It's the beginning of November by March it takes a big toll.
The book is out that they can get bullied and nothing happens in return - not from the officials and certainly not from the Devils. Every f***ing game the other team goes full goon on them, and they are intentionally targeting the best players for injury.
If the officials aren't going to call these games fairly (and why would they? league is f***ing trash) then the Devils need to finally grow some damn balls and start retaliating with their own dirty shit.
Ifthe PK could get their act together it won't hurt them too much on the scoreboard. And why should they be afraid of taking penalties anyway...the constant game managing by the refs would likely ensure it doesn't even make that big of a difference in terms of penalty differential.
Enough is enough. Stop taking this shit. When it gets to the point where our best players are sustaining injuries because of this kind of abuse, you have to find a way to put a stop to it. I don't subscribe to the idea that physicality can easily trump our talent, but that's not what this is. This is essentially the other team cheating and getting away with it.