ROUND 1

The New Jersey Devils will be playing the Carolina Hurricanes in Round 1 of the 2008-2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Yesterday's game against them was good. I like it when we win the last game of the regular season; I actually was at the Rock last season when we beat the Rangers in a shootout for the last game of the season after they had beaten us every single game prior to that (which is kinda like what happened yesterday only we were 0-3 against the 'Canes and 0-9 against the Rangers).

So the 'Canes benched their star goalie Cam Ward yesterday. I, like 95% of all Devils fans, take this is a blatant dis. It was their way of saying 'we-are-not-afraid-to-play-you-and-we-know-we're-going-to-win'. I guess the joke was on them in the end but still, I don't see how that could be taken as a pure coincidence. Cam Ward is their best goalie. He carried the team to the playoffs. They beat us in all three games prior to yesterdays. They sat him. That would be like if we played Kevin Weekes (even though good, 'ol Weeksie played for the 'Canes) after we beat them 3 times. Whatever, it doesn't matter. They're going to play Cam Ward in the next few games anyway (until we destroy them and their pretty boy Eric Staal).

It's playoff time.
Who's pumped?
Rock Your Red 2009.