ThreeCups

This rule has been around longer than I can remember.  Why is it irking people only now?

I've always thought it was dumb, I just would never talk about it unless there was an existing thread on it

Ahh 3cups... so much for you to learn.  Maybe you won't grasp the "no facial hair rule," as silly and trivial as it is -- but you will one day understand how much weight the seemingly trivial often has.

So you are going to honestly come on this board and tell me that the no facial hair rule means something?!!?  It certainly hasn't equated to any postseason success in the past 7 years.... Please inform me oh wise one....What good does this ridiculous rule do?

I think it has more to do with unity than anything else. Everyone wears a helmet during warmups, everyone -- whether you're NHL, AHL or ECHL -- plays for a team called the Devils, everyone wears a suit and tie on the road, everyone is clean shaven.

It's all that "no individual is bigger than the team" thing. Lou's big into that kind of stuff.

If "everyone wearing a helmet" and everyone shaving is some important resemblance of team unity than that is absurd.  That doesn't make or break team unity.  It is way beyond that.  The rule is stupid, and if it is still in place I expect it to die like many other ridiculous things/rules in this organization once LL is finally gone....

Who are these guys?!?!?  They finally look like the team we thought they were all along!  LGD!

Our medical staff has to be the WORST in all of pro sports!

It is a charity event, so I can not say I was disappointed.  Everyone had fun so it was good, and best part is they earned some money for the charity.  Jim Dowd and Bruce Driver were rather nice at the dinner also.  Did not speak to anyone else however.

I am still shocked at winning a kovy and madden signed puck and elias signed stick as the "opening" bid price.

EDIT: Dano was suppose to be there also, wonder what happened to him?  Getting ready for the Devils @ Isles I guess?

Most of the people there did not seem like hardcore fans.  Instead of buying their kids autographs from legit NHL players in the raffle, they would rather let them get autographs of Rob Skrlac and goaltending sensation Anthony Felice!  I actually cringed when I saw kids getting Felice to sign their jerseys...he must have had the time of his life signing too

I went yesterday and was disappointed with the alumni team lineup.  Still a fun event go to.  I will post a recap with photos and video later.....

He certainly has the ego for it.  For me, that would be the last straw.  I'd be forced to become an Islander fan.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out bud.....

I stayed optimistic like many of you here thinking "we will get through this" earlier on in the season.  I thought we were just going through a rough stretch and would end up fine.  By mid November I knew it was all over and that we were headed for a disastrous season.  When the local NFL teams had more wins than the Devils on Thanksgiving, you should have known it was well over.  Many will agree with some points, and many will disagree.  I am not claiming to be a know it all or anything like that, but this is how I feel about our current situation.  So where to begin with this?  

It was revealed that LL asked Jamie to waive his NTC in camp and he declined.  I am sure this did wonders for Jamie's game.  I am not making excuses for him, but that must be a sh!tty feeling know the team you are captain of wanted to ship you out before the season even started.  Lou should have pushed hard to trade him in the OFFSEASON; ditto with Rolston.  I am sure he put some feelers out, but after we signed Kovy one or both of these guys HAD to be shipped out PRIOR to the opening faceoff of Game #1.  Both of these players knew they had bullseyes on their back going into the season, and maybe they felt the pressure of it.

We start the season with a heartbreaking loss to Dallas and it was all downhill ever since.  A quick summary (I am doing this quickly so I may be forgetting a few items and may mix up the order of events slightly): Salvador gets a concussion that likely will end his career, Devils start off the season in a slump, our best player Zach Parise goes down with a long term injury, we put Rolston on waivers and nobody wants him, our rookie coach Johnny Mac becomes the sacrificial lamb, we being back Jacques who everybody wanted gone last season, we put Brian Rolston on re-entry waivers and STILL nobody wants him, Jacques says we now have "co-starting goaltenders".  What a sh!tshow of a season.

I thought Mac should have either been A. Fired much earlier in the season while it was still salvageable (which I was originally hoping for- I believed a turnaround was possible under the right coach), or B. Given the entire season to see how he finished.  Firing him on December 23 was completely pointless.  What made it even more dumbfounding was that we went BACK IN TIME to bring Jacques back, KNOWING that HE WOULD NOT BE BACK NEXT SEASON!  Why?!?!?  If Lou wanted Mac gone so badly, he should have had the phone glued to his ear looking for a LONG TERM replacement for Mac.  sh!tcanning him 2 days before Christmas and bringing Jacques in made no sense to me.  The season was already gone at that point, and we are not building any system of sorts for future seasons.  I think Lou has been the best GM in hockey for years, but I think his career should be coming to a close soon.  Whether he does it own his own accord, or is nudged by Vanderbeek, it has to happen relatively soon.  

Now fast forward to early January, and Lemaire is BENCHING TEDENBY?!?  To me this is completely unacceptable.  Tedenby earned his stripes (or should I say horns) in my opinion long ago.  He has shown an offensive flair and is a BIG piece of the future of our organization.  Let this kid learn on the job and get some experience for next year.  Benching him is only going to mess with his confidence and curb his development.

OFFSEASON (or sooner for some of these) AGENDA:
-Find Long term coach
-Find Long term replacement for Marty who he can play 25-30 games/season for a year or 2 while learning from #30
-Find Rollie a new home.
-Reconstruct our defense.  We need a PMD as we all know, and we need to create an identity as a whole on the blueline.  


I still love this team, go to games, and watch on TV.  It is just becoming more frustrating than ever.  The future is bright with Zach (if he resigns), Zajac, Tedenby, Josefson, Merrill, Henrique, Taormina, Urbom, our upcoming lottery pick.  We will return to the level that we as Devils' fans have been accustom to.  I am confident of that.  I just hope that we do not go through a season like this one again for a long, long time.  The new era of New Jersey Devils hockey should be an exciting one for years to come.  

EDIT: I forgot that I wouldn't be opposed to shipping out Greene....

Seriously.

What gives you the right to yell something like that at another person?

Are you 13?

I think it's....the First Amendment? Freedom of Speech?  He didn't threaten him or anything, just told him what he thought....

Would 'excuse me sir, but i highly disagree with your policies' have been better? We should change our name to the New Jersey Puritans. People are getting upset over yelling you suck to a man who certainly does and has royally screwed our franchise around so often? wow....lets bring our red carpet and manners for him next time  

Nice!  I wonder if he ate the food in the clubs....hmmmmmm

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Ahemmm.....shouldn't all items now be in the "Classifieds" section?!?!?

Why do you continue to stick your head in the sand and not see that Marty is costing us games now.  That goal totally took the momentum away and every game now for the past year I have been expecting him to let in at least one soft goal.  That is unacceptable.  When he was younger I would expect a weak goal once every few games, but not every friggin game.
Yes we continue to score, but that makes every goal of ours count even more.  When we take the lead, that is an instant confidence booster for this fragile group and to let a softie in less than a minute later is unacceptable and changed the momentum.  Yeah we outshot them, but that was the case in the 90's when we would outshoot the other team, get only 1 or 2 goals, and then win the game.  With Marty's play now, we cannot even do that.  Marty needs to retire soon before he really taints his career.

You are obviously one of the mentally challenged Marty pilers-on.  I have agreed that yes he is not having a good season.  HOWEVER, he is in no way "costing us games".  Our offense is beyond putrid, and even Patrick Roy in 1986 playoff form would be able to get wins on this squad.  Do you expect him to pitch a SHUTOUT EVERY GAME??!?!?  That is the only way this team can get wins.  It is quite simple- when you only score 1 goal a game, your goaltender needs to be PERFECT to win.  PERFECT as in SHUTOUT.  You are obviously are a young fan who does not know much, and for this I do not blame you.  But please do now spew these absurd, venomous anti-Marty posts because they are beyond outlandish.

Do you realize that this team team has scored 1 goal or less in 22 games (Two of them were 2-1 SO wins where the Devils were awarded a phantom goal for winning)?  They're averaging 1.72 GPG...take out the phantom goals and it drops to 1.67.  This is comically, laughably, insanely bad.  Marty hasn't been good this year, no disputing that, but NO GOALIE ANYWHERE (even Marty playing at the top of his game) is going to be able to do much with a team that's this offensively impotent.  I'd say there's plenty of other candidates costing the Devils games.

EXACTLY, but it is all Marty's fault.  Maybe he needs to start scoring goals too!

Nobody (right now, at least) is disputing that Brodeur isn't who he was. But when the offense is this insanely inept, looking at the goalie is like paying attention to a bruised pinky when your arm is broken.

Bingo DiG.  Marty has slowed down for sure, however he is FAR from THE problem this season....

ticker tape parade down mulberry is scheduled for jan 2nd!

Not so fast my friend, we were not awarded the #1 overall pick yet!  

Send Marty to Albany for conditioning and bring up Frazee to alternate with Hedberg and allow Frazee to get some NHL experience. Marty has been killing the momentum by allowing soft goals like the first GA.

We did not lose that game last night because of the weak goal allowed.  We lost it because Queen Henrik has our number and we struggle to score as it is.  If Hedberg was in there last night he would have given up 3 or 4 easily....

i forgot to add in my past post: looks like the team has responded better to Lemaire than to MacLean. i don't know if it had to do with the opponent tonight, but Lemaire definitely had our boys prepared to work their tails off.

We have been outscored 12-3 in the 3 games he has coached so far......judging by the current pattern, I predict we lose the next game by 2-1.....

For anyone ripping Marty early in the game....yes, the first goal was sh!t....however, shortly after he robbed Gaborik with the glove and then had a couple more absurd saves during a Rangers PP I believe...overall, many goalies would have given up more than 2 tonight....Lundqvist has our number, and it is starting to become ridiculous