ter with his fourth goal of the year to lift the New Jersey Devils to a come from behind 4-3 win over the St.Louis Blues.Brian Rolston scored the other Devil goal (5).
New Jersey continues the road trip tonight in Dallas at 8:30,I will be following most of the game on XM and therefore can tell you about the Dallas radio commentators......
Hell Raisers
1) I watched very little of this game live as I missed the first few minutes due to watching the end of Maryland's win in the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl over Nevada and went to bed in the second,so the rest of the game was a tape delayed one for me.
2) I know I write this a lot,but it is nice to write for positive reasons-Goals happen when you crash the net!
Zach Parise scored one his goals by simply being in front and making things happen,while the Rolston goal was off a rebound off Manny Legace after a David Clarkson shot.
Why the Devils don't do this every night makes me so frustrated sometimes!
3) Here's some credit for sharp passing to a player not noted for it in Mike Rupp.
Rupp's pass to Jay Pandolfo on a 2 on 1 gave the Devils an insurance goal that it turned out they would need.
4) Perhaps it is time to consider locking Zach Parise up to a long term contract to keep him as a Devil for a long time.
A poster over at In Lou We Trust suggested it a while back and I have considered it since then.
Finally,the Devils have a top notch goal scorer,which is hard for a team that is among the best every year to find,unless you want to be like the Penguins and be awful for ten years to get those types of players.
It would be nice to have him for the course of his career.
5) Maybe the St.Louis jerseys are just a super dark blue,but they sure looked black on the Versus telecast.
If they are black jerseys,that is dumber that I can imagine!
Bullpen Notes
Hang in there for my thoughts on the Browns hiring process and a look back at the Crennel/Savage tenure.
I am looking forward to doing those,but I want to take the time to do them well instead of rushing through them.
I have no intention of recapping the Browns loss in Pittsburgh with t
his exception.The hit on Ben Rothlisberger was not a dirty hit.
Willie McGinest is an aging player that has been become a shell of what he once was,but McGinest is not a dirty player,the hit was not crown to crown (which the NFL defines as an illegal blow to the head with the helmet) and anyone that thinks it was just doesn't know very much about the game.
Seattle will pick 4th and Cleveland 5th in the 2009 NFL Draft,which hopefully can add an impact player to both teams.
I enjoyed the Humanitarian Bowl from Boise and was rooting for Maryland,but head coach Ralph Friedgen made an error in playing runner Da'Rel Scott in the second half.
Scott was the difference in the game as he ran for 174 yards and two touchdowns on just 14 carries.
But why was this an error?
Scott was one of several Terrapins that were punished for violating team rules during their Boise stay.
By levying such a lax punishment,Friedgen put winning one game ahead of what was right for his program and these types of instances eventually add up as players discover that the cost of screwing up is slight......
Photo Credits
Parise:AP Photo
Hit:Karl Walter-Getty Images
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