Well, the Devils aren’t the only ones to move into a new building this season — part of the reason our Devilscast coverage has been a bit spotty this week (and for that we apologize) is that I have just moved into a new apartment. Except that I didn’t hire movers and didn’t pack up some of the stuff ahead of time because I was only moving a mile away and figured I could save time by just taking a little bit at a time over to the new place each day. Mistake. Kids at home, don’t ever attempt such actions yourself.

One of the semi-fun (or, at least, non-annoying) parts of moving was taking down all of my old Devils posters and pennants and reminiscing. I still have two from 1995, including the “team photo with the Cup” poster where one of the players’ ironed-on NJ logos fell off of his official championship hat — I seem to recall it being Shawn Chambers’ hat, but the poster is still packed up so I can’t check — because everyone expected Detroit to romp and they had to throw something together at the last minute when the Devils actually won. At least, that’s always been my theory.

One of the other old posters I enjoyed reminiscing over was the 2001 NCAA hockey championship “banner” from my senior year at Boston College. Of course, that was also Brian Gionta’s senior year there, and he scored the game-winning goal against Ottawa on Wednesday, so see, it all ties together. Nice to see him break a long goal drought and get back to contributing offensively.

I would be remiss not to congratulate Marty on his 12th consecutive 30-win regular season, but even he would tell you the greater concern lies in getting those 16 wins in the postseason. It is a shame that the Devils’ exit off the Turnpike is no longer 16W, as that was without question one of the best and most appropriate addresses in hockey history, especially since they won 3 Stanley Cups as residents of the Meadowlands.

Hopefully the 2-game win streak Jersey takes into its meeting with the Thrashers tonight is the beginning of a strong push to cap off the season and stay near the top (preferrably on top) of the Atlantic Division in Year 1 at The Rock. In fact, I wouldn’t mind if such a streak continued right through into June — those ‘95 Stanley Cup posters could use some new company in my brand new digs.