Zach Parise News

The last month of exhilarating hockey has been a perfect example to why the theater and drama of the NHL playoffs is far superior to any postseason action in all other sports.

It is easy to put an asterisk on a lockout-shortened season. Without a full training camp and an entire 82-game slate, human nature has us washing 2013 shortcomings under the rug.

After missing the playoffs for the second time in three seasons, Lou Lamoriello , the longtime General Manager of the New Jersey Devils is facing some big decisions.

There were a lot of teams that had scoring issues this season around the NHL , but the team that I didn't expect it from was the New Jersey Devils .

New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello , in his decision to retain head coach Peter DeBoer , has proven that he's changed his ways.

The Minnesota Wild put up an embarrassing effort in their final game of the 2013 season, as the fell to the Chicago Blackhawks by a 5-1 score in the fifth game of their opening-round playoff series.

The ashes of a failed 2013 remain scattered, uncollected. The New Jersey Devils failed to qualify for the playoffs for just the second time since 1996.

After a run to the Stanley Cup finals last season, expectations were high for a Devils squad that returned all of its players beyond Zach Parise.

The New Jersey Devils have a long wait ahead of them while they sit idly by as the playoffs progress this season.

Jason Zucker scored at 2:15 of overtime to give Minnesota a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday, pulling the Wild within 2-1 in the Western Conference quarter-final series.

New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello made another crafty trade by acquiring Steve Sullivan for a 7th-round pick in this year's deadline.

Last summer was a tough one for the New Jersey Devils . Coming off of a surprise appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, they had their issues with players up for free agency.

Lou Lamoriello is something of a beloved figure in New Jersey , and for good reason.

Typically, attending professional sports drafts are of interest to the athletes involved and their immediate family.

The team's painful campaign came to a painful end Saturday against the New York Rangers , when the team got shut out 4-0. The Devils are missing the playoffs for just the second time since the 1995-96 season.

For the 14 NHL teams who won't be playing any towel-waving, hard-hitting playoff hockey games this spring, the lockout-shortened 2013 season proved more of a revealing examination than a utopian success story.

Brian Rolston , a veteran of 17 NHL seasons, a four time 30-goal scorer, a Stanley Cup champion and a three-time Olympian, officially announced his retirement from the National Hockey League on Tuesday.

After an extremely disappointing 2013 campaign that saw New Jersey fall from competing in the Stanley Cup Finals to missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs entirely, the Devils will likely be making several off-season changes that will see newcomers and up-and-comers playing at the Prudential Center next season.

The Minnesota Wild made headlines last July with the signing of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter in free agency, so the lockout that shortened the season was certainly bad news for fans and followers of the franchise.

After making the Stanley Cup Finals in 2012 the New Jersey Devils had a season to forget.