The Devils acquired Doug Gilmour in 1997 for a playoff run. They believed he was the missing ingredient for them to win the Cup.
Gilmour did okay, but not good enough to live up to Lou Lamoriello's expectations. The team underachieved in their series against the Rangers in the Eastern Conference semifinals and Gilmour was a major part of the team's terrible play.
Lamoriello decided to try again with a rental star. He acquired Ilya Kovalchuk from the Thrashers several months ago.
He believed the team needed a goal scorer to win playoff games. He also wanted to pair a star with Zach Parise.
So far, the former Thrasher has done nothing outside of his Devils debut.
Nothing changed last night for him. Not only did he not play well, but he was nowhere close to scoring in his attempts to put the ...
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