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 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The first time Jeff Vanderbeek listened to Brent Sutter, the Devils' owner knew he was the right man to return New Jersey to glory.
Sutter spoke of discipline, commitment, effort and team, all the things that Vanderbeek and Devils president and general manager Lou Lamoriello believe make a Stanley Cup champion.
"Just the way he looks at things is the way we look at things," Vanderbeek said Friday after Sutter was hired as the Devils' third coach in three years. "He said it's what's on the front of the jersey, not the back. People think that's corny. That's the mentality we have, and it works for us."
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