I find it utterly ridiculous that “critics” try to come up with any excuse under the sun to not give the Devils franchise the credit they are truly due. The objective is to win and for a period of over 10 years they did that pretty much better than anyone. Brodeur is by far the greatest goalie of all time. He literally changed the game and they imposed the trapezoid. Do not take that part of the game away from him in terms of a goaltending skill set. He was not the mental headcase like Roy and he was more consistent than Hasek. And he holds all the records so the haters can suck it. Stevens does not get enough credit for his prominence - I’d take him over Borque and Niedermayer is as good of a defenseman as has ever played the game. It’s just stupid to disparage the team because you don’t like their “style”. Meanwhile an awful lot of teams with better “style” lost an awful lot to the Devils in that era.
yes they are doing pretty good but i stil feel like the Devils came out on top so far Larsson only has 3 points right now so hes not contributing as much as Hall is but Hall has 12 points in 14 games so hes doing pretty good
Being from Jersey and old enough to remember the first Stanley Cup. I think it was the fact most people here didn't watch hockey at all and winning the cup made us notice them. That's what got me into watching and playing hockey I guess looking back it does seem boring but at the time it still excited me to watch. I mean look at now we avg at least 30-35 a night and still don't score many goals. Still pissed about the Lemieux Draft we purposely didn't tank and the GM said we aren't Tanking and the Penguins did and they got him I think we were the one who deserved him.
If we had got Lemieux it could have drastically altered our history. Maybe we never would have gotten Brodeur. Who knows? Its all speculation. I personally like the way it worked out. Just my two cents
I know this was posted years back, but fuckin glad to be alive to watch 95, 00, and 03 cups, showing up again game 7 to Avs, and the fall of the Devs in 2012 finals. I will say the 00-01 team was nasty and Avs just had our number. But what a fight.
Being from Sweden and only 25 years old, I can't say I was around for any of the Stanley cup wins, in fact I don't know when I started to cheer for the Devils but I haven't regreted it yet. Maybe I am affected by the team I cheer for but to me winning 1-0 is more impressing than winning 6-5.
I liked Jason arnott because when ever I played with the Blackhawks in NHL the video game he always showed up on my team, but now that I know his history it's cool learning he played for 20 years
Cory Schneider is not even close to the talent level of Martin Brodeur, I know you're not a Devils fan but this is just untrue. The Devils were so effective because Martin Brodeur is the greatest goaltender of all time at playing the puck behind the net. Not only that but his hybrid style of goaltending allowed him to make athletic saves as well as being able to drop and play the butterfly. Marty's ability with the stick puts every other goaltender to shame, guys like Cory Schneider actually give up goals consistenly when trying to play the puck because they just are flat out bad at it. And wrong about the Devils always having a great defense while he played, Marty's best seasons were after Stevens retired and Niedermayer went to the Ducks to play with Rob.
Lou Lamoriello should have let Martin Brodeur keep on playing until he got his 700th win! Screw the playoffs! Some things are more important! Brodeur retires with 691 wins! Robbed! Plus, the numerous lockouts also contributed to Brodeur not getting his 700th win! St. Louis should have let Brodeur keep on playing until he got his 700th win.
I would put Marty Brodeur on par with Ken Dryden. When those teams had defensive breakdowns, both those guys came up clutch. It's all about making the key save at the right time of the game. Like pitching in baseball, you don't win multiple championships with SOLID goaltending.
It was once suggested the Mickey Mouse game may have altered NHL history in that, in an indirect way, it may have kept Mario Lemieux away from the Devils. Lemieux was the top junior player then, up for draft in 1984; there was no draft lottery then, the team with worst record in the league automatically got 1st pick, and the Devils and the Penguins were the 2 worst teams in the league. Most experts considered the Devils the worse of the 2 and favored them to land the first pick. But that Mickey Mouse game, and Gretzky's comments, embarrassed the Devils' organization so badly that they fired coach Billy McMillan after that game (the team was 2-18-0 under him) and replaced him with Tom McVie. McVie was nobody's idea of Scotty Bowman or Al Arbour but he was a better coach than McMillan and he drove the team hard, they went 15-38-7 for him the rest of the year, bad but a big boost from the pace they were setting under the previous coach. Basically, the Devils spent the rest of the year trying hard to show they weren't "Mickey Mouse." Meanwhile, Pittsburgh tanked with impunity, sticking with that one-year coach (Lou Angotti) who had lost the clubhouse, and dumping a few decent players late in the year when it was close (including Randy Carlyle, at one time the "face" of the Penguins). They narrowly "beat out" NJ for worst record and got Lemieux. Just imagine if the NJ Devils were bad enough to win the 1984 draft lottery and land Mario Lemieux.
Just as an aside, it's been suggested this game may have altered NHL history in that, in an indirect way, it may have kept Mario Lemieux away from the Devils. Lemieux was the top junior player then, up for draft in 1984; there was no draft lottery then, the team with worst record in the league automatically got 1st pick, and the Devils and the Penguins were the 2 worst teams in the league. Most experts considered the Devils the worse of the 2 and favored them to land the first pick. But this game, and Gretzky's comments, embarrassed the Devils' organization so badly that they fired coach Billy McMillan after this game (the team was 2-18-0 under him) and replaced him with Tom McVie. McVie was nobody's idea of Scotty Bowman or Al Arbour but he was a better coach than McMillan and he drove the team hard, they went 15-38-7 for him the rest of the year, bad but a big boost from the pace they were setting under the previous coach. Basically, the Devils spent the rest of the year trying hard to show they weren't "Mickey Mouse." Meanwhile, Pittsburgh tanked with impunity, sticking with a one-year coach (Lou Angotti) who had lost the clubhouse, and dumping a few decent players late in the year when it was close (including Randy Carlyle, at one time the "face" of the Penguins). They narrowly "beat out" NJ for worst record and got Lemieux.
Teams great, but I will never go again. I'm sick of the Gestapo security tactics. They're always throwing in your face how the arena is "private property, get away from it". Then they threaten to have you arrested and banned for life if you put their workers in their place. plus you get harassed by hobos and church members are also threatening you with arrest, as is the Hotel Indigo. And don't even think of asking to speak to the owners, that's a "no no".
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I find it utterly ridiculous that “critics” try to come up with any excuse under the sun to not give the Devils franchise the credit they are truly due. The objective is to win and for a period of over 10 years they did that pretty much better than anyone. Brodeur is by far the greatest goalie of all time. He literally changed the game and they imposed the trapezoid. Do not take that part of the game away from him in terms of a goaltending skill set. He was not the mental headcase like Roy and he was more consistent than Hasek. And he holds all the records so the haters can suck it. Stevens does not get enough credit for his prominence - I’d take him over Borque and Niedermayer is as good of a defenseman as has ever played the game. It’s just stupid to disparage the team because you don’t like their “style”. Meanwhile an awful lot of teams with better “style” lost an awful lot to the Devils in that era.
Your video quality has come a long way
the trade for Hall was great for them for sure
The Rowe Report I don't know if you could say that look how good the oilers are doing
yes they are doing pretty good but i stil feel like the Devils came out on top so far Larsson only has 3 points right now so hes not contributing as much as Hall is but Hall has 12 points in 14 games so hes doing pretty good
The Rowe Report Someone is wrong on the internet!
Larsson has been pretty solid, BUT the Oilers are showing signs of falling back right now.
ya slowly they will fall back but they could be a playoff team if they have a decent rest of the season
Being from Jersey and old enough to remember the first Stanley Cup. I think it was the fact most people here didn't watch hockey at all and winning the cup made us notice them. That's what got me into watching and playing hockey I guess looking back it does seem boring but at the time it still excited me to watch. I mean look at now we avg at least 30-35 a night and still don't score many goals. Still pissed about the Lemieux Draft we purposely didn't tank and the GM said we aren't Tanking and the Penguins did and they got him I think we were the one who deserved him.
If we had got Lemieux it could have drastically altered our history. Maybe we never would have gotten Brodeur. Who knows? Its all speculation. I personally like the way it worked out. Just my two cents
I know this was posted years back, but fuckin glad to be alive to watch 95, 00, and 03 cups, showing up again game 7 to Avs, and the fall of the Devs in 2012 finals. I will say the 00-01 team was nasty and Avs just had our number. But what a fight.
Being from Sweden and only 25 years old, I can't say I was around for any of the Stanley cup wins, in fact I don't know when I started to cheer for the Devils but I haven't regreted it yet. Maybe I am affected by the team I cheer for but to me winning 1-0 is more impressing than winning 6-5.
I liked Jason arnott because when ever I played with the Blackhawks in NHL the video game he always showed up on my team, but now that I know his history it's cool learning he played for 20 years
Cory Schneider is not even close to the talent level of Martin Brodeur, I know you're not a Devils fan but this is just untrue. The Devils were so effective because Martin Brodeur is the greatest goaltender of all time at playing the puck behind the net. Not only that but his hybrid style of goaltending allowed him to make athletic saves as well as being able to drop and play the butterfly. Marty's ability with the stick puts every other goaltender to shame, guys like Cory Schneider actually give up goals consistenly when trying to play the puck because they just are flat out bad at it.
And wrong about the Devils always having a great defense while he played, Marty's best seasons were after Stevens retired and Niedermayer went to the Ducks to play with Rob.
Lou Lamoriello should have let Martin Brodeur keep on playing until he got his 700th win! Screw the playoffs! Some things are more important! Brodeur retires with 691 wins! Robbed! Plus, the numerous lockouts also contributed to Brodeur not getting his 700th win! St. Louis should have let Brodeur keep on playing until he got his 700th win.
Marty lost a yr due to an injury and if weren't for that he should be around 750 wins
I would put Marty Brodeur on par with Ken Dryden.
When those teams had defensive breakdowns, both those guys came up clutch.
It's all about making the key save at the right time of the game.
Like pitching in baseball, you don't win multiple championships with SOLID goaltending.
I love the fact you're a fan of the devils. like hearing you talk them up when many count them out
The trap is why nobody ever wanted to come here and play
It was once suggested the Mickey Mouse game may have altered NHL history in that, in an indirect way, it may have kept Mario Lemieux away from the Devils. Lemieux was the top junior player then, up for draft in 1984; there was no draft lottery then, the team with worst record in the league automatically got 1st pick, and the Devils and the Penguins were the 2 worst teams in the league. Most experts considered the Devils the worse of the 2 and favored them to land the first pick. But that Mickey Mouse game, and Gretzky's comments, embarrassed the Devils' organization so badly that they fired coach Billy McMillan after that game (the team was 2-18-0 under him) and replaced him with Tom McVie. McVie was nobody's idea of Scotty Bowman or Al Arbour but he was a better coach than McMillan and he drove the team hard, they went 15-38-7 for him the rest of the year, bad but a big boost from the pace they were setting under the previous coach. Basically, the Devils spent the rest of the year trying hard to show they weren't "Mickey Mouse." Meanwhile, Pittsburgh tanked with impunity, sticking with that one-year coach (Lou Angotti) who had lost the clubhouse, and dumping a few decent players late in the year when it was close (including Randy Carlyle, at one time the "face" of the Penguins). They narrowly "beat out" NJ for worst record and got Lemieux.
Just imagine if the NJ Devils were bad enough to win the 1984 draft lottery and land Mario Lemieux.
Just as an aside, it's been suggested this game may have altered NHL history in that, in an indirect way, it may have kept Mario Lemieux away from the Devils. Lemieux was the top junior player then, up for draft in 1984; there was no draft lottery then, the team with worst record in the league automatically got 1st pick, and the Devils and the Penguins were the 2 worst teams in the league. Most experts considered the Devils the worse of the 2 and favored them to land the first pick. But this game, and Gretzky's comments, embarrassed the Devils' organization so badly that they fired coach Billy McMillan after this game (the team was 2-18-0 under him) and replaced him with Tom McVie. McVie was nobody's idea of Scotty Bowman or Al Arbour but he was a better coach than McMillan and he drove the team hard, they went 15-38-7 for him the rest of the year, bad but a big boost from the pace they were setting under the previous coach. Basically, the Devils spent the rest of the year trying hard to show they weren't "Mickey Mouse." Meanwhile, Pittsburgh tanked with impunity, sticking with a one-year coach (Lou Angotti) who had lost the clubhouse, and dumping a few decent players late in the year when it was close (including Randy Carlyle, at one time the "face" of the Penguins). They narrowly "beat out" NJ for worst record and got Lemieux.
Teams great, but I will never go again. I'm sick of the Gestapo security tactics. They're always throwing in your face how the arena is "private property, get away from it". Then they threaten to have you arrested and banned for life if you put their workers in their place. plus you get harassed by hobos and church members are also threatening you with arrest, as is the Hotel Indigo. And don't even think of asking to speak to the owners, that's a "no no".
No one in Kansas City cares about hockey. Sucks we don’t have a team tho
If Hall or especially Schneider tapers off, Devils are absolutely toast. They have no depth.