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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.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. Air Force 1 Kaufen Deutschland . Brad Malone had the other goal for the Monsters (1-1-0), while Elliott chipped in an assist for a three-point night and the games first star. Bryan Lerg also had two assists. Corban Knight and Max Reinhart scored for the Heat (1-1-0), who opened their season Friday with a 5-2 win over the Monsters in Cleveland. Air Force 1 Weiß Deutschland . THE MICHAEL JORDAN FLU GAME First this famous basketball moment. The story goes like this. “Game 5, known as "The Flu Game", was one of Michael Jordans most memorable. http://www.airforce1gunstig.de/air-force-1-just-do-it-deutschland.html .C. Lions. The clubs former starting quarterback, assistant and head coach returned Thursday as its receivers coach. Nike Huarache Günstig Ebay . Viewers in the Canadiens region can watch the game on TSN at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt and listen on TSN 690. The Canadiens have won three in a row and four of their last five games and recently put the finishing touches on a 3-1-0 road trip. Nike Air Force 1 Herren Deutschland . -- Jerel Worthy and his Michigan State teammates charged across the field, holding four fingers in the air while celebrating another sweet victory over their biggest rival.England completed a swift and emphatic turnaround by squashing Pakistan by 330 runs to secure a series-levelling win on day four of the second Test, at Old Trafford. Eight days after suffering a 75-run defeat at Lords, Alastair Cooks side bowled the tourists out for 234 in just 70.3 overs - Chris Woakes and James Anderson taking 3-41 apiece - after declaring their second-innings closed on 173-1. Watch a pick of the action from the fourth day Set a colossal 565 to win or needing to bat for 185 overs to avoid defeat, Pakistan fared little better than their first-innings 198 - the gulf in quality between the teams ensuring Cooks decision not to enforce the follow-on on Sunday despite a lead of 391 mattered not a jot.The only blot was an injury to Ben Stokes - the all-rounder picking up a calf strain, the extent of which will be known after an MRI scan on Tuesday. Watch the moment Englands Ben Stokes sustained a calf injury England, 98-1 and 489 ahead overnight, ran amok in the morning session to add 75 runs in nine overs as Cook (76no) and Joe Root (71no) improved their second-wicket stand to 105.Cook was quickly into his stride, driving his first ball of the morning from Rahat Ali for four to notch his fastest Test 50 off 55 balls - the 50th half-century of his career on the occasion of his 50th Test as England captain.He couldnt compete with the strrike-rate of Root, though, who reached his joint-fastest fifty off 38 balls - milking the attack and deploying the slog-sweep and switch-hit to damaging effect.ddddddddddddThe 25-year-olds final match tally of 325 is the fifth-highest aggregate by any England batsman in a Test, albeit some way off Graham Goochs record of 456 against India at Lords in 1990.The declaration, coming some 40 minutes into the day, left Pakistan the unenviable task of batting through almost five-and-a-half sessions to protect their 1-0 lead.England broke through in the fifth over when Anderson dismissed Shan Masood for the sixth time in three Tests, the opener snicking to Cook at first slip with just a single to his name.Anderson quickly doubled up by trapping Azhar Ali lbw in front of leg-stump as the batsman shuffled across and Pakistan should have been 32-3 only for Cook to shell a simple chance at slip after Younus Khan - on three at the time - edged Stokes seventh ball.Worse followed for Stokes, back in the side after missing the first Test due to a knee injury, limped out of the attack two balls into his sixth over; Moeen Ali was summoned to complete the over and was promptly despatched for six by Mohammad Hafeez (42) over long on.The spinner was not to be deterred, though, and picked up the key wicket of Hafeez (42) - caught at short leg after inside-edging into his pad - and Younus (28), who holed out to long on attempting to hit large over midwicket.Much as it did in the first innings, the task of gluing the innings fell to Misbah-ul-Haq (35) - the skipper finding an admirable foil in Asad Shafiq (39) to put on 43 for the fifth wicket.The fight was there again until Woakes struck in the first over of a new spell for the fourth time in the series, Misbah dragging a wide delivery into his stumps from well outside off-stump.The all-rounder was at it again in the first over after tea, striking with his third ball as Sarfraz Ahmed gloved a short ball down the leg-side to Jonny Bairstow - the batsmans review failing.The third umpire was back in the action when Anderson rapped Shafiq on the front pad, England successfully appealing against the not out decision with replays showing the ball hitting leg to make it 167-7.There was no doubt about Yasir Shahs dismissal, trapped plumb in front by Moeen, and Roots supreme all-round Test continued when Wahab Riaz top-edged a slog.Mohammad Amir (29) offered late resistance but fell one short of matching his career-best when he picked out Stuart Broad at mid-off - Woakes again striking in his first over back.Watch highlights of day four on Sky Sports 2 from 8pm, then stay tuned for The Verdict at 9pm on the same channel. 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