Confirmed with Link: Sergei Brylin named as assistant coach

[NjDevsRR]

Happy for Sarge. One of the good guys.

My favorite player as a child. A coaches dream, played the game the right way.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Awesome news.

 

[Blender]

Love it. Another great addition.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Once Ruff is gone, this should be an amazing coaching staff, I've wanted Brylin to get an NHL job for so long.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

This should definitely help, particularly given the familiarity with the forwards who have come through Binghamton/Utica.

 

[FooteBahl]

This should definitely help, particularly given the familiarity with the forwards who have come through Binghamton/Utica.

And the handful of young Russian players here and on the ones on the way….cough Gristyuk cough

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Between him and Brunette it could be a night and day difference from the last couple years of horribleness.

Really? Think the players on the ice had more to do with the results than the.men on the bench.

I find it hard to believe that it was career hockey people like Ruff and Recchi who preferred to not hold players accountable for poor play nor not reward those who played well when their contract status didn't match that of some of their teammates.

 

[severian]

Would it be fair to say Brylin was to the Devils cup teams what Palat was the Lightning?

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

Absolutely love this, but also curious if he’s even a good coach or just a famous Devil who won 3 cups.

 

[Bleedred]

Would it be fair to say Brylin was to the Devils cup teams what Palat was the Lightning?

Palat is a better player than Brylin ever was, but after the conversation about a month ago or maybe less where I said I think Pandolfo is massively overrated by this fanbase (probably not no more, but back in he day he was), Brylin was a considerably better player at the NHL than Pandolfo was.

It's actually a surprise Pandolfo outlasted Brylin in the NHL by close to 5 years and Pandolfo was about a year younger.

Brylin looked pretty bad in 07-08, but Pandolfo looked at least as bad by 08-09 and shortly got to a level much worse than Brylin had ever been at the NHL level.

 

[Comparison Ford]

never a bad thing to have someone whos won a stanley cup or two (or three) on the bench

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

Would it be fair to say Brylin was to the Devils cup teams what Palat was the Lightning?

Nowhere near as impacful production-wise but other than that, similar yes.

 

[My3Sons]

Nowhere near as impacful production-wise but other than that, similar yes.

So does that make Hedman the Lovejoy of the Lightning? Less impactful sure but in many ways Hedman is similar.

 

[Devils090]

Between him and Brunette it could be a night and day difference from the last couple years of horribleness.

Recchi and Nas were stealing a paycheck, can’t wait to have actual NHL caliber assistants again

 

[OlfactoryHughes]

Happy to have sarge back, we obviously can’t win any cups without him.

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

Screw the French-Canadian theory, Sarge is the real cup charm. They win it with him on the bench. Mark it 8, dude.

 

[Scorcho]

all hail sarge

 

[forceten]

One of my favorite all-time Devils. One of the best, hardest-working, and key players to wear the jersey.

 

[Eggtimer]

Palat is a better player than Brylin ever was, but after the conversation about a month ago or maybe less where I said I think Pandolfo is massively overrated by this fanbase (probably not no more, but back in he day he was), Brylin was a considerably better player at the NHL than Pandolfo was.

It's actually a surprise Pandolfo outlasted Brylin in the NHL by close to 5 years and Pandolfo was about a year younger.

Brylin looked pretty bad in 07-08, but Pandolfo looked at least as bad by 08-09 and shortly got to a level much worse than Brylin had ever been at the NHL level.

Ya I’d say Brylin was the more skilled player between him and Pando . Pando though was a scoring machine prior to the NHL was he not ? He had a couple / few good years at Boston U . Was he a projected top 6 guy that changed his game after the skilled game wasn’t working for him , or was he labeled a bottom 6 energy guy off the start ?

 

[Nubmer6]

Ya I’d say Brylin was the more skilled player between him and Pando . Pando though was a scoring machine prior to the NHL was he not ? He had a couple / few good years at Boston U . Was he a projected top 6 guy that changed his game after the skilled game wasn’t working for him , or was he labeled a bottom 6 energy guy off the start ?

He was definitely a scorer on college. I wanted to get one of his jerseys when he was in BU.

 

[Nico Hischier]

Would it be fair to say Brylin was to the Devils cup teams what Palat was the Lightning?

I would compare palat more to Elias than brylin

 

[Triumph]

Absolutely love this, but also curious if he’s even a good coach or just a famous Devil who won 3 cups.

No idea, but given that Brylin was a guy who looked like his NHL career was stalling out and who really put in the work to become what he ended up, I'd think he should have a lot to offer. He could play all 3 forward positions and in all situations.

 

[njdevils1982]

never a bad thing to have someone whos won a stanley cup or two (or three) on the bench

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

No complaints with the 3 Assistant Coaches we added this summer. Always good to see a former player work there way up the farm system to the NHL with the team they played most of if not all their career with. I'm glad he was kept around even after Lou and his boys left the organization. Maybe one day he will be a head coach in this league.

 

[njdevils1982]

No complaints with the 3 Assistant Coaches we added this summer. Always good to see a former player work there way up the farm system to the NHL with the team they played most of if not all their career with. I'm glad he was kept around even after Lou and his boys left the organization. Maybe one day he will be a head coach in this league.

ya, played 4 years in the K after the devils and came right back to coach the farm