{"id":547435,"date":"2026-04-08T13:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/547435\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:35:11","slug":"devils-coach-calls-out-new-jerseys-embarrassing-playoffs-elimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/547435\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils Coach Calls Out New Jersey&#8217;s &#8216;Embarrassing&#8217; Playoffs Elimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nhl\/new-jersey-devils\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Jersey Devils<\/a>  crashed out of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoff race on April 7, and head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nhl\/players\/sheldon_keefe\/694064\" class=\"yard_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sheldon Keefe<\/a> did not hide his frustration.  <\/p>\n<p> A heavy 5\u20131 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nhl\/teams\/philadelphia_flyers\/95\" class=\"yard_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> sealed their fate, while the Ottawa Senators picked up a crucial point elsewhere. Keefe called the outcome &#8217;embarrassing,&#8217; admitting it marked the first time in two decades he would miss the playoffs entirely. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s difficult, it\u2019s embarrassing, I don\u2019t like it,&#8221; Keefe said, via reporter Amanda Stein. &#8220;I\u2019ve coached for 20 years,this is the 1st time I won\u2019t be participating in the playoffs at any level. It\u2019s not fun (&#8230;) But we\u2019ve earned this. It is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Jersey Devils crashed out of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoff race on April 7, and head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5109],"tags":[201,5,576,151,5185,5184,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-547435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-jersey-devils","8":"tag-devils","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-new-jersey","11":"tag-new-jersey-devils","12":"tag-newjersey","13":"tag-newjerseydevils","14":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116369354008492951","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}