New Jersey Devils & Related Hockey Links for 1/4/23
Here are your links for today:
Devils Links
Lindy Ruff talks about the one sports story on everyone’s minds this week:
Lindy Ruff said he spoke with his team about the Bills Damar Hamlin incident. I asked him to elaborate on the conversation.
“You’ve got a small amount of time, really, in the big picture a small amount of time as a pro player to achieve a common goal.”
Here is the full quote: pic.twitter.com/eemMRy0Y6f
— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) January 3, 2023
Good news on Ondrej Palat:
Another full-on practice for #NJDevils Ondrej Palat today, who definitely looks like he’s ramping things up in intensity.
— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) January 3, 2023
Some notes on the inconsistency of Mackenzie Blackwood: “Blackwood has played 18 NHL games since the beginning of 2022. Only once in that span did he post a save percentage of .901 (league average) or higher in back-to-back appearances. Once!” [Infernal Access ($)]
Hockey Links
Connor Bedard with an unbelievable goal to send Canada through to the semifinals at the World Juniors:
CONNOR BEDARD SENDS CANADA TO THE SEMIS! #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/4s06UDY6oX
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) January 3, 2023
“So don’t be surprised if some of the lottery teams start their trade deadline selloff a bit sooner than usual this season. Because the motivation to cement the best possible odds for the lottery has taken on a whole new level of urgency after Bedard’s world junior performance.” [The Athletic ($)]
It’s comeback season: “There had already been 72 multi-goal comebacks in the NHL entering Monday, with less than half of the season elapsed. As a whole, the league is on pace to have the most multi-goal leads turned into losses in the sport’s history. The record is 138, in 2018-19, and the league is on pace for 160 this season.” [The Athletic ($)]
The Winter Classic is heading to Seattle:
The 2024 @Discover NHL #WinterClassic will feature the @NHL‘s two newest franchises, the @SeattleKraken and @GoldenKnights, on New Year’s Day at T-Mobile Park, home of the @Mariners.
Details: https://t.co/AJHKCvTYnm pic.twitter.com/PKI5fIQKuT
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 2, 2023
Tage Thompson’s breakout season rolls along:
Fastest to the 30 goal mark (in terms of games played in a season) by @BuffaloSabres player:
30- Alexander Mogilny (1992-93)
31- Pat LaFontaine (1991-92)
36- Tage Thompson (2022-23 via his hat trick effort in a 5-4 OT win over the Capitals Tuesday)
40- Gilbert Perreault (1977-78) pic.twitter.com/lc1WIa1vkA— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) January 4, 2023
A bit of a surprise: “The Detroit Red Wings placed forward Jakub Vrana on waivers Tuesday, less than three weeks after he returned to the team following a stint in the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program.” [ESPN]
Seems like this guy could work on our fourth line:
Jaromír Jágr doklepl puk do branky po nahrávce od Tomáše Plekance a zapisuje první branku v letošní sezóně #TELH! #KLAPLZ pic.twitter.com/cmYbgO8LHo
— Tipsport extraliga (@telhcz) January 3, 2023
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