Updated History of the New Jersey Devils, 2019 Edition
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- After a rather rough start in KC and then Colorado, Jersey wound up being a far more successful location for this franchise.
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Patrick Elias must have been one of the most amazing underrated forwards in hockey, considering I don’t hear his name that often. That’s a lot of points.
He was amazing
@@whitemeat100 He'll be a Hall-of-Famer one day.
@@matthewdaley746 I totally agree. Same numbers as St Louis, more cups, better +/-. The guy did everything for NJ. So glad I got to watch his career.
@@whitemeat100 One of the greatest European players ever.
One of the best players to come out of the Soviet Union. When he got his jersey retired (rightfully so) he mentioned growing up in a communist country and the history buff in me completely forgot that the now Czech Republic was under the iron curtain (yeah, he was drafted after the fall of the USSR but as a kid he's thinking there's no way I'm playing in the NHL coming from where I'm coming from). Thank goodness he was wrong and the Devils scouts were smart enough to see the athletic talent that was there. Definitely one of my favorite Devils ever. Played the game the right way and made for some incredible memories. Plus, his stats would be higher if it wasn't for him getting sick and the lockout. He didn't make it this year but in my eyes he is a hall of fame player, no questions asked. The point totals are there and so are the clutch moments where he thrived. And to this day he's one of the best passers I've ever seen. That no look pass to Arnott in double OT to win the Cup was a thing of beauty. The A line was a thing of beauty and the chemistry he had with Sykora was incredible. Happy he's part of the development camp this year. These young players should listen up when Patty speaks.
Also, Shero deserves credit with recognizing the great history of the Devils and keeping guys who meant so much to the organization have a home as a Devil after they've retired. They brought back Broduer, great move, and Shero said that there is always a place for Elias with the organization if/when he wants it.
Neat little article about Elias and the scouting done by Conte and his crew (I know he gets lambasted a lot lately but he made some amazing picks when he was the head of scouting with the Devils).
www.nhl.com/news/patrik-elias-surpassed-expectations-with-new-jersey-devils/c-296207966
As a Devils fan I really enjoyed this 😍👍
@@freduncle9999 Yet he stayed impartial throughout.
Patrick Elias was a sight to behold. Wish he was on my favorite teams at the time.
He will one day go into the Hall of Fame.
I love the pass he made on the Sykora goal in game 4 of the 00 finals!
@@sdgakatbk He made many great passes.
Thanks for all your great info!!! I'm a lifelong Devils fan and have seen some great hockey in NJ! I remember when they were thinking of moving the team, my sister and I wrote a letter begging them to stay! They sent us a bunch of devils stuff for our passion :) Keep up the good work! Cheers!
That's awesome. Such a classy organization. Doctor McMullen was an absolute treasure and proved a lot of people wrong who said hockey wouldn't work in New Jersey. It's impressive how we've become one of the premier states for hockey development (no one will ever be Massachusetts or Michigan). A lot of great talent is coming from the Garden State.
@@kradz3667 Right on! Hopefully we can make the playoffs this year!! Lets go devils!
@@HobbeForApples They might make the Playoffs this year.
@HobbeForApples Pretty sure they would have moved to Nashville in 95 had they not won the 95 Cup. So you can indirectly thank the St Louis Blues for acquiring Shanahan, forcing them to give you Stevens, who was the biggest piece to get the Devils over the top. Stevens is one of the greatest of all time.
@@JHockeyFan One of the greatest pricks anyway, just be happy the Blues weren't nearly as smart as they thought they were.
Really appreciate all the effort you put into these. I actually got excited seeing this in my feed! Thanks for this!
One of my favorite defensive forwards to watch, John Madden, was in my mind a key part in NJ cup wins and CHI in 2010. A penalty killing machine who in my mind had the skill to score a lot more than he did if not tied to the defensive role that he was so good at.
Agree 💯👍‼️
@@voidfilan5055 Very few players are willing to make sacrifices.
Forgot to include how the Devils acquired Scott Stevens. Even though it wasn’t by trade it was pivotal in the history of the franchise.
The Blues just outsmarted themselves.
He did mention how Stevens was one of the best defenseman he has ever seen so we'll let it slide 😉
@@kradz3667 He was THE best prick EVER to lace them up, I am SO, happy my Avs beat him.
@@matthewdaley746 Regardless of the Avs winning doesn't change anything l said about Stevens.
@@kradz3667 I know, and, his post-concussion syndrome couldn't have happened to a nicer prick.
The Late Pat Burns was my favorite Coach in New Jersey. He constantly had this look of disapproval on his face.
Been a Devils fan since they first arrived in New Jersey!! Love the Devils
Same here. My first game in Jan or feb of 83 vs Kings. Devils won 5-3 on a Sunday night before 10 thousand at meadowlands 🤪👍‼️
@@voidfilan5055 Now they've moved downtown.
Also a Big Devils fan since the mid eighties saw game two of the 2000 Stanley Cup finals, what an event So Intense!!
Hopefully we are back on upward track in standings. Go devils👍‼️
@@voidfilan5055 with the lineup the Devils have this year the team should be VERY good. Only concern is the goaltending and injuries
Shannon, hard at work to keep us die hard hockey fans entertained until October... haha
Been waiting for this one. Thanks!
I hope the New Jersey Devils make the playoffs. Them vs the Capitals, Islanders or Lightning sounds like a very entertaining series. Good luck this season Devils.
Good Luck NJD
@@adamwest8131 You shall need a lot of it.
Finally! Been waiting for this video. Thank you Shannon. I really enjoyed it. Go Devils!!!
I remember the Mickey Mouse incident. Then in a game when the Oilers came to New Jersey, there were fans wearing mouse ears, lol. I think that game was like a 5-5 tie against a very good Oiler team.
It was a sellout of 19 thousand and I think the devils won 5-2 but I’m almost 60 and my memory slipping a little 🤪👍‼️
@@voidfilan5055 Maybe you're right about the score, umm, I'm on the other side of 60. I like it when fan bases do things like this and with how bad the Devils were during that time, it's great they got a sellout.
They were tough years for Devil fans. Beating the Rangers back then was all we really had to look forward too 🤪‼️
@@voidfilan5055 Have you seen many Devils' games? I haven't seen them in New Jersey, but I caught them a number of times in the 80's when they came to the Cap Centre and played against the Capitals. Yeah, the old Patrick Division games were something else! I prefer the old Patrick, Smythe, Adams, and Norris names for the divisions, but at least they put the old Patrick teams together in the Metropolitan Division plus Carolina and Columbus of course.
@@sdgakatbk The Capital Centre was near a shopping mall, I remember it was imploded several years ago.
Thank you, HG, from us Devils fans. Very well done.
Thg makes the off season amazing!
I can’t wait for the New Jersey season preview. This is the most exciting season we’ve had in the last 10 years
One fun fact that missed, in those 23 playoff appearances, never been swept. Just a fun fact that shouldn’t be forgotten lol
My friend's dad was on the engineering team that built the Kemper Arena, the home of the KC Scouts. The main problem with the Arena was the location. Almost impossible to get to regardless of what part of town you were coming from. It was located in the stockyards (yes that is what it sounds like). Throw in the fact that KC was used to winning sports (Chiefs recent Superbowl) and the horrid team that was on the ice due to by today's standards would not be a reasonable expansion draft and the team was destined to fail.
I lived in KC for 35 years. I sort of adopted the Devils as my team when I got into hockey and still follow them today even though I am in Detroit though I am a Wings fan primarily now.
To me, it was always sad that the Scouts left a city that built an arena just for them. Ironically the roof of the arena collapse about 4 years after the Scouts left town so maybe they knew what they were doing. And I always gave my friend a hard time and blamed his dad for the roof.
Hopefully, KC gets a new NHL team at some point. In the meantime, NHL fans there can catch the ECHL or drive (or my favorite, take the train) to St. Louis to catch the Blues.
This is exactly what I needed after an entire day of marching around a football field for band and getting the worse sun burn of my life 😂😂 I'm not moving anymore, it's The Hockey Guy time!
As a Devils fan since they were the Rockies. Thanks
You missed my favorite player of all time #44 Stephane Richer! Man that guy had a real slapshot!
Richer was great. Him, Rolston, and Kovy had shots that, if I was a goalie, I'd hate to get hit with.
@@kradz3667 The toughest ones adapt.
I remember a game where Richer shot the puck so hard it went thru the net. They checked the replay & sure enough it ripped a hole right through
@@matthewdaley746 that they do.
@@kradz3667 Which is why they last.
Would have liked to have seen the jerseys displayed of each team through the years. Like a KC Scouts, Colorado Rockies and NJ Devils Jersey displayed somewhere behind you?
Better than the Rangers history that's all you need to know
You missed the sykora trade at the 2002 nhl draft
Thanks for the 9th, NJD. We got our captain
Nathan Pham BO ❤️
It worked out for both. Other than his injury, Cory has been solid. He came back strong finally after his serious injury healed near the end of this past season. Looks like he should rebound and get back to form, hopefully. Either way, he's such a good dude, I'm glad he's been in NJ these last 6 years.
@@DevilzFan agreed. Definitely a trade that worked out for both teams. A lot of people forget how great Schneider was when he first came over to New Jersey. He was always the best player on the team. Then he got hurt and never gave himself the time to heal properly. Now that he has I think we'll see Cory play a lot more like the goalie we got when the trade was made.
But Horvat is a natural leader and good for Vancouver. Just wish you guys could have finished off the Rangers in '94. And that you'd go back to the sweaters you wore during that season, too. I always really liked them.
You’re welcome. Devils weren’t going to draft Horvat likely. Probably Nichushkin, and prior to the draft some had mentioned Hunter Shinkaruk could be the pick (Canucks fans know how that turned out). Devils were in the middle of drafting only first round busts like it was their family business, that pick was going to be a waste. Might as well give it someone else. Schneider isn’t dead yet.
@@cristianof812 One day, we all will be.
Been a long time Devils fan great video you did about them but did not hear you say anything about Ken Daneyko, now a broadcast commentator for the team. Was his stats not enough for your list.
He may not have the glossy stats but his longevity with the team and passion for the organization and fans is top on my list👍‼️
@@voidfilan5055 He was the last of a dying breed.
You forgot to add in exactly how we got Stevens or how the Devils got shafted out of getting Mario Lemieux in 1984/85.
The Penguins always win those deals, and, the Blues tried to pull the wool over the NHL's eyes, and, it backfired.
I have a question for your wife. I own a reebok devils jersey and I removed the numbers and name plate (it was a kovy jersey and we in jersey hate kovy now) but there was a glue holding the name plate on with stitching. I have washed the jersey a couple times and there is still a white glue residue that I can still read Kovalchuk in, do you have any tips on how to remove this residue? Please and thank you
Dear New Jersey
Thanks for Bo Horvat
Love Vancouver
Dear Vancouver,
You still won't win a cup.
Love New Jersey
Didn't realize Deviks ever had Horvat on their team. Fans that say this tend to get hit in the side of the skull from a clapper at games I heard
@@DammitIvaldi Dear Devils,
How'd 2001 work out for you?
Love Colorado.
@@mr.devil9577 Didn't realize the Devils had the better Lemieux on their team either.
I was waiting for this video,love my devils but every time I hear the Schneider deal it hurts my feelers big time.Now I’m waiting for them to move on from Schneider and watch the stud horvat rule in Vancouver ugh,hockey is great
You should try to get a job as a sportscaster for the NHL Network. I think you would do a great job
Talking about that Tom Kurvers trade how about doing a top 10 video list from 1st round draft pick trades?
Has he ever done a video on Patrik Elias?
Not that I know of.
No Henrique trade on here
It wasn't really that notable. The Devils fanbase over values Henrique because of his overtime goal against the Rangers in 2012. Vatanen has been a better asset than Adam was.
It's strange. Without Vatanen the Devils don't make the playoffs that year. But Hebrique, while being remembered for his multiple OT heroics, was a guy who played hard every shift. He was also a player with a lot of personality.
Plus, imagine a lineup with the center depth of Hischier, Hughes, Zajac, and Hebrique. That's a pretty damn good middle.
Though I think Vatanen, even though he gets lampooned by the fan base, will be much better in a more sheltered role. He's never been a #1 defenseman and he'll fit in better with a lesser role.
@@kradz3667 A lot of things will likely get overlooked.
Fun fact: In 1995 (the same year they would win the Stanley Cup btw), Devils management was considering moving the team *AGAIN*, "Where to?" you ask? To none other than the city of Nashville. So before the Predators, it could have been the the Nashville Devils.
My favorite thing was during the 1995 Cup celebration, Chris Terreri held up a sign that said "Nashville? No way!"
They weren't really going to move though. It was a ploy by then owner John McMullen.
@@DevilzFan Their bad luck that THREE Mayors all refused permission for a parade.
Nah it would have remained the Nashville Predators because of our Mascot "Slapshot" sexually harassing fans.
@@DammitIvaldi I thought Slapshot was the mascot of the Capitals.
my thoughts are you neglected the Don Cherry coaching years in Denver.
cant believe you didnt include how scott stevens was acquired lol....
It wasn't a trade. Honestly, every video would be an hour plus if I went into detail beyond what I do.
@@TheHockeyGuy i know it wasnt, im not bashing you i watch all your videos. just thought it would of been included in a history of NJ video. especially since it happened in a way that you dont see anymore. thats all.
@@talondisanti1699 It was the Blues being too clever by half.
Verbeek/Turgeon trade was N.J’s worst ever.Who did the Devils give up in the Richer trade?Wasn’t Lemieux,was it??
Shades of the AVGN at 12:25.
shitpickle
@@russianrings Let's control ourselves here.
@@matthewdaley746 you clearly have no idea who AVGN is, control deez nuts.
@@russianrings I do, he's weird.
How did they lose Shanahan?
Free agent but compensation was Captain Scotty.
@@BRuane-pw6xq All because the Blues were too clever by half.
Super dominant team when i started watching. Still haven’t forgiven them for 03
Martin Brodeur in St Louis jersey was the worst
I've blocked out the memory.
And it stung when he was the assistant GM for the Blues, too. But that had less to do with Marty and more to do with Lou. But hey, he's back where he belongs and even when he wore that St. Louis jersey there was red, black, and white underneath it.
@@kradz3667 He should have retired, when you play that long for a team and they abandon you, it's time to go.
You forgot about the Gusev trade
That being said this was a great video learned a lot!
@@DemolitionLovers905 Maybe he only covers ancient history.
LGD!!
I am going to go out on a limb and say that the NJ Devils history is way better than the NY Rangers history. In 42 years 3 cups. The Rangers have 4 but they have been around almost since the league began. This why I say that Rangers history is a joke compared even to the Devils. The Rangers are the most overhyped and overrated franchise in sports history.
PatriCk Eliáš? Really? 😂😂😂
Would suck if injury bug hits the devils
Scott Stevens should've been in prison instead of scoring all those points
Nick Leblanc man for what
@@iliporsberg6157 Attempted murder
Nick Leblanc context please
@@iliporsberg6157 Just type Scott Stevens on RUclips
Every single one of his big hits were legal in the NHL at the time. He was penalized for elbowing 3 times in his 21 year career. He played within the rules of the game.