Comments on: NEW JERSEY’S KEVIN SMITH DITCHES DEVILS FOR OILERS http://www.bigleaguescrew.com/nhl/new-jerseys-kevin-smith-ditches-devils-for-oilers Sports with a Big Apple skew Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:21:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jay http://www.bigleaguescrew.com/nhl/new-jerseys-kevin-smith-ditches-devils-for-oilers/comment-page-1#comment-6953 Jay Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:04:58 +0000 http://www.bigleaguescrew.com/?p=5036#comment-6953 I betcha if you get all the Devil fans in NJ together, you would fill "The Rock" twice over. The problem is that the fans are all scattered and in Northern NJ, where the arena actually is, the majority of fans are Ranger fans. This isn't because New Jersyans hate their state, it's because the Devils have only been around since 1982. All the old-timers that are hockey fans had no other team to root for. So their kids are now Ranger fans. But give it time and the Ranger fans will die off and you will see more Devil fans emerge. But if you want to give up on the Devils and their fans Mr. Smith, take this into consideration: Since 1990 the number of Stanley Cups won by the Oilers = ZERO and the number of Cups for the Devils in that span? 3!! Rangers have 1 cup ('94) in over 50 years! Oh yeah and the Devils have made the playoffs in 19 of the last 21 years and have not missed the postseason in the last 12 years. Talk about dominance! I betcha if you get all the Devil fans in NJ together, you would fill "The Rock" twice over. The problem is that the fans are all scattered and in Northern NJ, where the arena actually is, the majority of fans are Ranger fans. This isn't because New Jersyans hate their state, it's because the Devils have only been around since 1982. All the old-timers that are hockey fans had no other team to root for. So their kids are now Ranger fans. But give it time and the Ranger fans will die off and you will see more Devil fans emerge.

But if you want to give up on the Devils and their fans Mr. Smith, take this into consideration:
Since 1990 the number of Stanley Cups won by the Oilers = ZERO and the number of Cups for the Devils in that span? 3!! Rangers have 1 cup ('94) in over 50 years!
Oh yeah and the Devils have made the playoffs in 19 of the last 21 years and have not missed the postseason in the last 12 years. Talk about dominance!

]]> By: devil4ever http://www.bigleaguescrew.com/nhl/new-jerseys-kevin-smith-ditches-devils-for-oilers/comment-page-1#comment-6945 devil4ever Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:40:39 +0000 http://www.bigleaguescrew.com/?p=5036#comment-6945 Dear Mr Smith, Im a recent transplant to North Carolina and i would never ever switch favorite teams. My favorite team is the devils and who ever is playing the NY Rangers. By the way nice start rangers had to season the rangers had so so sorry. Bahaha Grow some hair on your you now what and come back to the 2nd best team in the last 15 yrs. Dear Mr Smith,
Im a recent transplant to North Carolina and i would never ever switch favorite teams. My favorite team is the devils and who ever is playing the NY Rangers. By the way nice start rangers had to season the rangers had so so sorry. Bahaha Grow some hair on your you now what and come back to the 2nd best team in the last 15 yrs.

]]> By: Why Me http://www.bigleaguescrew.com/nhl/new-jerseys-kevin-smith-ditches-devils-for-oilers/comment-page-1#comment-6942 Why Me Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:07:45 +0000 http://www.bigleaguescrew.com/?p=5036#comment-6942 @njdss4: If you are going to be anti-Kevin Smith just because he deosn't like the Devils, then you have problems! Unsure what make Smith things there are a lack of fans - maybe a lack of fans seeing the team at home? Not surprising oin the latter with the economy. @njdss4: If you are going to be anti-Kevin Smith just because he deosn’t like the Devils, then you have problems! Unsure what make Smith things there are a lack of fans – maybe a lack of fans seeing the team at home? Not surprising oin the latter with the economy.

]]> By: njdss4 http://www.bigleaguescrew.com/nhl/new-jerseys-kevin-smith-ditches-devils-for-oilers/comment-page-1#comment-6941 njdss4 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:36:24 +0000 http://www.bigleaguescrew.com/?p=5036#comment-6941 I'm hoping you're just exaggerating to make a story. If Kevin Smith really has abandoned the Devils, he's just lost a fan. There's nothing wrong with liking another team, getting their T-shirts or jerseys, but if you stop liking a team just because there aren't enough other fans of that same team around, you were never really a fan. I'm hoping you're just exaggerating to make a story. If Kevin Smith really has abandoned the Devils, he's just lost a fan. There's nothing wrong with liking another team, getting their T-shirts or jerseys, but if you stop liking a team just because there aren't enough other fans of that same team around, you were never really a fan.

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