Wednesday, November 12, 2008

A weekend of Hockey


Sorry to again have Monday and Tuesday troubles.
My work has me in flux again and on those days,often times I am either too tired to post or have to get things done for the real life....
I will try to make things up today and tomorrow...

Lets look at the Devils over the weekend with losses to Detroit (3-1) and Edmonton (2-1).
Zach Parise scored both Devil goals (10 and 11) over the weekend,which shows both his importance and the Devils almost total reliance on him at this time....

Hell Raisers-Again,if you hate the name,I will still be looking at new ones!!

1) Brian Gionta and Bryce Salvador were both banged up against the Red Wings and neither took the ice for the loss to the Oilers.
Both players claim that they will play tonight against the Rangers.
Two more newcomers from Lowell joined the team for the Edmonton game-Jay Leach and Patrick Davis.....
Davis was returned to Lowell after the game.....

2) Scott Clemensen played the Edmonton game and I thought that he played well.
Certainly well enough to win...

3) Martin Brodeur said that the bicep that he tore against the Thrashers and sent him to the injury list had been 70-80 percent torn already and that it was just a matter of time before it totally snapped.
My question is this?
Why didn't anyone pick this up before?
Not even Marty???

4) Paul Martin was placed on the IR after the weekend with continued back problems....
Martin is expected to return near the end of the month....

5) Anssi Salmela played well over the weekend and appears to be gaining confidence by the game.
I would even go as far to say Salmela was the Devils best defender in the two games,...

6)Brent Sutter challenged his anemic power play and seemingly Patrik Elias on Tuesday and he is dead on.
New Jersey went 0 for 5 on the advantage over the two games and the result was two close losses.

7) I hope that I am wrong,but Patrik Elias may simply not be capable of being the same player that he was before his hepatitis issues.
Unfortunately for the Devils,they are paying him as if he is the same player............

Back later with either some Random Ramblings or reviewing the tape of the Seahawks loss to Miami....

Photo Credit
Salmela:AP Photo

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