Revisiting the Sharangovich Trade & Evaluating What Went Wrong
Plus, player superlative awards and possible poachables from Arizona.
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Revisiting the Sharangovich Trade After Season's End
April 17, 2024 by JP Gambatese (THW Premium Content)
The New Jersey Devils’ season has finally come to a painful end, with the team ending with a sub-.500 record of 38-39-5 after legitimate Stanley Cup hype entering the season. A ton of stuff went wrong for the Devils this season, between league-worst goaltending for the first 60% of the season, poor coaching at times, and injuries to practically every major player on the team.
2023-24 New Jersey Devils: What Went Wrong?
April 16, 2024 by Josh Reinitz
What went wrong for the New Jersey Devils this season? The answer is simple. Everything. This season began with high expectations, coming off a season that saw them set a franchise record for wins and beat their biggest rival in the first round of the playoffs. They followed that up by having, by all accounts, a very successful summer, locking up Jesper Bratt and Timo Meier long-term and adding Tyler Toffoli to the mix.
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3 Coyotes Players the Devils Should Target this Offseason
April 14, 2024 by Josh Reinitz
The worst-kept secret in hockey is that the Arizona Coyotes are poised to move to Utah and start play in Salt Lake City next season. While the location change is unlikely to impact the New Jersey Devils, it may allow them to supplement their roster with players who don’t want to make the move. You wouldn’t know it from their record, but Arizona has a roster of talented players who could fit well in New Jersey. It is unclear yet which players will ask management for a trade and which will have no problem making the move. The potential ownership group in Utah has indicated it will spend to the cap and wishes to be immediately competitive, so a fire sale is not anticipated. Further complicating matters is the draft capital the franchise has amassed, totaling 14 picks combined in the first three rounds of the next two years’ drafts. With all that in mind, here are three players who the Devils should target from the team formerly known as the Coyotes.
New Jersey Devils’ 2023-24 Player Superlative Awards
April 12, 2024 by Josh Reinitz
The best part of any yearbook isn’t the awkwardly posed portraits of the graduates or the decades-old photo still used by the gym teacher; it is the section toward the back where graduating class members are given superlatives. As a former sports section editor of a high school yearbook (Hi-Way, 1995 Edition), this writer is undoubtedly qualified to construct this season’s version of New Jersey Devils superlatives. The Hockey Writers will be releasing a more traditional end-of-season awards article soon, but until then, and without further ado, here are the winners of the prestigious 2024 Devils superlatives.
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