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New Jersey coach John Hynes received a multiyear contract extension, a reward for making the playoffs last season for the first time since the Devils reached the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals. The team announced the deal Thursday, saying Hynes' leadership was instrumental in building a culture and system for the development of the players. ''He has cultivated a group of veteran leaders, while helping our young players develop and gain experience,'' general manager and executive vice president Ray Shero said. Continue to Article

January 03, 2019 12:23:pm EST

The New Jersey Devils took care of some business on Thursday morning, as they handed head coach John Hynes a multi-year extension. Hynes and general manager Ray Shero have done a remarkable job of resurrecting the Devils from the dead in just a short amount of time. When they took over in their respective roles in 2015, the state of the Devils franchise wasn’t great. Continue to Article

January 03, 2019 11:30:am EST

The NHL on Friday suspended Boston Bruins forward David Backes three games without pay for what the league called "an illegal check to the head" of New Jersey Devils forward Blake Coleman. The hit happened during the Devils' 5-2 victory in Boston on Thursday. With two minutes remaining in the game, Backes skated from the left circle into the slot and put his shoulder into Coleman's face as Coleman cleared the puck. Continue to Article

December 28, 2018 10:14:pm EST

Flat' loss with almost full Bruins lineup shows they still have work to do originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.com BOSTON – Well, the Bruins learned the hard way they're still going to have to grind even if they have close to their full roster back. On a night where Zdeno Chara, Kevan Miller and Jake DeBrusk returned from injuries and gave Boston close to a full, healthy roster for the first time in months, the Bruins didn't look like an energized group buoyed by their returning players. Instead, it looked like a team that thought they'd simply roll over the underachieving New Jersey Devils now that most of their pieces were back where they'd been envisioned to be earlier in the season. Continue to Article

December 28, 2018 12:29:am EST

Celtics can't contain James Harden in loss to Rockets originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.com 1:30 - Kyle Draper, Brain Scalabrine and A. Sherrod Blakely break down the Celtics' loss to the Houston Rockets and discuss James Harden's dominating performance and how Boston was unable to defend him all night. With talk of Rob Gronkowski retiring in the air, Tom Giles, Chris Gasper and Phil Perry discuss Gronk's future and what the Patriots need to do to keep him in Foxboro. Rich Keefe and DJ Bean discuss how Zdeno Chara's return to the Bruins lineup was spoiled by the New Jersey Devils and debate if the loss paints a bigger picture for the team moving forward. Continue to Article

December 28, 2018 12:03:am EST