Sorry about
the lack of content on the site, I’ve been kind of busy lately. Hopefully,
things pick up a little bit during the World Junior tournament later in the
month.
And the Devils
will be well-represented at that tournament, with five players playing for four
teams. According to the ‘Inside the Devils Blog’ on the team’s official app,
Patrick Moynihan will play for the USA, Shakir Mukamadullin and Arseniy
Gritsyuk will represent Russia, Jaromir Pytlik will suit up for the Czech
Republic and Dawson Mercer was chosen for Canada.
The 2021
World Junior Championship will take place in Alberta, Canada beginning December
26.
As for the
Devils, the NHL continues to hash out how they are going to continue on with a
2020-21 season.
One option put
forth by Pierre Lebrun on Twitter would see the Devils in a division with the
Bruins, Sabres, Islanders, Rangers, Flyers, Penguins and Capitals. That would
see a “Division 2” as Lebrun put it, of the Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Red
Wings, Blackhawks, Panthers, Wild, Predators and Lightning. Division 3 would
contain the Ducks, Coyotes, Avalanche, Stars, Kings, Sharks, Blues and Golden Knights.
The fourth division would be a Canadian Division featuring the seven Canadian
teams.
This would
be done to reduce travel and solve the problem of constantly having to cross
the Canadian border for games. This is a no-go due to Canada’s handling of the
COVID-19 pandemic. They have essentially closed off the border to American
travel and enforced a two-week quarantine for people entering the country,
which would not help a NHL team having to play a schedule.
We will see
how a 2020-21 season will shake down, hopefully one materializes. Otherwise,
good luck to the prospects playing in the World Juniors. We look forward to
having some high-level hockey being played by the Christmas week.