This morning, New Jersey Devils head coach Lindy Ruff announced that Mackzenie Blackwood will be out for 3-6 weeks with a MCL sprain and Ondrej Palat will be out for 8-10 weeks after groin surgery. This post looks at the impact of these timelines.
Mackenzie Blackwood? Akira Schmid? Jon Gillies? Another night, another game where the New Jersey Devils let the other team drop 5 on them regardless of who was in net. Tonight’s beneficiary? The Dallas Stars.
The New Jersey Devils are back in action Thursday against the New York Islanders, but are presented with a new wave of challenges and players in COVID protocol.
The New Jersey Devils did practice today and announced that Nico Hischier, Ryan Graves, P.K. Subban, Jesper Boqvist, and Christian Jaros are out of the COVID protocol. However, Tomas Tatar and Jon Gilles entered it today. This post also goes over the taxi squad and new roster rules that are temporary until the NHL All Star Game in February.