Of the remaining seven skaters, five of them — Patrik Elias, Adam Henrique, Travis Zajac, Stephen Gionta and Andy Greene played in every playoff game that year the last time New Jersey was in the postseason while Adam Larsson five games and Jacob Josefson six were minimal contributors, at best.
Of the remaining 17 players, shockingly, only two of them were traded away by the franchise for basically nothing: Tallinder, July for Riley Boychuk and Zidlicky at the trade deadline for a draft pick. Not many franchises would be able to lose so much talent from their roster, without the assistance of a trade i. Lamoriello is a Hall of Fame general manager, but not even he could figure his way out of that mess that transpired following his squad falling two games short of their fourth Stanley Cup championship.
Report from Hockey-Reference. Here are the 17 players that are no longer members of the New Jersey Devils and what they are doing now:. Mark Fayne — entering second year of four-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers.
We are doing something else. And it's not our choice because we didn't decide that there are no Devils games or any NHL games. The reality of the last three and a half months has not and can not be ignored. The eventual effect of the lockout won't be ignored. The lockout has been and is current the dominant topic for the fans of all 30 NHL teams and so it is clearly the year's biggest ongoing story.
Except for Kings fans, is all about that and even they know it's huge in that they haven't seen the banner their team earned risen to the rafters at the Staples Center. I think Devils fans should also partake in that exception, even though the Devils were the team the Kings beat for the Stanley Cup. I may be the only one, but I choose to focus on this year's glorious playoff run when looking back at It certainly wasn't predicted. The Devils did have a good regular season, finishing sixth in the Eastern Conference standings with the fifth most points in the East.
They got there with the help of some pleasant surprises , some of which continued into the postseason Adam Henrique and some did not e. My pre-season prediction was that the Devils should make the playoffs in and they did just that. Other fans and writers were more ambitious with their expectations and wanted at least one playoff victory.
Everyone got that and more. I've reviewed the entire Devils' postseason in this post. I will point out how it gave the fans almost everything they would want in a playoff run, how truly memorable it was.
If you wanted success through adversity, then you got it Devils' first round match-up with the Florida Panthers. The Panthers' special teams and second line gave the Devils fits and were up in the series. The Devils not only had to win two straight, but they had to go to overtime for each one. And the seventh game required double overtime and Henrique finding Jose Theodore's five-hole.
The first series alone was loaded with such drama, excitement, and nervousness that only. If you wanted rivalries and bragging rights, then you got it in the following two rounds. The Devils took on the Second Rate Rivals in the second round and dispatched them in five. I didn't think the Devils would beat the Flyers at first.
In my defense, I also didn't think Claude Giroux would disappear at even strength, Jaromir Jagr would just disappear, their defense would be so vulnerable against a two-man forecheck, and that Ilya Bryzgalov would get the unofficial primary assist on the series-winning goal. Despite the massive challenge provided by Henrik Lundqvist and Ryan Callahan's skates, the Devils rose above in six games.
The final game coming in dramatic fashion as Adam Henrique sent the Rock and the fans all around the world into ecstatic cheers. Winning a playoff series is great. Beating your rivals and being able to talk smack to them about it is even better. If you wanted personal stories, then there were several Devils who stepped up in more ways than one. Adam Henrique continued his strong season play as a rookie with more heroics in the postseason.
Martin Brodeur had an ugly regular season save percentage, but he was the constant stopper through the post season. Ilya Kovalchuk famously played through injury and despite how much slower he looked and moved, he still managed to lead the entire postseason and the Devils in scoring. Travis Zajac was finally healthy after missing most of the season and put in good work as usual in the postseason. Perry , A. All-Time Greats: W. Gretzky , R. Bourque , G.
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