New Jersey Devils & Related Hockey Links for 7/10/24
Here are your links for today:
Devils Links
Brenden Dillon talks here on the The Hockey PDOcast:
Talking to the signees:
Here’s why each #NJDevils signee chose New Jersey.
(Pssst… Brendon Dillon’s answer was really good: “I’m super, super honored to have the amount of teams reach out and show interest, but for me, it kept coming back to the Devils…”)https://t.co/s4cjdhjeOi
— Ryan Novozinsky (@ryannovo62) July 9, 2024
“The last time Stefan Noesen wore a New Jersey Devils jersey was the 2018-19 NHL season. He was 25 years old with 159 games under his belt. He had a fiancé, Alyson, and was just getting ready to start the next phase in his life. He also had two young teammates, Nico Hischier and Jesper Bratt, who were just getting their feet wet in the NHL. They were, he joked, practically ‘infants.’” [Devils NHL]
Hockey Links
Front office move in Washington:
The Washington Capitals have promoted Chris Patrick to senior vice president and general manager.
Brian MacLellan, who served as general manager for the past 10 seasons, will remain as president of hockey operations, a position he has held since 2023.#ALLCAPS
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) July 8, 2024
“The Pittsburgh Penguins and captain Sidney Crosby are closing in on a new contract, multiple team and league sources briefed on negotiations told The Athletic. The team and player are confident a deal will be agreed upon and formalized soon, the sources said.” [The Athletic ($)]
The Dallas Stars will stream all of the team’s regional games, free of charge, through a new direct-to-consumer streaming platform. [Sportico]
Each NHL team’s biggest unaddressed need a week into free agency: [The Athletic ($)]
It happens every summer! Money gets thrown about freely. And soon there will be regrets. A look at the worst contracts handed out in free agency: [The Hockey Writers]
We all know it won’t happen. But what if it did! A look at some RFAs who would make sense for offer sheets: [Sportsnet]
Seems like some positive news:
The NHL and New Era have come to a league-wide licensing agreement. New Era can now make licensed hats for all 32 NHL teams. There had been individual team deals before, Buffalo being most notable, but this is first league wide deal with New Era pic.twitter.com/GDVwUmvQL9
— Sean Shapiro (@seanshapiro) July 9, 2024
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