New Jersey Devils & Related Hockey Links for 1/24/25
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Devils Links
The Devils ended their four-game losing streak in a 5-1 win over the Bruins Wednesday, but Jacob Markstrom was lost to injury after Justin Brazeau went crashing into the goal in the first period. Not great! [Devils NHL]
Well…
Justin Brazeau crashes into Jacob Markstrom who has left the game and needed assistance getting off the ice pic.twitter.com/iAxrZajvOR
— Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) January 23, 2025
**Medical Update **
I’m told the @NJDevils club feared it would be worse, but hearing it’s a knee sprain, will miss some time, and 4 Nations Faceoff could be in jeopardy for G Markstrom .#NJDevils #HockeyX pic.twitter.com/5tUrsqiF2B
— Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) January 23, 2025
Jesper Bratt mic’d up:
Bratter was souped up to play his 500th career game, so we just had to mic him up. pic.twitter.com/M9BJrWFWBy
— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) January 23, 2025
ICYMI: The Devils honored Jacques Lemaire in a special ceremony Wednesday as he became the third member of the team’s Ring of Honor. [NHL.com]
“A few days after frustrated comments to a Slovakian newspaper, things have cooled down around Simon Nemec. The Devils communicated to anyone who asked they have zero interest in the dealing the 2022 second-overall selection. If anything, the Olympic qualifier injury last August hurt his chances of making New Jersey. Things will reset next fall. Let’s see what unfolds then.” [Sportsnet]
Scott Wheeler ranks New Jersey’s prospect pool at No. 17: “The Devils’ pool is one of the league’s quirkiest in that it’s led by three of the sport’s top young defensemen in Simon Nemec, Anton Silayev and Seamus Casey, but it’s quite thin everywhere else. Those three are all high-end in different ways, though, and they give them both options and a potential conundrum because they’ve also got a young recent graduate in the NHL in Luke Hughes — and they’re trying to win now.” [The Athletic ($)]
Hockey Links
“If J.T. Miller’s time as a Vancouver Canuck is truly near its end, it’s going to involve the New York Rangers. Forget any other teams that have been connected to the situation by insiders. No, the Carolina Hurricanes aren’t really an option. Neither are the Dallas Stars or the New Jersey Devils.” [The Province]
It feels like maybe this shouldn’t happen:
Brad Marchand took his hand out of his glove and put it around Nick Cousins’ throat in between play pic.twitter.com/Dwr7C71Djy
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) January 24, 2025
“The executive committee of the NHL’s Board of Governors has begun planning for Gary Bettman’s retirement in ‘a couple years’ and has started the process of finding a successor for the longest-tenured commissioner in North American sports, Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold said on a podcast Wednesday and clarified with greater detail during a phone call with The Athletic on Thursday.” [The Athletic ($)]
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