Pat Burns News

Devils goalie Martin Brodeur would like to be able to handle the puck more than he is allowed by the NHL's rules.

Bobby Carpenter , with Pat Burns, was one of the former Devils who helped celebrate the 2003 Stanley Cup championship Wednesday night.

Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto Monday night.

"They wanted you to do four minutes and out, so you do an outline, you fill it in and it's 25 minutes, so you start cutting stuff out.

Tampa Bay Lightning's James Wright is sandwiched between New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur, left, and Bryce Salvador during the second period of Saturday's game.

Along the way, he said, he has borrowed elements from several: Rick Dudley in Buffalo, John Muckler in New York and Jim Schoenfeld in Phoenix , all coaches under whom he's worked.

Devils assistant coach Mario Tremblay during his days with the Montreal Canadiens.

Under different circumstances, this could have been his team. When the New Jersey Devils were searching for a new coach this summer, Pat Burns might have been the logical choice.

Just ask old friend Pat Burns, who won the prize three times - with Montreal in 1989, Toronto in 1993 and the Bruins [ team stats ] in 1998.

Detroit Red Wings great Steve Yzerman, hard shooting Brett Hull, the elegant Brian Leetch and prolific Luc Robitaille were named the induction class for 2009 Tuesday.

Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk poses for photo at Thursday night's NHL Awards ceremony in Las Vegas.

With so many images of hockey players plastered around Las Vegas this week, the question of whether the city could accommodate an NHL franchise naturally resurfaced.

Hanging with the presenters 06.17.6:38 p.m. ET The NHL Charity Shootout Presented by PokerStars.net is still going on over at the Rio, but I've headed back to The Palms to get ready for the Presenters Welcome Reception, an opportunity to interact with some of the legendary people that will be presenting awards during Thursday's NHL Awards Show.

Brent Sutter speaks at a news conference in Red Deer after news became public that he resigned as head coach of the New Jersey Devils, June 9, 2009.

Brent Sutter was devastated by New Jersey's stunning Game 7 loss to Carolina. Brent Sutter has stepped down as head coach of the New Jersey Devils.

The one that got away: Then-Anaheim Ducks forward Dan Bylsma still thinks about not connecting with the puck floating to the right of New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur during Game 7 of the 2002-03 Stanley Cup final in East Rutherford, N.J. A goal would have Anaheim - which ultimately lost the game - a 1-0 lead.

The candidates are mighty and many: Peter Laviolette, Mike Keenan, Jacques Lemaire, Ted Nolan, Guy Carbonneau, Marc Crawford, Craig MacTavish, John MacLean and certainly others.