New Jersey Devils Didn’t Follow The Art of War

After a huge loss versus Winnipeg on opening night and a loss versus Buffalo, the New Jersey Devils are facing some silver linings but mostly ugliness over the past few days. To quote the legendary Tsun Tzu the Chinese military mastermind, and philosopher, the saying that relates to the past two Devils hockey games: “

“If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, the the fault is of their officers.”From Game 1 against Winnipeg, the orders obeyed by the Devils players on the ice that night were followed through for the first two periods. After Cory Schneider…