Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Before the season began, most people would have predicted the Vezina Trophy would go to one of Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils, Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks or Evgeni Nabokov of the San Jose Sharks but each of them has missed time to injury. Brodeur had surgery on his elbow and should be out for several months. Luongo has a groin injury and should be out for at least a month. Nabokov...
Covers.com (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Injuries to elite NHL goaltenders have caused hockey handicappers headaches in recent weeks. First, the ridiculously durable Martin Brodeur went down until at least February with an elbow injury. Next, Roberto Luongo collapsed with a groin in...
Blueland Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
HTML clipboard Here's an interesting quirk to mull over while you vote for your NHL-All-star choices. Here are last year's All-Star goalies: Western Conference Roberto Luongo (voted in but declined to play) Manny Legace Evgeni Nabokov Chris Osgood Eastern Conference Martin Brodeur (voted in but declined to play) Rick DiPietro Tim Thomas Tomas Vokoun Now look at where they're each at this year. Luongo,...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
from Terence Moore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Thrashers have no identity. Not good, because all significant teams have an identity. When Martin Brodeur is healthy in goal, the New Jersey Devils project themselves as a steel wall on defense. The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals are whatever their stars (Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin, respectively) want them to be...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
When it comes to goaltenders in the National Hockey League, a few names come to mind: Jacques Plante, Terry Sawchuk, Glenn Hall, Tony Esposito, Johnny Bower, Grant Fuhr, etc. However, in the minds of most hockey fans, only two names really stand out above the rest: Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur. Instead of rambling on about how great these two netminders are on the night that Patrick Roy gets his...
The Sports Corner (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
It’s obviously too early to predict the winner of the Vezina trophy (NHL goaltender of the year) but there are a few masked men already making strong cases for themselves. With New Jersey’s Martin Brodeur - the winner of four of the past five awards - out of the race with elbow surgery, a new top [...]
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
It was almost as though they were playing in front of Martin Brodeur. For the first time since their franchise goalie went down, the Devils won Devils style. Visiting dignitaries complained of ennui, the visiting team left Newark pointless, and...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Just a quick note to say that we now have a Devils blog on the network in the form of John Fischer's In Lou We Trust . John did a great job over at his former home on Blogger and gives us 11 blogs and counting at SBN Hockey. Go bug him about Martin Brodeur.
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Devil "D" just doesn't do it these days. If their goaltending is only as good - or not - as their opponents, then they can't play to that former strength any longer. They'll have to score plenty without Martin Brodeur, and that's why, if...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
from Mark Everson of the NY Post, Even if other GMs are peddling, Lou Lamoriello insists he isn’t dealing for a top goalie to hold the fort while Martin Brodeur is out.... When surgery was decided upon for Brodeur, Lamoriello said at the time that he wouldn’t be dealing for a goalie, though it seemed like an automatic, unprepared reaction. Teams like Edmonton (Dwayne Roloson) and Chicago (Nikolai Khabibulin)...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Brent Johnson didn't practice today, but the goalie said he'll be available to backup tomorrow night against the Martin Brodeur-less New Jersey Devils. So there won't be a call-up. "It's not bad," Johnson said. "You never want to do that Jose, but you don't want to stay out there and hurt the team if you can't go 100-percent. It takes a lot to get me out of the net." If Johnson feels 100-percent tomorrow,...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
from Tom Gulitti of Fire & Ice, Right now the Devils are digging themselves a hole that they might not be able to climb out of. They have lost three in row and four out of five since Martin Brodeur tore his left biceps tendon on Oct. 31 against Atlanta. They’ve won only two games of their last nine games (2-5-2) since opening the season 5-1. They’re trying to stay positive, but there’s a lot to be...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Photograph of the Devils' Dainius Zubrus knocking the Rangers' Brandon Dubinsky down by Rick Schultz/AP Rangers 5, Devils 2: Martin Brodeur had appeared in all but two of the previous 100 meetings between these two teams. The Devils needed a lot more than him in this one. The Rangers scored four goals in the second period -- including two during two-man advantages -- as the Blueshirts continued the...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Kevin Weekes played in place of Martin Brodeur, and gave up four goals, including two 5-on-3 power-play goals, before being pulled after two periods of a 5-2 loss.
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Michal Rozsival and Nikolai Zherdev scored during two-man advantages in New York's four-goal second period, and the Rangers routed the Martin Brodeur-less New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Wednesday night.
