Welcome to the first GameThread of the preseason for the New Jersey Devils. They will host the New York Rangers at the Rock. Tonight's game will start at 7 PM EST. It will be on both MSG and MSG+ and in HD for all of you television viewers. This is projected lineup per what Gulitti and Chere reported yesterday.
Zach Parise - Travis Zajac - Brendan Shanahan
Brian Rolston - Dainius Zubrus - Niclas Bergfors
Vladimir Zharkov - Patrice Cormier - David Clarkson
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond - Rod Pelley - Ilkka Pikkarainen
Bryce Salvador - Cory Murphy
Mike Mottau - Johnny Oduya
Mark Fraser - Alexander Urbom
Yann Danis
Jeff Frazee
The purpose of these GameThreads is to provide a forum for you to comment about the game. Comments are live - so you do not need to refresh the page to see new comments and replies. Now, truth be told, I usually set these up in advance and to be opened about an hour to 90 minutes before game time. This way you can discuss any breaking news prior to the game or just get to get pumped for some hockey. Please continue commenting here during the game, which is set up for talking about that awesome hit (insert player here) threw or that sweet goal scored by (insert player here) or to declare "Balderdash!" when (insert player here) from the opposition scores.
All I ask is that you keep the comments fairly on-topic (an odd tangent here and there is OK, but focus on the game), be respectful even if some hater talks more junk than what they have in their trunk, don't post anything illicit or illegal (read: no pirate streams), and please keep all comments clean.
Any new info we get here will be added by our new writer Steve Lepore; and he'll take care of any quick post-game duties while I travel back from the Rock. Thank you for reading and enjoy the game. Go Devils!