Tomahawked in Chicago

It might have been too much to ask for the New Jersey Devils to stay as high as they were after their comeback win over the Washington Capitals as they entered Chicago and the waiting mighty Stanley Cup Champions.
It was close for the first 25 minutes and the game was knotted at one despite a pitiful amount of shots on goal for the Devils.
Thereafter,it was all Hawks as Chicago cruised to a 5-2 win.
Devils goals to Stephen Gionta (2) in the second and Michael Ryder (11) in the third.
New Jersey is off until Friday when they will take on the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Sorry that this is late,busy going to my parents to celebrate the holidays....

Hell Raisers

1) First off,sitting through this game had only (and only one) benefit-I was able to avoid the Atlanta-San Francisco game on Monday Night Football and it's outcome that decided my fantasy league title.
Other than that-it was a waste of my time...

2) 12 shots on goal.Bleech.Not going to win games against good teams with 12 shots on goal.

3) Michael Ryder did make a nice play with his swipe of the puck away from Brent Seabrook and speedy backhander into the net.
That play was about the only glimmer of created offense all night as the Stephen Gionta goal was off a rebound.

4) Cory Schneider was decidedly mediocre in net.
It was not all his fault,but I'd say three of the five were "should have been" stops.
Not awful,not blameless and Schneider sure is not making a claim to the goalie job....

5) Damien Brunner will be out for 2 to 6 weeks after his knee injury,
This team will need a winger.Mattias Tedenby isn't it because he never finishes plays,Ryane Clowe is unlikely to stay healthy and he isn't back yet anyway.
Could the Devils be in the trade business soon? Perhaps.....

Finally,a Merry Christmas to my readers out there that only read the Devils posts.
Thanks for reading and happy holidays.