Preview: Introducing the 2009-10 New Jersey Devils!

NHL season previews often sell you an impressive bill of goods before you realize, at the end of the season, you're holding an empty box. Which makes using advertisements and infomercials the appropriate template for Puck Daddy's 2009-10 NHL Season Previews, presented each day throughout September.Last Season's Ad Copy (See also Devils Eulogy): Third in the Eastern Conference and Atlantic Division champions (51-27-4, 106 points), eliminated by the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round of the conference playoffs, 4-3. For the second straight year, the results from the Stanley Cup playoffs went down about as well as a Fat Darrell in a hangover belly at the Grease Trucks near Rutgers. (Just in case you wondering in which state the author of this post was born. Hint: It's called the Garden State, even though there aren't any.) After the New York Rangers dumped the Devils in the infamous Sean Avery(notes) Rule series two years ago, the Hurricanes rallied with wins in...