Ahead of the 2022-23 season, the New Jersey Devils let go of Alain Nasreddine, fired Mark Recchi, hired Ryan McGill, promoted Sergei Brylin, and hired Andrew Brunette as an associate coach. What should we expect from the coaches and management from the Devils? This part of the 2022-23 season preview goes into detail into all of that and more.
The stylistic yin and yang of Dougie Hamilton and Jonas Siegenthaler makes them a tantalizing option as a top paring. Can they actually complement each other and form a truly strong top pair in New Jersey for the first time in a long time?
In response to Friday’s post about how the New Jersey Devils championship teams were built, this post looks at more recent champions to see how they were built in the current Salary Cap Era. It turns out that the champions succeeded both at the draft and in other means to get players.
How long must a team suffer? How long has a team suffered? This is the seventh part of a series looking into notable playoff droughts by NHL teams. This part covers the main lessons learned from the series and how it applies to the New Jersey Devils.