The Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils gathered inside Newark’s Prudential Center on Tuesday, officially kicking off the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals.
Kings, Devils Set For Stanley Cup Finals 2 Years After Ilya Kovalchuk Battle
May 25, 2012; Newark, NJ, USA; New Jersey Devils left wing Ilya Kovalchuk (17) celebrates his goal during the first period in game six of the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals at the Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-US PRESSWIRE But there is another.
If you will recall, Kings’ GM Dean Lombardi had brought Kovalchuk and his camp out to L.A. on a couple of occasions in hopes of wooing the sniper to Tinsel Town, but to no avail.
Read Article >Stanley Cup Finals 2012: Lou Lamoriello Needed Half A Season To Believe Devils Could Contend
Though New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello is never short on confidence, he will admit that it took a while for him to believe his team could make the run it has, all the way to the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals
“You like to think every team you ever have has a chance,” Lamoriello told the assembled press at Media Day in Newark. “I don’t think we ever did until halfway through the year.”
Read Article >Martin Brodeur Looms Large For Devils Young And Old
May 29; Newark, NJ, USA; New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur (30) during media day for the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals at the Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-US PRESSWIRE “I remember meeting him in the shower for the first time,” he recalled, perhaps only half-jokingly. “It was pretty bizarre. It was a pretty intimidating thing. It was pretty creepy, because I just kept staring at him. He must’ve been looking at me like ‘What are you doing?’”
Janssen and Brodeur are friends now, but some things never change.
Read Article >Stanley Cup Finals 2012: Florida Panthers Fans Not Surprised By Pete DeBoer’s Devils
Despite the firing and the relative success achieved by Florida during the 2011-12 season, however, Panthers fans are not surprised about the success seen by DeBoer in these playoffs. Via Litter Box Cats:
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