The Devils knew they couldn't repeat that effort and said as much Thursday, noting they had to get pucks on the net and use their speed to force Carolina to expend energy defending in its own end instead of rolling with its aggressive forecheck.
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Ruff - older and more mild-mannered now coaching the New Jersey Devils in the playoffs - in 2006 said Hitchcock's Flyers “acted like idiots."
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