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So, this is what the New Jersey Devils are up against.
They play a pretty darned good road game.
They forechecked like crazy.
They hemmed the New York Rangers in their zone for long periods of time, especially in the second period.
They got a sharp, at times spectacular, performance from their 40-year-old netminder Martin Brodeur.
And?
And they're down 1-0 in the Eastern Conference finals.
That's what happens when the guy in the bulky pads at the other end of the ice pitching a shutout is named
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