THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME

BRODEUR MAKES HISTORY

Martin Brodeur set an NHL record with his 552nd win last night. The devils faced the slumping Chicago Blackhawks at home in New Jersey. Brodeur passed his idol Patrick Roy’s former record of 551 win’s by edging the Blackhawks by a score of 3-2. The Blackhawks gave Marty a little scare in the last minute where there were a few shots which threatened the late period tie. However Brodeur, and the devil’s held on strong. This may be a huge accomplishment for Brodeur individually however there are still games to be played, and the team goal is more important in winning the Stanley Cup. Brodeur talked with nhl.com and said, “ "Well, you know, it's kind of nice. We've been having a great season here and the last thing I wanted to do was disturb what was going on when I came back from injury. I know it's a big deal what I just accomplished and I'm happy I was able to do it so quickly so we can concentrate on the last 14 games or so to get us ready as much as we can to get into the playoffs and that's what the major goal is. Definitely, you can't overlook what we did. It was a fun week having to go to Montreal to tie and then come back here on a busy day and win this game." The Devils are sitting atop the Atlantic division and second in the conference only 4 points behind the 1st place Boston Bruins. The devil’s are looking to make a strong push in the playoffs. With the all time winningest goalie of all time in Martin Brodeur they have a very good chance of going deep in the playoffs.

TRADE DEADLINE LOOMING

With the trade deadline less than 20 hours away there should be some notable moves made before 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.


There are some big name guys who are on the market, who will be interesting to watch over the next 20 hours. The Boston Bruins are rumored to be looking at vertern all star defenseman Chris Pronger from Anaheim. Young all star defenseman Jay Bouwmeester is not expected to be in Florida after tomorrow. There is rumor in Philadelphia that the Flyers may try to send Goaltender Martin Biron to the Phoenix Coyotes, to clear up cap room to make Bouwmeester a Philadelphia native. The Coyotes would than try to make a deal with Buffalo to send Biron back to his former team. Niklas Backstrom of the Minnesota Wild will be staying in Minenesota. Some guys to look to move by tomorrow are Marian Gaborik (Minnesota Wild). Toronto is looking to clean house and some names that have been thrown out there are Pavel Kubina, Tomas Kaberle, Vesa Toskala, Matt Stajan, Jason Blake, Nik Antropov.
Other names that are running through rumor mill are Doug Weight, Bill Guerin, and Brendan Witt of the New York Islanders; Tampa Bay's Vincent Lecavalier (who had a press conference at the All-Star Game to deny talk of an impending trade) and Marty St. Louis, Anaheim's Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger; St. Louis' Keith Tkachuk; Atlanta's Colby Armstrong; Phoenix's Olli Jokinen; and Edmonton's Erik Cole. I have also heard rumors that Alexei Kovalev wants out of Montreal.
There are some big names swirling throughout rumorville, and most of these guys will definitely improve any team’s chances. So I will have all the big moves posted tomorrow, and being a Flyer’s fan I’m hoping to see Bouwmeester’s name on the back of a flyer’s jersey.