Lou-perstitious
In our first year of marriage my wife and I lived on the 13 th floor of our apartment building in apartment 14 04. Bizarre, right? Last week some news broke in regards to Mike Cammalleri, his jersey number and a New Jersey Devils' newly changed policy. All I can say is it's about time! The often celebrated and rarely criticized Lou Lamoriello ran, understatedly, a 'tight ship' in his tenor as Devils' General Manager (1987-2015). His 'no nonsense' approach was arguably the backbone of a trap-heavy, defensive juggernaut of a team that won three Stanley Cups in '95, '00, '03. However, along with Lamoriello's assertive leadership came a more than bizarre superstition. Absolutely no one on the Devils were permitted to dawn the number 13. Upon being asked about Lamoriello's ban of the number 13, my colleague Kirk Lougheed summed it up best. "That type of irrationality would make me want to slap him." Due to the arriva...