The End of the Rafalski/Gomez Era

As a fan, this always sucks. Always. We are not idiots — we understand there are a ton of reasons we don’t want to consider that go into choosing to sign with a different team when a player reaches free agency. Obviously there’s the money. We’d be fat-faced liars if we said we’d turn down, [...]

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IPB’s Hard-Hitting Examination of Devils UFAs

[Crossposted to HLOG] Following last summer’s angsting over whether the Devils would re-sign UFA Patty Elias, this summer is looking surprisingly stress-free. Sure Rafalski and Gomez are big names, but this year’s playoffs proved the Devils have plenty of capable young defensmen to fill Raffie’s shoes, and, well, seven years of Gomer have convinced us [...]

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NJ/OTT Post-Game 1 Reaction

We can’t think of a clever title for this post because our spirits were beaten down by this game. Needless to say, the first 15 minutes were a complete disaster. Every player, top to bottom, was atrocious. Our nightmares tonight will be haunted by images of defensemen turning pucks over at the blue line and [...]

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