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The New Jersey Devils have hired Mike Foligno to join the staff as an assistant coach. I'll have more on this tomorrow.

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After a long wait, the NHL has finally released the 2013-14 season schedule. The NHL also announced that NHL players will be able to go to Sochi to represent their countries in the Olympics.

Here are some quick highlights of the New Jersey Devils schedule:

- Season opener: Thursday, October 3rd @ Pittsburgh
- Home opener: Friday, October 4th vs. New York (I)
- Outdoor game: Sunday, January 26th vs. New York (R)
- Parise's return to New Jersey: March 20th
- Season finale: April 13th vs. Boston

Quick notes:

- Longest homestand: Five games (March 18th - 27th)
- Longest road trip: Five games (October 7th - 17th)
- Olympic break Februrary 9th-26th

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The last week or so a lot rumors were swirling that the New Jersey Devils were targeting Damien Brunner to help replace Ilya Kovalchuk.

While that still may hold true, it seems Lou Lamoriello has at least one other player in mind.

That player appears to be future Hall of Famer, Jaromir Jagr.

Jagr, 41, was at the Prudential Center inspecting it Thursday, according to Czech website isport.cz.

Whether anything comes of this report remains to be seen, but it will be interesting to follow nonetheless.

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Is Kovalchuk planning a return to the NHL?

Devils re-sign Jacob Josefson.

Just how good is Reid Boucher?

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