Few things set off a typical sports fan like the incompetence of their favorite team. Well, average Joe New Jersey Devil fan, this is your time to go apeshit. In the last few hours, your beloved Devils have given the axe to John MacLean and in his place for the rest of the season is Jacques Lemaire. As you will undoubtedly remember, MacLean was hired prior to this season to replace, wait for it, Lemaire. All of this, combined with the ludicrous contract handed to one Ilya Kovalchuk and the trainwreck that it caused, should all be traced back to the one person who enabled such a thing: Lou Lamoreillo. The coaching change isn't necesarily a surprise, since he has been known for this kind of thing since 1994. However, the mind-numbing contract to Kovalchuk, combined with the fact that he hasn't produced his usual numbers since being acquired in February, are all indicators that New Jersey is doomed to be basement dwellers for a long time. No, they are not even close to Toronto Maple Leaf bad (Hey, I just had an idea for tomorrow's piece) or even New York Islander bad, but as long as Lamoreillo is still running the show, the Devils will be nowhere near their Stanley Cup years.
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