Devils Prospects
Devils End of Season Prospect Update - Part 1
April 16th, 2018 With the playoffs underway across hockey there are a few prospects from the New Jersey Devils still alive in pursuit of a championship, but with their AHL affiliate, Binghamton Devils just completing their season most of the future Devils will be now entering their...
NJ Devils 2018 WJC Review
January 8th, 2018 Since Ray Shero took over as general manager, his plan was to restock the New Jersey Devils’ farm system with young, highly skilled players. They sent a league-high seven drafted prospects to this year’s World Junior Championships in Buffalo, NY. With a bevy of...
Nick Lappin: Developing Devil
December 18th, 2017 After spending more than half of last season (43 games) with the New Jersey Devils you couldn’t blame Nick Lappin if he was supremely disappointed when he was one of the final roster cuts before the NHL season started and began the 2017-18 season in the AHL with the...
Devils Prospect Update
December 7th, 2017 The NHL season has a few more weeks left before the holidays arrive and that means the annual Work Junior Championships will be taking place, and obviously, you’ll be locked into The Hockey Writers for all of your WJC needs. With all of the top prospects on display...
Butcher Boosts Devils Blue Line
October 4th, 2017 It’s not often a team wins a lottery to pick first overall in the NHL Draft and then wins another lottery when they sign a Hobey Baker winner out of college, but that’s exactly what happened this summer for the New Jersey Devils with the additions of forward Nico...
Devils' Preseason Progress Report
September 29th, 2017 On Wednesday night, the New Jersey Devils played their last preseason game, beating the Washington Capitals again, 4-1. Last week, they beat them by the same score during their first preseason game. The Devils haven’t been doing too bad during the preseason, winning five...
Yaroslav Dyblenko's Debut & Future with the Devils
September 22nd, 2017 After a solid 2016-17 season in the KHL, Yaroslav Dyblenko was signed by the New Jersey Devils. In this translated interview, originally appearing on the popular Russian website Sport-Express, Yaroslav Dyblenko talked about his debut with the Devils in the pre-season, his...
Devils Game One Observations
September 19th, 2017 The New Jersey Devils opened their preseason on Monday night against the Washington Capitals at the Prudential Center. The Devils allowed a shorthanded goal to start the scoring but came back and banged in four of their own to win 4-1. It was a good team win through and...
Devils' Allure to Will Butcher
September 11th, 2017 The New Jersey Devils may have hit another jackpot when they signed defenseman Will Butcher late last month. Butcher was the post-season’s most coveted free agent, winner of the 2017 Hobey Baker award, captain of the 2017 Frozen Four championship team, winner of the NCHC...
Zacha’s Time Is Now
September 3rd, 2017 'Injury is just another word for opportunity.' At least it is when it relates to the 2017-18 New Jersey Devils who announced on August 17 that center Travis Zajac will miss four-to-six months after surgery to repair a torn pectoral muscle. Whether you had Zajac penciled in...
Devils Reaping Salary Cap Benefits
September 1st, 2017 The 2017-18 season will be an interesting one for the New Jersey Devils, as Ray Shero, the team’s general manager, continues to make major changes to his roster. Hired a month before the 2015 NHL Draft, Shero has been retooling the Devils with skilled forwards and young...
Colton White: The Devils Dark-Horse on D
August 17th, 2017 His name may confuse some with former blueliner Colin White, but if New Jersey Devils defense prospect Colton White ends up with a career like Colin (a member of two Stanley Cup winners: 2000, 2003; 743 games with the team plus 111 playoff games in red and black) that’d...
Q & A with Devils Prospect Reilly Walsh
August 10th, 2017 With an immediate need for help on defense the New Jersey Devils selected Reilly Walsh with their second 3rd round pick (81st overall) at the 2017 NHL Draft. The 5’11” Walsh averaged over two points per game (69 points in 30 games) at Proctor Academy during 2016-17 and...
