Super Saturday Open Thread

Okay, we know today isn’t one of the league’s dumb “official” Super Saturdays, because there are only 11 games instead of 15. But unlike the ones the league pats themselves on the back about, this Saturday features wall-to-wall hockey. That’s right, NHL scheduler, 11 games spread out over the day is way, way better than [...]

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Devils @ Bruins, 10/29/09

Our (HD) broadcast leads off with Gel-O reminding us that the Devils were terrible last night against the Sabres. Thanks, Gel-O. We’d totally forgotten. He then hands off to Doc and Chico, and Doc does a workmanlike job of sounding excited to be reporting that Yann Danis is starting tonight. We sound significantly less excited [...]

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Devils vs. Sabres, 10/28/09 — Woolgathering

Please join us tonight as we enjoy an open thread and some woolgathering for the much-anticipated debut of IronBoarsylvania. – Before this game starts, we have to ask — what is it with the Sabres always being the team the Devils play right after they lose a crucial player to an injury? Last year the [...]

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A Golden Opportunity For Wannabe Emperor-Gods

The one and only good thing to come out of Brent Sutter’s morbid obsession with rendering Jay Pandolfo obsolete last season was that PandoNation was forced to face directly into the void and answer some very difficult questions. Questions like, “In the absence of our benevolent emperor/god, whose nation should we become.” And the answer [...]

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Wherein We Tackle Very Important Issues

We haven’t done much to hide the fact that, for the first few weeks of this season, we haven’t really been paying very close attention. At the very outset it’s all just a blur of fuzzy, happy “hockey’s back!” vibes for us, and since then we’ve been anticipating and then participating in Patty Party. So [...]

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Devils @ Penguins — Saturday Open Thread

Well, Patty Party is now officially over, so we’re going to spend a Saturday evening with a full slate of hockey while drowning our sorrows with wine and enjoying an open thread. There might not be any Patty, but it’s always a party here at IPB.

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Devils @ Rangers, 10/22/09

When the schedule was released back in July, we immediately put our heads together with Patty (Still In Dallas Back Then) to find the perfect October week to come here to see a Devils game in person and enjoy all the wonders that New Jersey has to offer. We targeted this week for one specific [...]

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