Thursday, January 29, 2015

Devils Nostalgia

It has been a busy week in Devils land...off the ice. The team announced plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their first Stanley Cup (March 7th with an Alumni Game and March 8th with a pregame ceremony). And legendary goaltender Martin Brodeur announced his retirement...as a St. Louis Blue...to join the front office...in St. Louis.

I feel like I'll have a lot to say about Brodeur and I'm sure memories will start coming out about the 1995 team. But I had one thought, and I was challenged on it. I've said for a while that the Devils should have a "greatest games" DVD collection. This week got me thinking of that again.

So what games go on this list (hint, the first 3 are obvious)?
  1. Game 4, 1995 Stanley Cup Finals - Devils win their 1st Stanley Cup in a 4 game upset sweep
  2. Game 6, 2000 Stanley Cup Finals - Devils win their 2nd Stanley Cup in double OT
  3. Game 7, 2003 Stanley Cup Finals - Devils win their 3rd Stanley Cup with a shutout in Game 7
  4. Devils make the playoffs for the first time in their history with an OT goal in Chicago
  5. Game 6, 2012 Eastern Conference Finals - Devils win their 5th Prince of Wales Trophy in OT against the Rangers (Henrique, It's Over)
  6. Game 7, 2000 Eastern Conference Finals - Devils win Game 7 on the road in Philly to return to the Stanley Cup Finals
  7. Game 7, 2003 Eastern Conference Finals - Devils win Game 7 on the road in Ottawa to return to the Stanley Cup Finals
  8. Brodeur wins 552, Elias breaks MacLean's Devils scoring record
What else should go there? 1988 Playoffs? 1995 Playoffs? 2001 Playoffs? Anything else from the 2000 or 2003 or 2012 Playoffs? Any other playoff seasons? Any other regular season games? There must be. The game where Brodeur scored against Montreal in the 1997 playoffs?

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