power outage

The Star Ledger
Devils searching for on-ice spark

Devils Due Blog
Jamie Shines but Devils Lose

The New York Post
Devils leave S. Mountain with a bang

NewJerseyDevils.com
Devils take on the Islanders at Prudential Center

FOXSports.com
Islanders-Devils Preview

Yahoo NHL
Standings
Team stats

Newsday
Brodeur takes another shot at No. 500 as Devils host Isles

Star-telegram.com
Hard to beat this iconic, fearsome foursome

In Lou We Trust
This Team Doesn't Suck, Only For Now

Sam Woo on Hockeybuzz.com
Rangers/Devils recap: Introducing a new blogger

2manadvantage.com
Time to let my magical fingers shine


The Lowell Sun
Devils add pair of NHL veterans to their team
City puts check on Devils for strategy


Trentontitans.com
Hockey Historian, Author Mancuso Traces ECHL History
Devils Game Night: Nov. 16 at Reading


Bloomington Pantagraph
Thunder notes: Ftorek casts his own shadow

Devils News and notes, September 27, 2007

If it deals with the New Jersey Devils, it is in the News and Notes! The News and notes also appears daily on Devilsrule.com.


The Bergen Record
Sutter's approach: get the puck

The Star Ledger
Devils still rely on size
Gionta gets hat trick as Devils beat Islanders 6-1
Islanders-Devils, Sum
Removing all doubt in Newark
Newark officials irked over no luxury box at new arena

The New York Post
Devils deck Isles

Msgnetwork
Bluelines: Tickets Sell Out Rapidly
Chris Drury And Scott Gomez Answer Your Questions

NewJerseyDevils.com
Preseason recap: Devils 6, Islanders 1
Mike Rupp interview with Matt Loughlin
Community recap: Clinic at Ocean Ice Palace
A look at the East's top rookies

The Globe and Mail
Hockey roundtable offers predictions

ESPN
ESPN The Magazine: Eastern Conference previews

Sports Illustrated
The Magazine: Eastern Conference previews

OurSports Central
Palmieri Returns To Erie
PrairieThunder signs Ftorek


LowellDevilsHockey.com
Gionta leads Devils over Isles at Tsongas Arena

The Lowell Sun
New Jersey takes on Isles at Tsongas tonight

New Jersey Devils coaches over the past 10 years

Claude Julien's firing made me look back at the different coaches we had over the past ten years.

Ten years ago, Jacques Lemaire was still the Head Coach. He was hired on June 28, 1993. He was the last coach to spend such a long time at the helm of the New Jersey Devils. He stayed almost five years coaching the Devils. The highlight of his stay was winning the Stanley Cup in 1995. He is forever linked to the Devils because of the style of play he employed and making a team play into a certain system.

He compiled a record of 199-122-57 (.602). The team also collected the Atlantic Division title in 1996-97 and 1997-98.

Larry Robinson, Dennis Gendron, Chris Nilan, Robbie Ftorek served as assistant coaches. Keep those names in mind.

Robbie Ftorek took over after Jacques Lemaire resigned in 1998. During his coaching career with the Devils, Ftorek, compiled a 88-49-19 (.625) record. He was fired with just 8 games remaining in the 1999-00 season after a 41-25-8 record.

Larry Robinson took over. He lead the Devils to their second cup and took them to the Stanley Cup Finals the following year. He compiled a 73-49-19 regular season record and a 31-17 record in the playoffs. He got fired on January 28, 2002 when the Lou lamoriello realized the team may miss the playoffs.

Viacheslav Fetisov, Bob Carpenter two former Devils players, Kurt Kleinendorst, Jay Leach served as assistant coaches.

Kevin Constantine replaced Larry Robinson and put the Devils in the Playoffs. They eventually lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in the First round and Constantine got fired in june 2002. The Late John Cunniff, a former Devils coach from 1989 to 1991 served as assistant coach for Kevin Constantine just before he died. Larry Robinson returned as assistant coach about a month after he was fired.

Pat Burns was hired as Head Coach on June 13, 2002. He took over after a disappointing season where the Devils lost in the first round of the playoffs. He put on a 46-26-10 record in his first season and was 16-8 in the playoffs when he helped capture the Devils Third Cup in 2003. He had a 43-27-12 record the following season but the team lost in the first round of the playoffs. That's when Pat Burns revealed he was suffering from colon cancer. Lou Lamoriello left the position opened for Pat Burns until he was all recovered. Pat Burns suffered another setback and hasn't resumed coaching yet.

Bob Carpenter, John MacLean two former Devils players, Jacques Laperriere served as assistant coaches.

The year after the lockout and with Burns still sick, Lou Lamoriello turned to Larry Robinson to resume as Head Coach. Larry Robinson looked as a good choice and he had been successful with the team before. The new style of play of the new NHL required major adjustments and he took the Devils some time to get used to it. Larry Robinson took it too personally and got sick from stress. He decided to resign in December 2005 after a 14-13-5 record. Lou Lamoriello decided there was no good replacements available and he decided to take over as coach. He turned things around and went 32-14-4 to put the Devils in the Playoffs. The most remarkable achievement was to overcome a 19 point deficit in January to capture the Division title with an 11 game winning streak to finish the season. He also swept the Rangers in the first round before falling to the eventual Stanley Cup Champions, the Carolina hurricanes.

Lou Lamoriello stepped down after the loss and hired Claude Julien in June 2006. After scoring a 102 points this season, and going 47W-24L-8OTL, Claude Julien was fired today. Lou Lamoriello takes over as Head Coach.

In the last 10 years, the Devils went through 9 coaches, 4 coaches stints in the last two seasons with Lamoriello coaching twice.

Larry Robinson started as an assistant coach and coached the team twice. Dennis 'Red' Gendron was an assistant coach under Lemaire and served as head coach for the Albany River Rats. He was replaced during the 2003-04 AHL season by Robbie Ftorek.

Viacheslav Fetisov, Bob Carpenter two former Devils players served as assistant coaches under Larry Robinson along with Kurt Kleinendorst. Bob Carpenter has also been head coach of the former Devils affiliate, the Albany River Rats.

Kurt Kleinendorst is the current Head Coach of the Lowell Devils, the new Devils farm team.

John MacLean who has been one of the best Devil player has been an assistant coach for a while now and was thought to be the next head coach but Lou Lamoriello thought it was too early for him to step up when Larry Robinson resigned.

This demonstrate the philosophy of the organisation who has heavily relied on people who are brought up within the organisation. Apart from Lemaire, Constantine, Julien and Burns, all the other coach are Made in Lou Lamoriello's mold. The one coach who has unfinished business with the Devils is Pat Burns. If he is completely recovered which appears to be the case, Lou Lamoriello will make a strong push to have Burns back for next year. The two men have a lot of respect for each other and Burns is loyal and owes a lot to Lamoriello. My guess is Burns will be back after this season and to be honest I can't wait to see him again.

Devils GM fires Coach, and takes over

It is a day late for April fool's day but Devils General Manager Lou Lamoriello decided to fire Coach Julien today. Apparently he is to take over as coach and take Julien's spot.

In an other surprising move, Lou Lamoriello makes the headlines. He did it in 2000 when he fired then coach Robbie Ftorek with eight games left that season, to replace him with Larry Robinson.

The Devils went on to win their second Stanley Cup that year.

The firing of Claude Julien (79GP-47W-24L-8OTL) is pretty similar to Ftorek's (74GP; 41W; 25L, 8T) in that the team had a successful year but slid toward the end. Claude Julien's team had a tough time during the month of March due to injuries to key players but still managed a 6-6-2 record. Perhaps that's the reason why Lou gave him the ax. He didn't like the slide even with injuries to the lineup.

Lou Lamoriello takes over for the second year in a row. He took over last year to replace Larry Robinson who resigned after struggling to adapt to the new rules. He was an impressive 32-14-4 behind the bench and took the Devils to the Atlantic Division title after finishing the season with an 11-game winning streak. He carried on in the playoffs where the Devils swept the Rangers, his team fell against the eventual Stanley Cup Champion, the Carolina Hurricanes.

Claude Julien was hired as head coach in June 2006. He has a 47-24-8 record in 79 games. The Devils are first in the Division and second in the East. They have 102 points and nothing could hint to such a firing.

That could leave the Door opened for Pat Burns next year.

This is not only a surprise but I am curious to hear some of Lou's explanations. You have to see how the players respond to this. Maybe they are no strangers to the decision.