Devils make tons of roster moves

October 28, 2008   ·   Hasan   ·   Jump to comments

Updating something that was probably obvious a few days ago, the Devils officially put Bobby Holik and Brian Rolston on IR, and both are expected to miss at least the next couple of weeks. 

It also looks like captain Jamie Langenbrunner will not be ready for tomorrow’s game against the Leafs, since he was not on the ice for practice today.  As a result the Devils will call up both Matt Halischuk and Niklas Bergfors from Lowell.  Halischuk, 20 was a fourth-round pick in 2007, and leads Lowell in scoring with five goals.  This is his first NHL game while Bergfors, 21, played in last year’s season opener at Tampa Bay.  Bergfors was the Devils’ first round pick in 2005 and may finally get a chance to live up to the hype.

Both players should play in tomorrow night’s game against Toronto, as GM Lou Lamoriello doesn’t believe in calling up prospects to have them sit.  Needing to make one more roster move to make room for the two kids, the Devils also have reportedly sent Pierre Luc-Letourneau Leblond down.  I called this after the major boarding penalty Friday.  You can’t be the fourteenth forward on a team and do those types of things, no matter how good a fighter you are.

Correction: Well it turns out Mr. Leblond is also injured…apparently he cracked an orbital bone in his nose when Riley Cote slammed him into the boards Saturday.  It won’t need surgery but he won’t play until it heals completely.  Man, the Devils forwards are dissapearing at an alarming rate.  Thank goodness it’s only October.