Continuing on with our 2026-27 season projections, we've got the New Jersey Devils at
#10, finishing third in the Metro.
New Jersey's an interesting team. Sunny Mehta has done a lot this summer to address evident needs in their top-six, bringing in Anthony Mantha AND Luke Evangelista. Paired with Bratt, Hischier, Meier & hopefully a healthy Jack Hughes, I actually think this has the potential to be an elite offensive team. Even in their bottom-six, there's scoring threats as I expect Arseny Gritsyuk to take the next step, and I'm a big fan of Dawson Mercer & Connor Brown's abilities to provide depth scoring. This team is really set offensively.
Defensively, I'm torn. I'm a big fan of Jonas Siegenthaler and think he's an elite defensive defenseman when healthy. Dougie Hamilton had a resurgence after all his trade drama and is good as well. I've never been a big Luke Hughes fan, I think defensively he's still inctedibly raw, but if paired with Pesce, I like him. I like this D-core, I j...