In the almost 10 months I’ve been writing weekly Devils articles, there haven’t been too many optimistic ones. In what might be my final article as a writer for New York Sports Nation, I figured there’s no better way to go out than with an optimistic to-do list for general manager Tom Fitzgerald. The Devils are on the cusp of …

This past Tuesday, the Devils were the only team to move up in the draft lottery, going from the 5th pick to the 2nd. Devils fans can be happy about the jump. Still, outside the draft lottery, the Devils have been allergic to winning, including this year. In order to have the fifth-best odds to pick first means you lost …

Last week, I handed out the final report cards on all the Devils’ forwards, and the players you would’ve expected to grade high, did. Unsurprisingly, most of the team had failing grades for their performance during the 2021-22 season. However, I think the defensemen will be happy with their results as I was content with their play for most of …

Another Devils season has come and gone, and the team’s golfing. Once again, the Devils missed the playoffs by a large margin and have netted top five odds to win the lottery draft. While there was a lot of losing this season, there were tons of positives to take away. Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt, and Nico Hischier take a huge …

At this point, I think it’s safe to say most Devils fans are or have been Deviled out. Especially after Jack Hughes and four other starters got shut down, we knew the remaining games wouldn’t be easy watches. For the brave Devils fans who’ve continued to watch this horrible team, I don’t know why you do it. As for the …

The Devils ’21-22 season is coming to an end, and with only seven games to play, you might as well tough it out and watch the rest of the games. You never know; maybe some of the young kids will catch you by surprise. Maybe you want to watch Jesper Bratt and Nico Hischier blossom into elite talent, maybe you …

There is no other way of putting it; these last ten games for the Devils will be painful to watch. But then again, we’re Devils fans; this last decade has been painful to watch. Injury Recap The Devils have experienced their fair share this year, but this last week or so has been brutal. In a season that’s been tough …

Experience Devils hockey. I would say this week summed up what Devils hockey has been like for the last decade, but that would be disrespectful to the last decade. The Devils began the week with one of the most embarrassing losses in team history as they got humiliated by the Boston Bruins, who in that game had eight goals before …

It’s only a matter of time till the Devils are eliminated from playoff contention this season. Tonight’s win against the Canadiens delayed the inevitable. If the Devils lost in regulation, they’d be the second team eliminated from the playoffs this year. By next week’s article, the Devils will most likely have been eliminated, and that’s okay because this team isn’t …

It was nice while it lasted, but the Devils’ horrendous goaltending reared its ugly head again and ruined all the fun. Over the past week, the Devils took a trip out to western Canada and lost all three of their games by the score of 6-3. But who cares? Devils fans know playoffs have been out of the equation for …