Why IPB Hates The Ice Bowl

The NHL is kicking off 2008 in style with the outdoor extravaganza Ice Bowl; IPB is kicking off 2008 the usual way — complaining. We fully put forth that we are the curmudgeonly curmudgeon’s curmudgeonly curmudgeon, thumbing our noses at anything that even hints at being “fun” or “playful” or God forbid, “fan friendly”. We [...]

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Staffy And Crunchy Do The BPO: The Untold Story

As many of you already know (and as some of you witnessed in person), Drew “Staffy” Stafford and Ryan “Crunchy” Miller made a very special appearance last night with Ronan Tynan and the Buffalo Philharmonic. Now, we have an in with the BPO, in the person of Katebits, and over a month ago (November 26, [...]

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Devils @ Islanders, 12/29/07

So why couldn’t the schedule makers have anticipated that the Devils would be having trouble scoring these days and given them a game tonight against someone like the Flyers? They have no problem putting up four or five goals against them. But no, tonight we get the Islanders, whom the Devils have yet to beat [...]

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Devils vs. Sabres, 12/28/07

After a really long holiday break, we can barely remember what this thing we’re watching is. Hock-ey? It sounds wonderful, but aaaaaaieeeeee!!! It looks terrible! FSN is having some trouble with the color red tonight, and Steve, with apple cheeks twinkling blindingly, seems to be perched in front of a hideously pink Devils logoed backdrop. [...]

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IPB Blogging Questionnaire: John Fischer Edition

We’ve received another response to the IPB Blogging Questionnaire, this time from John Fischer at In Lou We Trust. We are thrilled he took the time to answer these questions because, as the title of his excellent blog suggests, he’s a fellow Devils blogger. ILWT was the first Devils blog we started reading; the thorough, [...]

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It’s Quiet. Too Quiet.

We are afraid. We are very afraid. You see, Gentle Reader, all is not well with the New Jersey Devils organization. Or rather, all is too well with the Devils. For the first time in the 12 years that we’ve been Devils fans there isn’t a single player who is publicly wishing to fly the [...]

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Wherein IPB Goes After The Pulitzer

We believe we’ve mentioned before in this space that should the Devils organization ever completely lose its mind and start giving media credentials to bloggers, we wouldn’t really be all that interested in taking them up on the offer. Now, we realize the Devils are never actually going to start presenting this opportunity to bloggers [...]

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