Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork. Scarpe Nmd Bianche Ingrosso Uomo .com) - There are few people who would place the blame for the New Jersey Devils lackluster season entirely on Peter DeBoer. But, at this rate, there may be no other solution than making him take the fall for it anyway. Only two and a half years removed from leading the Devils on a run to the Stanley Cup Finals, DeBoer is surrounded by speculation that he is fighting for his job. I say speculation because nobody every really knows what Devils president and general manager Lou Lamoriello is thinking. Is he close to firing his head coach for New Jerseys brutal start to the season? Or is Lou saving the blame for himself and giving DeBoer a pass? There is no question the Hall of Fame GM needs to take some lumps for the way this current edition of the Devils is built. While its been a blast for NHL fans watching Jaromir Jagr stay relevant, the fact that New Jerseys most important offensive player is going to be 43 years old in a few months is kind of sad and it points to a larger problem with the Devils. After all, Jagr isnt the only greybeard on New Jerseys roster, as the team is only the NHL club with an average age over 30. In a sport dominated by young stars the Devils are counting on guys like Patrik Elias (38), Bryce Salvador (38), Marek Zidlicky (37), Dainius Zubrus (36), Michael Ryder (34), Scott Gomez (34), Martin Havlat (33) and Mike Cammalleri (32) to do the heavy lifting. But an even bigger issue for the Devils is that when theyve tried to go young, the results have been less than impressive. Outside of Adam Henrique, a third-round steal for Lamoriello in 2008, the clubs draft preparation over the last several years has simply not approached his own lofty standards. Adam Larsson, a defenseman who was selected fourth overall in 2011, is the poster boy for the clubs recent poor drafts, but he is hardly alone in generating disappointment among the Devils fan base. Eric Gelinas, Jacob Josefson, Stefan Matteau and Damon Severson are all former first or second- round draft picks who have yet to show they can pull their weight for a successful NHL club. Let us not forget the 2013 draft either. That was the year Lamoriello surrendered New Jerseys first-round pick (9th overall) to land goaltender Cory Schneider from Vancouver. Schneider has found it difficult replacing a legend like Martin Brodeur as the No. 1 option between the pipes, but he is hardly the biggest problem for a team that is ranked 26th in the league with a paltry average of 2.21 goals per game. All the poor drafts have forced New Jersey to rely on older free agents, who, lets face it, are on the downside of their careers. And all of them put together dont seem to add up to former Devils sniper Ilya Kovalchuk, who retired from the NHL after the lockout season of 2012-13 to ply his trade in the KHL. But the Devils cant use Kovalchuks decision to leave them in the lurch as an excuse any longer. New Jerseys icy reception from the home crowd at the end of its most recent loss, Wednesdays 2-0 setback against Ottawa, shows the fans arent in the mood for excuses. Some representatives of the Devils, including Elias and DeBoer, felt the team had outplayed the Senators and was unfairly booed at the Prudential Center. They were disappointed. So were we. Trust me, Elias said. But we didnt deserve that today. The effort was there. We were the better team. We understand it, but it wasnt deserved tonight. I didnt appreciate it. It may be true that New Jersey was the better club Wednesday, but the fans are right to be disgusted because results are all that matter for the Devils right now. Since the effort against the Sens didnt result in a win or even a point, its difficult to expect the fans to see it as anything other than another failure to get the job done. Better efforts, and results, are especially needed at home where the Devils have only played 12 games so far. The building otherwise known as The Rock will need to be a source of strength if the 11-16-6 club has any chance at returning to the postseason for the first time since 2012. The positive results better start coming soon or DeBoer will eventually have to take the fall for a team that is mired in its second five-game losing streak in a matter of weeks. Whether its the GMs mistakes or DeBoers faults as a coach that is plaguing the Devils, or a combination of both, something needs to be done and fast. Around the league, it seems DeBoer is still more associated with the heights of his first season with the Devils in 2012 than the depths the club has reached this season. And for that reason, Lamoriello likely knows DeBoer would be plucked by another team rather quickly if he gets fired. Then again, if scenes like Wednesdays game in Newark become the norm, he may have no choice other than sacrificing his coach to the masses. And if it somehow manages to get worse, keeping the coach around any longer would not only be cruel to the fans, but to DeBoer as well. Adidas Nmd Senza Lacci Scarpe .com) - The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to play spoiler as the Los Angeles Kings will try to match their longest winning streak in over four years in Thursdays battle at Staples Center. Scarpe Nmd Nere Outlet .Y. - The New York Rangers have reached a one-year contract extension with goalie Cam Talbot, keeping Henrik Lundqvists backup away from unrestricted free agency. http://www.scarpenmdscontate.it/ . The shortstop still grieves, but it will be nights like the one Segura had in a 5-2 victory Monday over the Cincinnati Reds that will provide some distraction.CHICAGO -- Each start was remarkably similar. That smooth, efficient motion. The devastating array of pitches. The easy cool that quickly spreads to his teammates, who are so confident when he takes the mound. A year after a disappointing departure from Baltimore, Jake Arrieta is thriving in Chicago. The 6-foot-4 right-hander is unbeaten in his last eight starts after beginning the season on the disabled list due to shoulder tightness, providing a glimmer of hope as the lowly Cubs stumbled to last place in the NL Central at the All-Star break. "Jake knows it now, hes our new horse and thats what we want," first baseman Anthony Rizzo said. "We want him to be that ace and just keep getting all the confidence in the world because hes pitching very confident right now and its been fun to watch." Arrietas undefeated stretch began with one of his shortest outings of the season, when he lasted just 4 2-3 innings on June 3 against the New York Mets. He gave up seven hits and walked three, but he allowed just one first-inning run in Chicagos 2-1 victory. Then he really put on a show. Arrieta pitched six shutout innings against Miami, and seven more against Philadelphia. He retired his first 18 batters in a victory over Cincinnati. He was so good against the Red Sox that the fans at Fenway Park saluted him with a loud ovation when he departed after Bostons first hit with two out in the eighth. Heading into Sundays start at Arizona, Arrieta is 4-0 with a 1.36 ERA and a .160 opponents batting average during his impressive six-week run. "Hes got a good slider and hes got a very deceptive way that he comes at you," Reds All-Star catcher Devin Mesoraco said. "Its really cross-bodied and its almost like hes throwing from behind you, so its a heck of an angle to try to hit the ball from, especially for a right-hander." Arrietas repertoire includes a fastball that sits in the low 90s, a big curveball and a circle changeup that he mixes in to prevent hitters from sitting on his fastball. But its that slider and his ability to use it as a cut fastball that has been particularly effective. "Its a cutter and a slider depending on what I want it to be," he said, before running through how he uses it in diffeerent situations. Scarpe Adidas Ingrosso. "Its one pitch, but I can throw it multiple different ways at different velocities." Arrieta was selected by the Orioles in the fifth round of the 2007 draft out of TCU. He made his major league debut three years later at age 24, and won 10 games the following season. He drew Baltimores opening-day start in 2012, and threw seven scoreless innings in a victory over Minnesota on the 20th anniversary of the opening of Camden Yards. It looked as if he could be a key contributor for the Orioles for years to come, but that was really the beginning of the end when it came to his time in Baltimore. Arrieta shuffled back and forth between Triple-A Norfolk and Baltimore before he was traded to Chicago last July. The contending Orioles also sent reliever Pedro Strop to the Cubs in return for pitcher Scott Feldman and catcher Steve Clevenger. "I was bombarded by information from 50 different sources, which is never beneficial to anybody, I dont care who you are," Arrieta said, reflecting on his departure from the Orioles. "You got four or five different sports psychologists trying to reach out to you, you got seven different coaches trying to implement some input, you know that never works. It just kind of made things go in the opposite direction." Arrieta credits the change of scenery and his experience in developing a successful routine as two big reasons for his recent success. He also has a solid relationship with pitching coach Chris Bosio, who has become quite the asset for the Cubs when it comes to turning around cheap reclamation projects. Next up for Arrieta is just building on his solid first part of the season. Chicago traded Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to Oakland on July, making Arrietas starts even more important for the Cubs for the rest of the year. They believe he is up to the challenge of anchoring the staff. "I think when he goes out there on the hill, hes got a calmness about him," manager Rick Renteria said. "Hes got some poise and hopefully this is now a turning point, it continues to be a turning point for him in his career and he continues to move forward and hes able to take advantage of that great stuff hes got." ' ' '