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.
The New Jersey Devils improved themselves so far in this year’s offseason. What about the rest of the Metropolitan Division? This offseason version of the division snapshot looks at the other seven teams, what they have done up through July 16, and whether they seem like a better team.