Firstly we'd like to congratulate our AHL Club, the Albany Devils on winning the Calder Cup! They made an almost impossible comeback in round 3 coming back from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Binghamton Sens in 7, and then dealt with the Houston Aeroes in 7 to get the Calder Cup! Our 1st in History. Mattias Tedenby was our leading goal scorer with 20 points (4 goals, 16 assists) in the 24 games we played. But the MVP was Goalie Jeff Frazee. He finished with a record of 16-6-2 with a 1.81 GAA and a .929 SV%, with 4 shutouts. We're proud of the boys!
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Devils move up in Draft and select #2 and #6
The Devils selected Defenceman Seth Jones 2nd Overall.
In a shocking 2013 Draft, the New Jersey Devils, the hosts of this years Drafts made 2 splashes! The Devils were just supposed to Draft 21st Overall but they moved up, picking up 2 Top 10 picks! The Draft started out with Gary Bettmen welcoming and thanking the City of Newark and the Staff here at the Prudential Center and then called up the Dallas Stars for the 1st Pick, they selected Nathan Mackinnon(Who the Devils wanted, he was listed at #2 in the Scouting report, when I last checked). And then the Phoenix Coyotes were supposed to select at #2 but Gary Bettman made an announcement: "We have a Trade to announce. The NEW JERSEY DEVILS trade AHL'er Eric Gelinas, there 1st round pick (21st Overall) and there 2nd round pick (51st Overall) to the Coyotes for AHL'er Matt Clackson and the 2nd Overall pick." The Crowd just absolutely erupted in excitement, just trying to piece together was had just happend. GM JaredCowenFan then walked up to the Podium and said.. "Hello everyone, thank you for all the support this year, throughout the season and Playoffs. I am proud to select from the Portland Winterhawks, Defenceman, Seth Jones!!!" The Crowd "OOO'ED and AAA'ED". The Devils just picked up a Franchise Defenceman, everyone was in amazement. Then a few picks later at #6 Gary Bettman said "We have another Trade to announce. The NEW JERSEY DEVILS trade Prospect Maxime Clermont, there 7th round pick in this years draft, there 2015 2nd round pick and 2015 7th round pick to the Winnipeg Jets for AHL'er Mark Dekenech and there 1st Round Pick (6th Overall)." The crowd was in ah again. GM CowenFan walked up again saying "Hello again. We're proud to select from the Swift Current Broncos of the WHL, Eetu Laurikainen." This will most likely be a replacement when Brodeur retires. Again the crowed was amazed. The Trades are listed below:
Eric Gelinas (23 Years Old, AHL'er, 3 Stars)
New Jersey's 1st Round Pick (21st Overall)
New Jersey's 2nd Round Pick (51st) Overall
Phoenix's 1st Round Pick (2nd Overall)
Maxime Clermont (21 Years Old, AHL'er, 3 1/2 Stars)
New Jersey's 7th Round Pick (
New Jersey's 2015 2nd Round Pick
New Jersey's 2015 7th Round Pick
Mark Dekanech (27 Years Old, AHL'er)
Winnipeg's 1st Round Pick (6th Overall)
And here we breakdown are notable selections:
1st Round Pick - 2nd Overall - Defenceman - Seth Jones - 4 1/2 Green Stars
1st Round Pick - 6th Overall - Goaltender - Eetu Laurikainnen - 4 Stars
4th Round Pick - 111th Overall - Forward - Joey Santucci - 3 1/2 Stars
5th Round Pick - 141st Overall - Goaltender - Brett Zarowny - 3 1/2 Stars
Retirements
Marek Zidlicky - 626GP - 64 Goals - 285 Assists, 349 points
Devils send RFA offer to Ranger's Stepan, accepted!
Derek is 23, we signed him to a 4 year deal.
Re-Signings
Jacob Josefsen - 1 Year - $1,200,000
Danius Zubrus - 1 Year - $1,500,000
Andrei Loktionov - 3 Years - $1,500,000
David Clarkson - 2 Years - $2,200,000
Alexei Ponikarovky - 1 Year - $2,500,000
Adam Henrique - 4 Years - $2,800,000
Patrik Elias - 1 Year - $3,500,000
Free Agent Signings
Manny Malholtra - 2 Years - $1,800,00000
Evgeni Nabokov - 1 Year - $1,850,000
Marc-Andre Bergeron - 4 Years - $5,000,000
RFA Offers
Derek Stepan - 4 Years - $5,555,000
Trades
*We just cleaned up the Roster a bit. Minor League players for Picks. The biggest move we made was sending Captain Bryce Salvador for a 2nd round pick. Thank you for your time Bryce. We just didn't have any room for him and his contract wasn't ideal.*
Now that the Off-Seasons is over let's lastly take a look at the Rosters:
2013-14 New Jersey Devils
James Neal (85 Overall) - Derek Stepan (84 Overall) - Ilya Kovalchuk (90 Overall) 'A'
Patrik Elias (82 Overall) 'A' - Travis Zajac (84 Overall) 'A' - Adam Henrique (81 Overall)
Alexei Ponikarovsky (80 Overall) - Andrej Loktionov (78 Overall) - David Clarkson (78 Overall)
Jacob Josefsen (76 Overall) - Manny Malholtra (77 Overall) - Danius Zubrus (76 Overall)
Marc-Andre Bergeron (84 Overall) - Adam Larsson (85 Overall)
Andy Green (82 Overall) - Henrik Tallinder (83 Overall)
Anton Volchenkov (82 Overall) - Mark Fayne (79 Overall)
Marty Brodeur (82 Overall) - Evgeni Nabokov (81 Overall)
2013-14 Albany Devils (Defending Calder Champs)
Mattias Tedenby (75 Overall, 3 Stars) - Ryan Carter (73 Overall) 'A' - Martin Johansson (74 Overall, 3 Stars)
Mike Sislo (74 Overall) - Stephen Gionta (70 Overall) - Scott Parse (74 Overall)
Harri Pesonen (72 Overall, 3 Stars) - Jack Connolly (68 Overall, 3 1/2 Stars) - Robert Nyholm (73 Overall, 3 Stars)
Phil Desimone (64 Overall) - Graham Black (57 Overall, 3 1/2 Stars) - Darcy Zajac (64 Overall)
Alexander Urbom (75 Overall, 4 Stars) 'A' - Peter Harrold (73 Overall) 'C'
Brandon Burlon (71 Overall, 3 Stars) - Matthew Corrente (71 Overall)
Oscar Eklund (71 Overall, 3 Stars) - Reece Scarlett (58 Overall, 3 1/2 Stars)
Jeff Frazee (72 Overall, 3 1/2 Stars) - Eetu Laurikainen (60 Overall, 4 Stars)