Drafts are not made in just one round. It is imperative for teams to have success with their first round selection but the other rounds also have value. The later rounds are where teams can find diamonds in the rough or add organizational depth. It is easy to talk about all of the great players
2015-16 Summary To say this was an important season for Tuomo Ruutu would be an understatement. Entering the final year of his contract and having struggled to find the back of the net in his previous one and a half seasons in New Jersey, he was going to need to have a bounce back season
2015-2016 Summary It’s funny to think at the start of the season, the right wing slot on the line with Adam Henrique and Mike Cammalleri, was a tossup between Lee Stempniak (brought in as a tryout), and Jiri Tlusty. He appeared in just 30 games in 2015-2016, and would slowly lose the faith of the
Next year the Devils will continue their transition period. With older player like Ruutu, Tlusty, and potentially Elias on their way out, more spots are opening up for the Devils prospects. Next year, it will certainly be important for Reid Boucher and Joseph Blandisi to improve on the stellar campaigns they had this year; but
Well we made it. 81 games later and the Devils are finishing their season against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Newark. In a year where not a whole lot was expected by the Devils, they really surprised people with their play (especially early in the season). Strong defense and goaltending helped keep the Devils in
TWITTER: @MiikeLuci We all thought Travis Zajac would again produce numbers like he did in his third and fourth years. During the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 seasons, he tallied 45 goals and 129 points, which are totals he hasn’t come close to ever reaching. Stats-wise, Zajac has been nothing short of a disappointment. I’m not saying
Scott Gomez’s misfortunes this season made a lot of Devils fans strive for his services. The opportunities for his availability started when the St. Louis Blues placed Gomez on waivers before eventually releasing him. Gomez recently signed a PTO with the AHL’s Hershey Bears, showing explicit hope of salvaging what has been a very storied
The relationship between Jonathan Drouin and the Tampa Bay Lightning has begun to unravel in recent days, at least publicly. Drouin was sent to Tampa’s AHL affiliate in Syracuse on Saturday. Soon after, Allan Walsh (Drouin’s agent) reported that he requested a trade for his client back in November. You can read the full statement
It’s been a long journey for 24-year old center Jacob Josefson to get where he is today. Since he was selected 20th overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, his professional career was filled with discouraging and downright frustrating obstacles from injuries, his standing on the team’s depth chart, and concerns he was rushed to the
Last weekend, I traveled to Buffalo, New York where I was fortunate to catch the New Jersey Devils as they participated in the inaugural Prospects Challenge tournament. Although they wound up going 0-1-1 and got outscored 10-5, there were a good amount of positives that came from the Devils group of rookie hopefuls. The most devastating
