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The raw talent is visible. Good awareness, good puck skills, quick decision-making. Give him some experience and add some weight to that frame and I could see him developing into a very Elias-esque player.

The future here is bright with Zajac, Henrique and Josefson manning the middle for years to come. And with Henrique having the breakout year he's having, that buys time for Josefson to develop. No rush.

I'm sure DeBoer is aware of it, as is his staff, and I'm sure they're working on it.  Fortunately they have time...23 games to improve on that.

Not only do they have time to address it, but they've already established a track record of successfully addressing glaring issues. Anyone remember the last shorty the Devils surrendered? The last time it seemed the Devils couldn't get a win without needing the shootout? The last time anyone called for Adam Oates' head because of the PP? Or the last time anyone complained about our nonexistent offense? Hell, this team has even beaten the Rangers in their last two meetings, including Marty besting Paddy McDouchepad in a goalie duel.

I haven't had this much confidence in a Devils coaching staff over the course of a full season in a long time.

Just wanted to bump this to say how happy I've been with Poni's acquisition.

For his entire tenure with the Devils, Zubrus has been the team's ultimate complimentary player, filling gaps on lines with various players and differing skill sets. He's done well pretty much wherever he's been put, but has always been that complimentary guy.

With Poni, we finally have a guy whose style compliments Zubrus's. Watching those two play together has been a lot of fun. I almost wanna call them the Huffy Line because of how hard they cycle. It's no surprise DeBoer tends to put them out after a goal allowed because they're so good at getting the puck deep and keeping it deep ... the prototypical momentum buster.

First this season brought us the blessing of a near carbon copy of Parise named Henrique. Now we pretty much have a second Zubrus. Win, lose or draw, a team that works hard is always easy to root for. Not only is this team working hard, but they're winning. Great stuff, and yet another under-the-radar yet excellent pick up by Lou.

This guy obviously wasn't in Pittsburgh in the post-Mario, pre-Sidney era. In those days, the Igloo made any Devils home game look like a three-ring circus.

I wonder what Denis Potvin has heard on the subject.

The more I see it, the more I know it was the right call. Volchenkov wasn't pushing him, he wasn't even hooking him ... his stick was on Gaborik's stick. Clean stickcheck. If anything, the way he was leveraged should have slowed Gaborik down. But Gaborik didn't slow down. He plowed full-speed into Brodeur, sticking his elbow into Marty's grill at the last second. Not only was it the right call, but it was a bush league move on Gaborik's part. To me, that's someone clearly taking a run at a goalie who was hobbled the last time a Ranger took a run at him.

I'm glad it cost the Rangers the game. I'm glad it caused Torts to lose his sh!t. I'm glad it preserved a shutout for Brodeur, who played through pain and had to listen to those dumbass Ranger fans try to heckle him even though he hadn't allowed a goal.

Great win. I now just hope Marty's ankle is OK.

Joking aside, I do think natural looks better. And implants stand just as good a chance of making matters worse as they do of improving the situation. Small boobies are better than boobies that are way too far apart or cross-eyed or up way too high or veiny (Tara Reid ... woof). But still, boobies are boobies. Far apart, cross-eyed, high and veiny boobies are still awesome.

Heh heh ... boobies.

"I still think Johnny Mac wasn't given enough of of a chance."

"Ya know, it's weird. Hearing Stephane Matteau's name totally doesn't make me wanna punch a baby."

"Remember the old mascot, Slapshot? That was me in that costume. Whaddya say you and I grab some dinner? Then grab some drinks? Then see what else ends up getting grabbed?"

"And to think ... if Lou had only traded up, we coulda had Hugh Jessiman!"

"Ever actually meet Chico? Total douche."

As long as he prays to God, we can slap him in net and get a win.

But we already have a Tebowing goalie. He just calls it the half-butterfly.

Let me see if I'm getting this straight.

Since ...
- Zach wants to sign with a Cup contender more than anything else,
- and money is also a factor, just not the biggest one

... and:
- the only way the Devils can prove that they're the kind of Cup contender Zach wants would be with a strong playoff run

... it stands to reason that:
- we shouldn't be holding our collective breath waiting for a contract to be signed before the playoffs

... unless:
- the Devils grossly overpay, so as to negate the "Cup contender" aspect.

Right? (Sorry for the annoying format. I couldn't think of a way to put that all together without an incredibly ugly run-on sentence.)

I still stand by my assertion that this team turned a corner about a month ago. October was shaky and November looked better than it should have thanks to the shootout, but since Dec. 6th this has been a different team offensively.

First 25 games:
- 57 Goals For, 2.28 G/G
- 11-for-91 on the PP, 12.1%
- 71 Goals Allowed, 2.84 GA/G

Last 16 games:
- 49 Goals For, 3.06 G/G
- 9-for-51 on the PP, 17.6%
- 45 Goals Allowed, 2.81 GA/G

The next three games are big. The Devils aren't traditionally very good on Western trips, so a strong showing here will go a long way before the ensuing 11-game stretch where no game is more than a bus ride away.



Edit: Added Goals Allowed. While they don't appear to have really improved defensively, at least they're scoring more goals than they're allowing in the last 16 games. The same couldn't be said for the first 25 games.

Don't they tech hand to hand combat for our military and police?

1. He was outnumbered.
2. He was suckerpunched.
3. He earned the Purple Heart for a reason. He was hit by a sniper in Iraq, and one story says it "blew apart one of his calf muscles" while another quotes the Woodbridge Mayor (where the victim is a police officer) saying "his leg was nearly taken off."

If any of these Philly pusscakes had the stones to take him 1-on-1, I'd take the one-legged Marine over the Rocky wannabe any day of the week.

to be 100% honest... Comrie


's wife

Have you seen Patty's other half?



Yowza!

Here's a fun video to watch. This is pretty much the Flyers fanbase to a "T". Fat, drunk and knuckledragging. The guy with the orange Abercrombie shirt is the poster boy for Philadelphia.

That dude's got a rockin set of tits.

If it was Stevens, he probably woulda gotten out and laid his shoulder into the cars that cut him off, totalling them and pointing to other cars while saying "You're next".