
Captain Andy Greene and youngster Damon Severson lead a defensive core which can always be better. Hall, RW Kyle Palmieri and C Adam Henrique can make a pretty filthy line. New Jersey's all-time point leader Patrik Elias remains unsigned but might come back at age 41. Cory Schneider is undoubtedly a top 5 goalie while Keith Kinkaid and Scott Wedgewood will fight for a backup spot.
In the first round of the 2016 NHL draft, the Devils selected C Michael McLeod with the 12th overall pick. They decided to move back a spot after trading the 11th pick to Ottawa for the 12th overall pick and a third rounder. By doing that, they missed out on C Logan Brown, who I think will have a better future but McLeod will be pretty solid soon.
The Devils' projected lines look like this:
Taylor Hall- Adam Henrique- Beau Bennett
Michael Cammalleri- Travis Zajac- Kyle Palmieri
Reid Boucher- Pavel Zacha- Devante Smith-Pelly
Sergey Kalinin- Jacob Josefson- Vernon Fiddler
On defense is:
Andy Greene- Damon Severson
John Moore- Steven Santini
Kyle Quincey- Ben Lovejoy
Cory Schneider and Keith Kinkaid are in net. G Scott Wedgewood, LW Luke Gazdic and D Jon Merill are scratched and C Marc Savard is injured.
Finally, for my prediction, the New Jersey Devils, a team slowly on the rise will not make the playoffs in 2016-17.
Nice work! Keep it up
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