Devils to Allow Fans to Vote for 2019-20 Goal Song

The Devils have decided to use a new goal song for the 2019-20 season and are letting us, the fans, have a say.

If you go to the team’s official Facebook page, there is a link to a form allowing you to nominate a song to be entered into the running to be the new season’s goal song.

Open nominations are from today to September 9. The fans will then vote for the top three songs on September 9 to 12 and then final fan voting for the new goal song will be held from September 13 to October 1. The new goal song will be revealed at the Devils’ home opener on October 4 against the Winnipeg Jets (assuming they don’t get shut out of course).

I am kind of torn on this one. While you have to guess the team is expecting fans to spam the email boxes with Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part 2,” the team’s longtime goal song dating back to the days in Denver. The Rockies, coincidentally, invented the use of the goal song with that tune – which is why it is so special to Devils fans. Bringing that song back would be a nice return to history for the team.

On the other hand, “Howl” by The Gaslight Anthem has been a great goal song over the last few seasons. It is by a local Jersey band and has grown on a lot of people since being introduced.

The last time the team did something like this – when the new ownership was trying to excise “Rock and Roll Part 2” – it was an unmitigated disaster. If I recall correctly, it ended up with Bon Jovi’s “This is Our House” being used briefly (Jon Bon Jovi being a Ranger fan and all, this certainly didn’t really sit well with many fans).

I could also go out on a limb and assume that this is also ownership trying to eliminate the “you suck!” chant to the tune of the goal song. This has been a thing the owners have been trying to accomplish since taking over. Unfortunately, the fans have been rebelliously working that into every song that they choose. We even were able to get it into the beginning of “Howl”!

Whether this is actually a search for a new song, a “mea culpa” by ownership resulting in “Rock and Roll Part 2” coming back or the new regime trying once again to stamp out “you suck!” chants remains to be seen.

But no matter what, it looks like we are destined to have another goal song this year.