After the New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup in the 1993-94 season, New Jersey Devils head coach Jacques Lemaire perfected the “neutral zone trap.” Those three words, which helped lead New Jersey to three Stanley Cups in 1995, 2000, and 2003, will make any Blueshirts fan cringe.
Sure, the Devils won games with it, but anyone can tell you how monotonous it was to watch. The games were low-scoring, and goaltender Martin Brodeur didn’t have to do all that much work as.people make it out to be because of the defensive-minded skaters he had in front of him.