Vitek Vanecek
What We Can Expect From the New Jersey Devils This Season
OFFENSE/TOP SIX The New Jersey Devils are stacked up front. Stacked is putting it lightly. The only player in their top six that didn’t score 30-plus goals last season is Dawson Mercer, with twenty-seven. So, with Mercer only three short of 30, it’s safe to say the Devil’s top six is powerful. Lindy Ruff must […]
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The Devils Preseason Has Been an Offensive Onslaught. Does It Translate?
“PRESEASON DOESN’T MATTER” The word on the street in NHL town is that the preseason is irrelevant, and nothing can be taken away from it. I myself agree with that in most cases. It seems to me that the New Jersey Devils weren’t just playing warmup games this preseason. The Devils went 5-0 in their […]
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The Devils Underrated Goaltending Situation Should Surprise the League This Season
Akira Schmid is a name that most NHL fans did not know until the 2023 NHL Playoffs were underway. In the season prior, he shared the net with Vitek Vanecek and Mackenzie Blackwood (when healthy). All 3 New Jersey Devils goalies ended the season with winning records. Now, with Blackwood headed out to San Jose, […]
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A Look At The Goaltending Situation In The New Jersey Devils Organization
There’s no question that the New Jersey Devils are set up for another strong year, but year after year, questions arise around the Devils and their goaltending across all three levels of their organization, so let’s take a look at how things are shaping up as the Devil’s will head into the season with at […]
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A Big Opportunity Awaits Blackwood in San Jose
Things have not been easy for new San Jose Sharks goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood. After Cory Schneider faced injuries and struggled with consistency in New Jersey, Blackwood, 26, got his chance to show the Devils what he could do during the 2018-19 season. He played well in 23 games, going 10-10 with a 2.61 goals-against average, […]
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The New Jersey Devils Already Look Like Cup Contenders For Next Season
This past season was an unbelievable one for the New Jersey Devils. After being one of the league’s worst teams over the past few seasons, the Devils ended up being one of the NHL’s best teams in the 2022-23 season. They finished with the third-best record in the NHL at 52-22-0-8 for 112 points and […]
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The Devils Have Nothing to Frown About
After beating the New York Rangers in seven games in an intense first-round series, the New Jersey Devils did not have enough energy to beat the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round. On Thursday night, May 11th, the Hurricanes knocked the Devils out of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 3-2 overtime victory. The Devils […]
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The Devils Have a Goaltending Problem
Coming into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and their matchup with the Carolina Hurricanes, the New Jersey Devils seemed to be set in goal. After Vitek Vanecek, the team’s starter in the regular season, lost Games 1 and 2 of the team’s first-round series with the New York Rangers, Devils head coach […]
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Schmid’s Steady Play Helps Devils Knock Out Rangers
After Games 1 and 2, the New Jersey Devils were in serious trouble in their first-round Stanley Cup playoff matchup with the New York Rangers. For starters, they lost both games, both of which were on home ice. After coming into the series as somewhat of a favorite to win, going down 2-0 heading into […]
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Schmid Earns Devils Net for Rest of Playoff Series With the Rangers
The play of New Jersey Devils goaltender Vitek Vanecek during the regular season is one of the reasons why the team had so much success and made it into the playoffs for the first time in five seasons. Vanecek, 27, was 33-11-0-4 with a 2.45 goals-against average, a .911 save percentage, and three shutouts during […]
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