Four Reasons The Devils Will Beat The Rangers
I’m going to invite the evil eye and all other manners of superstitious bad karma by saying the Devils will beat the Rangers to go on to the Stanley Cup Finals (against the LA Kings, who have taken the slot reserved for “One of Gretzky’s Former Teams”). I’m fully prepared to ward off all untoward [...]
Counting and Accountability
It’s another night of saying “no ken a horas” after watching a 5-0 Devils lead shrink to 5-3. As the Festrunk brothers would say, “I blame myself.” Had to tweet that Elias’ points streak is now five games with the assist on Zubrus’ second goal. An extended two on one that started with Elias falling [...]
Tourney Time
I love tournament hockey. It’s not for the hardware or the glory: in ten tournament tests, over the course of 4 seasons, my son’s team has brought home exactly one bronze and one silver medal. Many times we were mathematically eliminated before the last game was played, giving us sympathy not for the Devil but [...]
Mamalushen with Chico
I bust a gut listening to the telecast of tonights Devils-Habs game. During the pre-game Chico Resch made a big deal of Sheldon Souray’s lack of scoring against Brodeur, trotting out enough cross-linkages between the Devils, Canadiens, traded players, Brodeur’s home town and defensement leading their teams in scoring to make a serious wikipedia entry. [...]