We would very much like to be able to post some kind of deep, insightful hockey commentary about the Devils here, but you know what keeps happening? Just when we’re ready to commit to making some statement about how great any given guy is doing this year, or how pleasantly surprised we’ve been by a [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Wishful Thinking
Posted in Peanut Gallery on November 29, 2009 | 145 Comments »
Devils vs. Islanders, Saturday Open Thread
Posted in Open Thread on November 28, 2009 | 60 Comments »
You know what the best part about Thanksgiving weekend is? Stuffins! But you know what the second best part is? Wall-to-wall hockey. So join us please for an open thread for today’s hawt Devils/Islanders action, as well as all the other games on slate for Saturday night.
Devils @ Bruins, 11/27/09
Posted in Boston Bruins, New Jersey Devils, Running Game Diary on November 27, 2009 | 41 Comments »
Welcome back from the holidays, Gentle Reader! We hope that everyone had as lovely a Thanksgiving as we did here at stately IPB Manor. We also hope that you’re enjoying a tasty lunch of leftovers with this game, just like we are. Whoops. We thought this game started at 12:30. Ha! It didn’t. Fortunately, we [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted in Holiday on November 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We’re going to be taking a bit of a computer sabbath here at stately IPB Manor for the holiday, so we hope everyone has a happy, safe, wonderful Thanksgiving, with lots of good families and friends, good food, and good hockey. And those of you in Canada or beyond, have all those things on a [...]
“Spooking Cindy: Part II” By Margee
Posted in Challenge, Laffs, Our Minds Are Blown, Sid Crosby on November 24, 2009 | 35 Comments »
Well, here it is, Gentle Reader — the highly anticipated second chapter of Margee’s brilliant “Spooking Sidney”. Get ready for thrills and chills, action, adventure, and heartbreak. We are so proud to be posting this great work of literature, and hope you enjoy this installment as much as we did. * * * * * [...]
Devils @ Stars, 11/21/09 — Open Thread
Posted in Dainius Zubrus, Dallas Stars, Insightful Non-Hockey Commentary, New Jersey Devils, Open Thread on November 21, 2009 | 241 Comments »
Before we launch into tonight’s open thread, we have a few thoughts: 1. You know what sounds really disgusting? Having a broken — or even partially broken — kneecap. Zubrus has our sympathy, at least when we’re not throwing up from how disgusting that sounds. 2. One of the reasons we love this time of [...]

Wherein We Investigate Sestito Puente’s Connection To An International Cayenne-Smuggling Ring
Posted in Devils, Devils Miscellany, Insightful Hockey Commentary, News and Notes, Our Minds Are Blown, Peanut Gallery, Sestito Puente on November 22, 2009 | 45 Comments »
We are, as you know, very serious investigative journalists here at IPB. We know that that a good story can be hiding just around the nearest bend, and we’ve got great noses for news. And so it was last night, after the humiliation of watching the Devils pathetically lose to the Stars while we were [...]
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