Blittner’s Blue Line: 2025-26 NHL Season Preview

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by Matthew Blittner - October 7, 2025October 9, 20250

It’s time to celebrate! The 2025-26 NHL season is here. No more pre-season games. No more waiting for “the real deal.” No more! Now it counts. 82 regular-season games (per team), followed by four rounds of playoffs. And then, after the grueling journey is complete, a winner will be declared

Devils Finally Come To Terms With Defenseman Luke Hughes

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by Matthew Blittner - October 1, 2025October 1, 20250

After months of waiting and wondering, the New Jersey Devils have finally come to terms on a new contract with defenseman Luke Hughes. The deal, which starts this season and runs through the 2031-32 season, is seven years in length and will pay Hughes $63M, with an AAV of $9M. Luke

Devils Serving Up Tasty New Food (And Potentially More Wins Too)

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by Matthew Blittner - September 24, 2025September 24, 20250

It’s the NHL pre-season, so while a lot of the focus (and rightly so) is on the ice, there’s still plenty going on off the frozen surface as teams prepare for the grind of the regular season. That being said, while the New Jersey Devils hosted the New York Islanders at

EXCLUSIVE Blittner’s Blue Line: Devils’ CMO Jillian Frechette Talks Theme Nights And Fans

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by Matthew Blittner - September 22, 2025September 22, 20250

t’s all for the fans! Fans are the lifeblood of every professional sports team; without them, teams would have nobody to play for and wouldn’t exist. Therefore, it’s important that teams put in the work to make sure their fans are happy, not just with the quality of the team’s

Blittner’s Blue Line: September Musings

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by Matthew Blittner - September 9, 2025September 9, 20250

Welcome to September! Hockey fans should rejoice because Training Camps are almost here, pre-season games are just a couple weeks away and Opening Night is right around the corner. But first, there are several items that we should address. Shall we start with the biggie? Of course! Edmonton Oilers fans are trying

The Ken Daneyko Golf Classic Interviews

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by Russ_Cohen - July 15, 2025July 15, 20250

Matthew Blittner and Russ Cohen interviewed a myriad of guests to talk about a great New Jersey charity, The Center for Great Expectations. First up is Peg Wright, The President and CEO. Next up is Trudy Stetter, the driving force behind the New Jersey Devils Fan club. Longtime radio voice of the Devils,

Blittner’s Blue Line: There’s A New Don In Town

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by Matthew Blittner - July 8, 2025July 8, 20250

Welcome to NEW JERSEY DEVILS Hockey! Sorry, didn’t mean to rip off Larry Hirsch’s famous Devils’ radio introduction, but there’s a new broadcaster in Jersey and we needed an appropriate welcome. Don La Greca, who has been the New York Rangers’ backup radio play-by-play broadcaster for years and was a longtime

Devils’ GM Tom Fitzgerald Shares His Thoughts After Initial Wave Of Free Agency

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by Matthew Blittner - July 2, 2025July 2, 20250

Hey now. With July 1st officially in the rearview mirror, outside of the occasional news update, trade or signing, The NHL Offseason is about to become VERY quiet. That being said, Devils’ GM Tom Fitzgerald met with the media on Tuesday morning to discuss his team’s moves when the market opened,

Devils Development Camp Feature: Getting To Know Ben Kevan

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by Matthew Blittner - July 1, 2025July 1, 20250

With it being that time of year again, Development Camps are open around The NHL as many prospects seek to impress the clubs who either recently drafted them, or with whom they’ve been playing in their system. One such player is a right wing out of The USHL named Ben Kevan.

Recapping The 2025 NHL Entry Draft: What The Locals Accomplished

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by Matthew Blittner - June 29, 2025June 29, 20250

Have you ever heard how the month of March supposedly comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb? Well, it’s not just March that does that. While The NHL’s annual Entry Draft doesn’t always follow that rule, it did in 2025. Friday morning, hours before the first round