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“Keefe’s first two seasons as the Devils’ head coach were a disappointment, but retaining him for the 2026-27 season makes sense. Here’s why that’s the case.” [Devils on the Rush ($)]
“Mehta has stated he believes the Devils can compete right away. He’s not going to waste another season of this core on a coach he’s not sold on so he can ‘play it safe’ and have a little more rope in a job he just took. Mehta kept Keefe because he believes it is in the best interest of the team,
and that’s a perfectly justifiable decision.” [Infernal Access]
“My gut instinct is to say that the Devils’ goaltending woes up until 2024-25 were simply by virtue of employing subpar goalies, but it is pretty undeniable that their goalies in the aggregate have performed worse with Rogalski as their coach.” [Devils’ Advocates]
As Simon Nemec rumors swirl:
“The PWHL, according to sources, has added another women’s hockey legend to their roster of staff hiring Meghan Duggan as a general manager for one of their remaining two vacancies. Duggan has spent the past five seasons working as the Director of Player Development for the NHL’s New Jersey Devils.” [The Hockey News]
Hockey Links
An impressive performance from the Habs in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final:
In the rest versus rust debate:
Vegas takes Game 1 of the Western Conference Final:
Mock draft season! A look ahead predicting all 63 picks of the first two rounds: [The Athletic ($)]
“Troy Terry will have surgery to repair chronic hip impingement and his status for the start of next season for the Anaheim Ducks is unknown.” [NHL.com]
Montreal Victoire are PWHL champs:
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