The Devils really have some issues

Not the kind of issues that can be remedied when players come back from being injured and contribute or a player being added via a trade to address a problem position. No, John MacLean, the Devils rookie head coach took it upon himself to bench $100 million dollar winger Ilya Kovalchuk before yesterday's disheartening 6-1 drubbing by the lowly Sabres. The players weren't told nor did they hear Kovalchuk was being benched until they arrived for the game at The Rock. The Devils couldn't even dress a full roster a couple nights because they were right up against the salary cap because they gave Kovalchuk $100 million dollars and now he's sitting out.

There seems to be something less than magical with the Devils makeup this season and makeup is something they'd better learn because at this rate they'll be trying to makeup ground all season just to make the playoffs.

Uneasy is the head that wears the Atlantic Division crown...

New Jersey Devils playoff post-mortem

Find some guys that WANT to play in the Stanley Cup playoffs, guys who care what happens. The Devils were far too soft, far too slow and frankly, far too lazy in getting beat to so many loose pucks. We'll give them a proper post-mortem when they give up proper playoff effort.