The New Jersey Devils have brought back one of their best Team Captain's in their history, but obviously not as a player. Scott Stevens has been named a full-time Assistant Coach by General Manager Lou Lamoriello. Also brought in as an Assistant Coach is Matt Shaw, who most recently was let go by the San Jose Sharks. Both of them will join a tandem which already includes Dave Barr and Chris Terreri on Head Coach Peter DeBoer's staff, who lost Larry Robinson to San Jose, where Shaw came from and Adam Oates, who became the Head Coach of the Washington Capitals.
Stevens and Dave Barr will be behind the bench with Peter DeBoer on game days/nights, while Matt Shaw and Chris Terreri will watch from above. Stevens will run the defense-men while Shaw will run the Power Play. Barr will continue to coach the Penalty Kill, which was dominant in the regular season this past season. The Sharks had the NHL's 2nd ranked Power Play this past season under Matt Shaw, but ironically former Devils Assistant Larry Robinson came in to replace him in San Jose along with Jim Johnson, who ran the Capitals power play. However, the circumstances might be different for the Devils power play due to the loss of Zach Parise. So, in the early going the man advantage will likely mightily struggle and it will not be Shaw's fault, but it will be his duty to make sure the new chemistry clicks on the power play. The Devils success on the power play will be up to whoever the new personnel will be on it.
Stevens will take over what he call the deepest defensive corps in recent year for the Devils. He will get the responsibility to continue molding Adam Larsson into an elite defenseman in the NHL, which Larry Robinson had the pleasure of doing this past season. The Defense is basically similar to the one that finished this past season, but its much healthier. Henrik Tallinder is coming back from a severe blood clot which shelved him from January until Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Mark Fayne will however miss the 1st month of the season at least with a torn tendon in the wrist. So we shall see how the coaching staff clicks.
As mentioned above Shaw will watch from above, so it will be up to Peter DeBoer to call the Power Play plays during a time-out since Shaw will watch from above. However, there could be situations where you will see Shaw join Barr and Stevens alongside DeBoer on the bench.
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As expected, Lou Lamoriello gave his common response of "Status Quo" when it came to talking about the possibility of signing a Free Agent forward to compensate for the loss of Zach Parise. He has not completely ruled out bringing someone in before the start of training camp and also mentioned that the current CBA uncertainty will have no impact on the way he conducts business much like the Devils financial uncertainty. Lamoriello could be pursuing Free Agents, but he is in no rush to sign someone, but he is claiming that winger Mattias Tedenby is on a tough workout regime at home in Sweden with his Devils teammates Jacob Josefson, Adam Larsson, Alex Urbom and Herik Tallinder. He will look to him to have a break out season and have a bounce back season from his disappointing sophomore campaign. However, I expect him to sign a free agent, but he will not rush in the process. Question is will Semin, Kostitsyn or a Shane Doan be available.
Stevens and Dave Barr will be behind the bench with Peter DeBoer on game days/nights, while Matt Shaw and Chris Terreri will watch from above. Stevens will run the defense-men while Shaw will run the Power Play. Barr will continue to coach the Penalty Kill, which was dominant in the regular season this past season. The Sharks had the NHL's 2nd ranked Power Play this past season under Matt Shaw, but ironically former Devils Assistant Larry Robinson came in to replace him in San Jose along with Jim Johnson, who ran the Capitals power play. However, the circumstances might be different for the Devils power play due to the loss of Zach Parise. So, in the early going the man advantage will likely mightily struggle and it will not be Shaw's fault, but it will be his duty to make sure the new chemistry clicks on the power play. The Devils success on the power play will be up to whoever the new personnel will be on it.
Stevens will take over what he call the deepest defensive corps in recent year for the Devils. He will get the responsibility to continue molding Adam Larsson into an elite defenseman in the NHL, which Larry Robinson had the pleasure of doing this past season. The Defense is basically similar to the one that finished this past season, but its much healthier. Henrik Tallinder is coming back from a severe blood clot which shelved him from January until Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Mark Fayne will however miss the 1st month of the season at least with a torn tendon in the wrist. So we shall see how the coaching staff clicks.
As mentioned above Shaw will watch from above, so it will be up to Peter DeBoer to call the Power Play plays during a time-out since Shaw will watch from above. However, there could be situations where you will see Shaw join Barr and Stevens alongside DeBoer on the bench.
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As expected, Lou Lamoriello gave his common response of "Status Quo" when it came to talking about the possibility of signing a Free Agent forward to compensate for the loss of Zach Parise. He has not completely ruled out bringing someone in before the start of training camp and also mentioned that the current CBA uncertainty will have no impact on the way he conducts business much like the Devils financial uncertainty. Lamoriello could be pursuing Free Agents, but he is in no rush to sign someone, but he is claiming that winger Mattias Tedenby is on a tough workout regime at home in Sweden with his Devils teammates Jacob Josefson, Adam Larsson, Alex Urbom and Herik Tallinder. He will look to him to have a break out season and have a bounce back season from his disappointing sophomore campaign. However, I expect him to sign a free agent, but he will not rush in the process. Question is will Semin, Kostitsyn or a Shane Doan be available.
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