ZachLibs

In his recap of the Devils’ latest pre-season game, Tom Gulitti included this quote from Zach Parise: “I’m not making excuses but the ice was bad and we were chasing the puck all over.” This got us thinking that Zach might want to have a stock of these “I’m not making excuses but” excuses before [...]

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Open Letter To Everyone Who Says Marty Brodeur Is Just A Result Of The “System”

Hello, morons! Because you believe Marty is a product of the system, you are reading this letter. Now we’ll talk slowly and deliberately so you’ll understand us. If it is just the system — Still with us? Good — then why aren’t all the trapping teams (i.e. a considerable portion of the the NHL in [...]

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Saturday Musings

On a slow, lazy Saturday we have a few things on our mind (mostly those things involve rum-soaked pound cake and MarioKart Wii): – Today’s pre-season game against the Rangers could not have been better. The Rangers dressed pretty much their entire regular season line-up, including Lundqvist. The Devils had 1 1/2 NHL-caliber defensemen and [...]

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Devils vs. Rangers, 9/24/2008 (Preseason)

After a long offseason of painting barns and busting broncs back on IPB’s Western Canadian farm, it’s time to get this blog back into game shape. Just like the Devils, we’re deep into our preseason preparations; our first test of our fitness is last night’s Devils-Rangers preseason game at The Rawk. We’re watching in tivo [...]

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Preseason Programming Update

Gentle Reader, as you probably already noticed, it’s preseason. All across the league coaches, players, trainers and equipment guys are working hard to get themselves into shape before the season starts. Here the Devils are getting some pointers in pugilism at their state-of-the-art training facility. And they’re not the only ones! Bloggers the league over [...]

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Woolgathering With IPB On The First Day of Fall

Happy First Day of Autumn, Gentle Reader! It’s a cool September night here, and we have pre-season hockey on our television. Sure, it’s just the Rangers vs. the Senators, but it’s hockey enough to get us gathering a little wool about training camp and the season to come. – Coach Sutter was quoted on Fire [...]

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Fall Comes To Stately IPB Manor

Gentle Reader, we are watching hockey right now. Sure, it’s the Rangers and Senators, and it’s preseason, but… IT’S HOCKEY!

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