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1 week ago | 
klcc.org | John Fischer
Hi All, Climate Master John Fischer here with KLCC's Living Less Unsustainably. When I talk with people about sustainability, I get two kinds of questions. The first asks for more details on a topic - why aluminum containers are better than glass. The other questions basically ask -"So - are you perfect ?!?"The first group is nuanced with answers that change - it's what I've been talking about on the radio for years. The perfect question is easy to answer. I am not perfect.
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3 weeks ago | 
klcc.org | John Fischer
Hi All, Lane County Extension Service Master Gardener John Fischer here with KLCC's Good Gardening. If you have a plant that is not thriving, or one in the wrong spot, you might want to take some advice from singer - and apparently gardener - Sheryl Crow. (A change will do you good, A change will do you good..)I had a rose that had been languishing in the shade of an addition I built years ago. A few sad blooms each year because there was never enough sun.
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4 weeks ago | 
allaboutthejersey.com | John Fischer
Last week, I announced that I am stepping back and leaving All About the Jersey. It has been close to 17 years at SB Nation/Vox Media and close to 19 years total in writing about the New Jersey Devils on a blog on the Internet. This will be my last post here. Per my own “see you later” post, I asked you, the People Who Matter, to ask any questions you may have about the Devils, the site, and whatever else. As usual, you came through.
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1 month ago | 
allaboutthejersey.com | John Fischer
Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images The New Jersey Devils are in the offseason. While most of the focus this month at All About the Jersey has been about free agency and decisions related to that, I want to take some time to focus a bit on the other main event of the 2025 offseason: the 2025 NHL Draft. Specifically, a chance to look back at the draft class of five years ago. How have those players developed? Some have hit the ice blazing like Tim Stutzle and Lucas Raymond.
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1 month ago | 
allaboutthejersey.com | John Fischer
Logo by SB Nation / Vox Media As is common among the thousands of posts I have written about the New Jersey Devils, the headline gives away the main point right away. I am announcing my own departure from All About the Jersey. I am going to be stepping down, stepping back, and stepping away from writing about our favorite hockey team: the New Jersey Devils. This will be made official at the end of May. I am telling you this ahead of that time.
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1 month ago | 
allaboutthejersey.com | John Fischer
Photo by Michael Campanella/Getty Images One of the questions brought up to New Jersey Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald in May 8's press conference was about offer sheets. Fitzgerald expects them to be used more oftenQ: Tom, I’m just curious — as you and your group look ahead and plan for free agency, after the success that St. Louis had with offer sheets last offseason, are you anticipating that becoming a more widespread event around the league now? FITZGERALD: I do, actually.
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1 month ago | 
allaboutthejersey.com | John Fischer
Photo by Andrew Maclean/NHLI via Getty Images The buyout. It is a tool that is used by teams to pay a player to leave. This is done to free up cap space in the short term, open up a spot on the roster, and have the player find a new place to play on a new contract. It does come with costs and it is not always the most preferable tool. However, if New Jersey Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald is serious about making changes to his team for 2025-26, then he needs to consider all options.
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1 month ago | 
klcc.org | John Fischer
Hi All, Lane County Extension service Master Gardener John Fischer here with a bonus edition of Good Gardening where there's no work for you and a great visual payoff anyway. There are places I rarely go to look at flowers. But the bike path along I-5 near the Gateway overpass can be stunning. Stunningly noisy because of trucks, motorcycles, and cars. And stunningly beautiful because of the roses planted along the path.
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1 month ago | 
allaboutthejersey.com | John Fischer
Photo by Andrew Maclean/NHLI via Getty Images On Thursday, May 8, New Jersey Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald made it clear in his press conference: “We won’t be coming back with the same group, I could tell you that, ‘cause it wasn’t good enough.” With the New Jersey Devils firmly in their offseason, tough decisions will have to be made in order to make changes to the group. They are bound by the salary cap, the roster they have committed to, and the pending free agents.
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1 month ago | 
allaboutthejersey.com | John Fischer
Photo by Rich Graessle/NHLI via Getty Images Just as Memorial Day Weekend is the unofficial start to the Summer for New Jersey, Thursday’s press conference by New Jersey Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald and head coach Sheldon Keefe was the unofficial start to the 2025 offseason for the Devils. Granted, the offseason for the Devils started earlier but the larger point is the same. From here on to the 2025 NHL Draft, business will likely be kept to re-signing restricted free agents and prospects.
