{"id":397576,"date":"2026-01-09T17:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/397576\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:09:09","slug":"ditd-open-post-1-9-26-hot-seats-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/397576\/","title":{"rendered":"DitD &#038; Open Post &#8211; 1\/9\/26: Hot Seats Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Here are your links for today:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The descent continues: Luke Hughes scored the lone goal for the Devils as the Penguins took a 4-1 win Thursday night. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/devils\/news\/game-story-2025020687\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devils NHL<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sheldon Keefe talks about job security:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tom Fitzgerald\u2019s silence continues:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe last calendar year of New Jersey Devils hockey should have Tom Fitzgerald and Sheldon Keefe\u2019s seats white hot.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/devilsontherush.substack.com\/p\/devils-fitzgerald-keefe-running-out-rope\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devils on the Rush<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Hockey Guy assesses the Devils:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe Florida Panthers could be getting a big boost to their lineup later this season as they continue their chase for a Stanley Cup three-peat. Captain Aleksander Barkov has resumed skating recently after suffering a torn ACL and MCL in training camp, and was seen taking to the ice prior to Florida\u2019s loss to the New York Rangers in the Winter Classic on Jan. 2 from Miami\u2019s LoanDepot Park.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/article\/johnston-pretty-high-chance-barkov-returns-for-panthers-this-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TSN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cYou can see why trading for Hughes has been a game-changer for the Wild, who are 7-2-3 with a league-high 47 goals in 12 games since his Dec. 14 debut. He is as dynamic as it gets, and his early impact \u2014 from stretch passes to puck retrievals to the power play \u2014 is showing exactly why management was willing to make a trade of this magnitude.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6951270\/2026\/01\/08\/quinn-hughes-wild-video-analytics-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Athletic<\/a> ($)]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe visual of Hofer peeking around the hallway to the bench when dressed led to further speculation, on the broadcast and elsewhere, that he was hiding to avoid replacing Binnington. But, again, Montgomery said that wasn\u2019t the case. It was just a matter of not being dressed on time.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6954487\/2026\/01\/08\/blues-binnington-hofer-goalie-pull\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Athletic<\/a> ($)]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Feel free to discuss these and any other hockey-related stories in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are your links for today: The descent continues: Luke Hughes scored the lone goal for the Devils&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[53344,385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-397576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-devils-in-the-details","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}