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Also, kinda sad that Brylin hasn't gotten his retired. He's the only member of the 3cup club that didn't =/
Elias will be the first 2 time cup winner to go up to our rafters
The quintessential Devil.
Also, kinda sad that Brylin hasn't gotten his retired. He's the only member of the 3cup club that didn't =/
Elias will be the first 2 time cup winner to go up to our rafters
Also, kinda sad that Brylin hasn't gotten his retired. He's the only member of the 3cup club that didn't =/
Elias will be the first 2 time cup winner to go up to our rafters
Honestly basing anything on a reddit post is like basing an argument on an HF post.
Zajac never won a Cup barring a miracle the next few years, he's not going to set any team records offensively and he's not an original Devil that's going to set a franchise record for games played like Dano. He's a ring of honor guy for sure but not a retired number guy.
Elias has two of those three, he has Cup wins and plenty of team records offensively. You have to be a real special case like Dano to get a number retired without being part of a Cup winner/being a HOF or near HOF player.
Brylin wasn't a real top shelf player either though, he was a role player. Cups or not, to me you have to be at least near HOF worthy to merit a number retirement. Dano was an exception for obvious reasons (longevity of his career in one spot, being an 'original' Devil, and being the best ambassador the franchise could ever have). Stevens, Nieds and Marty are HOF players. Elias should be, but there might be an anti-Devil/deadpuck system number bias against him.
I'm in that same age group and it is a weird sentimental feeling to watch a guy retire when you can distinctly remember them breaking into the league. Heck when Chipper Jones retired a few years ago, I had this odd urge to go watch him one last time even though I was never really a fan of his. Back in my peak baseball card collecting days, Jones' rookie card was a hot commodity.
When Patty does officially announce his retirement, I decided to go have a nice dinner to commemorate the 2000 Cup squad.
Marty was one of the last players in the league to have already been active when I was still in high school and not yet an adult, so I kind of felt the same way about him. I remember Patty's first goal in 96-97, which went off his skate and was reviewed. I think it was against Boston. He played one game in 95-96. 12-7-95 against Toronto, according to hockey reference. I'm sure I watched it, I don't remember much about it. I tracked him a little as a prospect back then, which was a little harder without the Internet. Sharif (not gonna attempt to spell it) was the big prospect at that time, as well as Sykora, who had already debuted. Perhaps the first round status propelled that.
And no way Brylin or Zajac should have their numbers retired. We shouldn't be retiring numbers like changing bed sheets here. Devs26 gave a very good explanation on why Dano's was retired, despite not being a sexy name or superstar like the other retired numbers and why he's up there but Brylin and Zajac won't be.
they retired tallackson's #27…..anything is game after that no?
Well, yes. Both are fan forums. But I'm not basing anything on anything, merely sharing someone else's perspective.Honestly basing anything on a reddit post is like basing an argument on an HF post.
Honestly basing anything on a reddit post is like basing an argument on an HF post.
Zajac never won a Cup barring a miracle the next few years, he's not going to set any team records offensively and he's not an original Devil that's going to set a franchise record for games played like Dano. He's a ring of honor guy for sure but not a retired number guy.
Elias has two of those three, he has Cup wins and plenty of team records offensively. You have to be a real special case like Dano to get a number retired without being part of a Cup winner/being a HOF or near HOF player.
Brylin wasn't a real top shelf player either though, he was a role player. Cups or not, to me you have to be at least near HOF worthy to merit a number retirement. Dano was an exception for obvious reasons (longevity of his career in one spot, being an 'original' Devil, and being the best ambassador the franchise could ever have). Stevens, Nieds and Marty are HOF players. Elias should be, but there might be an anti-Devil/deadpuck system number bias against him.
Found this highlight video from 2006.
I didn't actively watch the Devils back then. Wish I could find more footage from those days.
I didn't know Elias had long hair at one point. Good look for him.
Found this highlight video from 2006.
I didn't actively watch the Devils back then. Wish I could find more footage from those days.
I didn't know Elias had long hair at one point. Good look for him.
Check this youtube channel out. Endless footage going all the way back to the first cup.
An essential channel for any Devils fan.
https://www.youtube.com/user/McKay4429061/videos
Check this youtube channel out. Endless footage going all the way back to the first cup.
An essential channel for any Devils fan.
https://www.youtube.com/user/McKay4429061/videos
This is my go-to when I'm bored online late at night and there's nothing else to do or watch. I probably watch it more in the offseason though, when I need a fix.
Most of the videos are in poor quality, which doesn't bother me too much, but 1995 looks like it's 100 years old already.
That channel is definitely a go to when I need a pick me up. I love that they uploaded the entire 2000 Cup Game 4 sequence where Madden misses on a short handed attempt only to get the identical chance a minute later (plus the Rafalski goal right after the penalty expired).
He's got some really obscure and random stuff up there, which are things I had forgotten about until I watched those videos again. Like the brawl with the Panthers in the late 90's, which even Marty participated in!
I really wish he or somebody had a couple that I always wanted and could never find. Marty's save on (Fedorov maybe?) Detroit in a regular season game back in the late 90's. Which was our last win in Detroit for over 15 years at one point.
And the saves on Lemieux and Jagr back to back, which we have seen on the broadcast's quite a bit, but I can't ever find it online. I haven't looked in a while for that one though, so maybe it's since been uploaded to youtube.
I know Brodeur made a great glove save against Brent Gilchrist when he played for the Wings and I think it was at a game I attended. Not sure this is what you're thinking of, but I suspect it's this game.
The game I mentioned was actually in Detroit.
I'm almost positive it was this one
http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199611060DET.html
Holik and MacLean with the goals for the Devils. Elias wasn't even in this game, but I remember him coming up later in November or December. My memory of that Winter is very vivid of that Winter, for reasons that I wish were only because of hockey.
That was it! I remember you being the only other person to remember this, when we talked about it a few years back. And I'm pretty sure Doc and Chico referenced this save at some point in recent years, so it's not as if it had complete been forgotten about. Since there's no video of it floating around on youtube though, it has probably gone mostly forgotten. It may have been on the NHL video game too, I don't think I had that year though.I know the save you're talking about and the link you posted is the correct game. Mark Everson's NY Post article the next morning was titled "Brodeur, Osgood as gold". I don't remember much anymore from seasons that far back, but that save is one of his best ever and I never forgot about it.
It was off a 2 on 1 and he basically pushed from right to left off a one timer, almost doing a split. He was dead to rights but managed to use the tip of the blade of his goal stick to catch a piece of the puck that was probably a good 3 to 4 feet off the ice. It was a ridiculous save. I think this save actually made it into the NHL 98 video game.
It wasn't quite as bad as Price and he was hit by someone before he attacked Ciccarelli (I think it was Ciccarelli) the guy who hit him before he started wailing on Ciccarelli. He just was hitting the wrong guy haha.Was that brawl with the Panthers the one where Marty went all Carey Price on a Panther?
DevilsHQ (used to post here under a different name) is another great Devils channel for the stuff around the 2009-2013ish time period and captures a bunch of stuff from the year of our cup run if you are looking for more recent stuff prior to things going significantly more south for the organization.
https://www.youtube.com/user/DevilsHQ/videos
Here are a few classics
I miss Lemaire pressers.
I miss Lemaire pressers.
These are all awesome! LOL @ Dano on the Salmela OT winner!
HOLY SCHMOLY!