Jesus Christ! Does Anyone Know The Dutch Word For “Devils In The Wild”?

So it turns out we weren’t the only people vacationing in the Netherlands recently — it’s the offseason, so many of the Devils were there, too. Colin White Martin Brodeur Jamie Langenbrunner Not Andrew Peters anymore. WOO HOO! Paulie Martin. ::sniffle:: Zach Parise Pando. ::sniffle:: Zach Parise Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond

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An Open Letter To The Devils After Learning They Knew The Kovalchuk Contract Would Be Rejected By The NHL, But Went Ahead With The Press Conference Anyway

Dear Devils, Fuck you too. Coldly, The Ookies

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Ilya Kovalchuk: Inventing The Concept Of An In-Limbo Maybe-Devil

The scene: ChucklesNation International airport, in the deserted arrivals hall. Gary Bettman darts out of a shadowy doorway, slinks around the perimeter of the hall, forages a half-eaten cinnabon from a garbage can, hisses softly at the Ookies, then scurries away. The Ookies: “We got our cymballs out of storage for that?”

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Ilya Kovalchuk: Redefining The Concept Of True Devil

So… Kovalchuk, eh? Works for us! We asked for change, and we’re getting it in spades this summer, so much so that we’ve almost completely forgotten about the Arnott acquisition. If you can make us forget about that, you’re doing a damn fine job as a change-making GM, so kudos, Lou. Because he’s going to [...]

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You Know What We Need Around Here?

A new post.

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A Postcard From Europe

Well, we made it one piece across the Atlantic, and have remained in one piece since disembarking in Amsterdam. And look who also got a stamp in his passport: Mats loves it here, cheering for the Netherlands with his new best friend Beesie. But don’t worry — if the Devils were playing in the World [...]

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We’re Hitting The Road!

By this time tomorrow, we will be on our way to the Netherlands for a week-long bacchanal of cheese, beer, wooden clogs, and hanging out with our non-Ookie sister. We don’t normally go places we have to fly to; in fact, the last airplane trip we took had Dallas as our destination. We had a [...]

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