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After two busy days at the NHL entry draft in Montreal, Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello has three more days to brace for the opening of the free agent market on Wednesday.

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

This offseason, the New Jersey Devils have two primary objectives : sign a second-line center and a top-four defenseman.But the Devils' second-line center may already be with the team... by Jersey 137 reads Sports This offseason, the New Jersey Devils have two primary objectives : sign a second-line center and a top-four defenseman.

It appears the Pittsburgh Penguins will play Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final without forward Petr Sykora .

The departure of Brent Sutter could mean some of the upcoming unrestricted Devils may stick around.

The big NHL story of the day was the news of Brent Sutter's resignation. I actually found out about it from Levinakl at Bleacher Report, and immediately checked Tom Gulitti's blog for verification... by Jersey 29 reads Sports The big NHL story of the day was the news of Brent Sutter's resignation.

Peter Zezel, who had a short but memorable stint with the Albany River Rats during the 1997-98 season, died Tuesday afternoon following complications from a long-time blood disorder.

This is bittersweet news. Bitter in that he played most of his career for the Devils, so it's always sad to see someone like that go.

April 28th, 2009 has gone down as my worst day as a New Jersey Devils fan in 15 years.

Brent Sutter Wednesday, April 30th - A distraught Brent Sutter packs his things and prepares to go home for the summer, but not before talking to the media one more time about the Devils' game 7 disaster.

Reigning champions Russia secured top spot in qualifying Group E of the world ice-hockey championship with a 4-1 win over the United States at Berne on Saturday.

The Devils tried to regroup Wednesday and figure out how their season blew up in 80 seconds Tuesday night.

John Madden is one of the Devils' nine prominent unrestricted free agents. Devils GM Lou Lamoriello won't waste any time.

In the battle of tonight's Game 7s, Capitals vs. Rangers will likely win purely on quality of entertainment: highlight reel goals , headshots, maybe a little dose of unseemly antics and a whole lot of chirping .

Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 15:29. There are comebacks, and there are miracles, and there are those that might just be both and defy description anyway.

Series New Jersey leads 3-1 Wed 4/15 @NJ 4, CAR 1 Fri 4/17 CAR 2, @ NJ 1 Sun 4/19 NJ 3, @ CAR 2 Tue 4/21 @CAR 4, NJ 3 @NJ 1, CAR 0 Apr 26, 2009 NJ @ CAR TBD Apr 28, 2009 CAR @ NJ 7:30 PM ET NEWARK, N.J. -- Shades of Curt Schilling.

Devils right winger Brian Gionta has his eyes on a deflected puck during Game 5 Thursday night.

Martin Brodeur quickly recovered from Tuesday's devastating last-second loss and used 44 saves to post his 23rd career postseason shutout to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 1-0 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at Prudential Center.

The Devils get to play another Stanley Cup playoff game Friday at Prudential Center, their home arena, in front of thousands of fans wearing Devils sweaters, spinning white towels over their heads and taunting the opposing goaltender.

Who else could it be? His overtime goal showed he can still score , the ZZ Pop line could survive the loss of Jamie Langenbrunner , and the Devils could beat the Hurricanes in an overtime playoff game .