John Fischer

Tonight is the end of the road game schedule for the New Jersey Devils. Their final stop is in Pennsylvania, where they are taking on the Philadelphia Flyers with a chance to crush their playoff odds. Support the Devils beating the Flyers here in this Gamethread.

In the twenty-seventh and final weekly Metropolitan Division snapshot of the 2023-24 season, the New York Rangers are a point away from locking up first, the New York Islanders finally lost but remain ahead in third, and the wild card remains a chase going into the final days of the season. All this and more in this week’s snapshot.

Many of us are making big efforts to reduce our personal carbon footprint - maybe better called our climate footprint. But most of us have two footprints, and the bigger one may land at work. Carefully recycling all the paper in your home, and then throwing out piles of paper at work could be defined as hypocrisy - or opportunity.

The 2023-24 New Jersey Devils regular season is over. The Devils failed to make the playoffs, making the season a failure. Nevertheless, the writers of All About the Jersey got together for the annual tradition of giving out awards for this season - for better or worse.

Welcome to the end of the 2023-24 NHL regular season. The New Jersey Devils are done after tonight. They will host the New York Islanders, who will play on. For one last time until next Fall, please come and discuss the game here.

The 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs begin tomorrow. Unfortunately, the New Jersey Devils will not be involved. They failed their season. But 16 teams did not as they will enter one of the most exciting playoffs in all of sports. This post goes over all 8 playoff matchups and who are the pending UFAs within each one.

The men’s World Championship ladder continues tomorrow in Belgrade, Serbia. The Serbian team returns to Division II Group A to hopefully earn a quick promotion. They will take on potential challengers in Croatia, Australia, Israel, and United Arab Emirates to do so. Learn more about the teams in this attempted preview.

As is tradition when the New Jersey Devils are not in the playoffs, this is an open post for all 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoff discussion at All About the Jersey. When it doubt, just cheer for whoever is facing Our Hated Rivals.

Sofia, Bulgaria is the place where Division II Group B of the 2024 IIHF World Championships will be held. Georgia is here due to punishment from Group A; Belgium is looking to move up after finishing second last year; Taiwan joins the group; and Turkey and New Zealand hopes to hang on. Learn more about each squad with this preview.

Dainius Zubrus, who is the President of the Lithuanian Ice Hockey Federation, and Lithuania host this year’s Division I Group B tourney for the 2024 IIHF World Championships. This year’s group includes the hosts, a very strong Ukrainian team, and a young Spanish team potentially on the rise.