Just a little

Late, that is. Speaking of little, Brian Gionta had a not-so-good season after his 48 goal performance last season. But you really can't blame him. Claude Julien was the coach for almost the whole season (nothing against him, but no players reached their full offensive potential this season, and I blame him for that) and he missed about a quarter of the season with groin injuries. The way I see it, had he not missed 20 something games, he could have easily lead the team in scoring yet again. Why am I rambling about him? Let's think. I said this was late, I never did the Devil of the week thing..I know, shut up and do your thing.

Height: 5' 7"
Wight: 175
Position: Right wing
Birthday: January 18, 1979
Shoots: Right
From: Rochester, New York

2006/07 Season:
Team: Devils
Games played: 62
Goals: 35
Assists: 20
PIMs: 36
PPG: 11
SHG: 0
GWG: 4
+/-: -3

2006/07 Playoffs:
Team: Devils
Games played: 11
Goals: 8
Assists: 1
PIMs: 4
PPG: 3
SHG: 0
GWG: 1
+/-: +5

I think I said enough about him. Let's hope he can have another season like last season this coming season *with Elias and Sykora*.

More Marty

I completely forgot about the moment thing, until today. Sorry bout that. But it's not like I forgot for a week or six.

So, yeah, it's about Marty. Incase you've been living under a rock, or you just don't care, Marty broke that 33-year-old wins record, with a 3-2 win over the Flyers, who's old goalie, Bernie Parent, set it in the 73/74 season.

The game was almost like catch. The Flyers took and early 1-0 lead, that Jamie Langebrunner evened out with a power play goal over 15 minutes later. The Flyers took the lead again, about half way through the second, but Sergie Brylin provided another PPG, and tied it up again. Brylin was on the PK with Jimmy Dowd when Scott Gomez was in the box for hooking in the third, and Dowd scored short handed for the Devils' first lead of the game. Brodeur was his usually awesome self, and led the Devils to a 3-2 lead, setting a new wins record, and franchise record for wins. Brodeur had 34 saves, and Brylin had a goal and an assist.

New Stanley Cup Champs

So the (Mighty) Ducks won the Cup (finally). They won the series 4-1, with a 6-2 win tonight. I'm happy for them. And for Scott Neidermayer for getting the Smythe, but it should totally be Parise with that trophy. And the Devils should be cheering and passing around the Cup. Ugh. It was so weird seeing a captain besides Scotty Stevens with the Cup. And it was even weirder to see Neids with it not as a Devil. Ah, congrats, Ducks. But the Devils will get it next season.

Alright.

The Devils signed Andy Greene to a two-year $1.2 million contract (that's $600,000 a season). That's good. Andy rocks. Sad that he's almost as good as some of the older D-men, right?

No Way!

Let's go back to my No Way! entry from my other blog, shall we? I'm starting to become amused by the reasons people want Souray back. The most common (maybe even only?) one I've seen is he's good offensively. Ok. Let's get someone who's not exactly decent on D, but is good offensively, to improve our less-than-amazing defense. Makes sense, right? I saw this video, and, after you watch it yourself, I think you'll see my point about him not being a Norris-worthy d-man.

Now, Souray is barely making $2.5 million, so, with the cap supposedly going up about $2 mil., and we need defense, what's the harm? Well, not only will be definitely want more than Rafalski, just look at his stats from this season, and focus on his +/-. It's not a joke, or a typo, he was really a -28. That's not the kind of guy I wanna see making Marty's job easier, which, as we all know, is the D's job.

So that's it, really. If you want a "No way to Souray" button, they'll only be $.75.

Bergforce!!

That nickname didn't exactly fit this season, after a not-so-good season, compared to his rookie season, but, hey. Since this week's moment is kind of lame (just about the Devils purchasing the franchise in July), I'm going right into Bergfors. Not that it wasn't good or anything, but it didn't say much, and I'd be easier to just read it than to listen to my rambles.

Height: 5' 11"
Wight: 190
Position: Right wing
Birthday: March 7, 1987
Shoots: Right
From: Sodertalje, Sweden

2006/07 Season:
Team: Lowell
Games played: 60
Goals: 13
Assists: 19
PIMs: 8
PPG: 10
SHG: 0
GWG: 0
+/-: -1

On the plus side, he doesn't take too many penalties. Maybe he's one of those players who's better suited for the NHL. Who knows?