With Tuesday's formal announcement of Sheldon Keefe as the team's new head coach, the New Jersey Devils can now set their sights on fixing their personnel issues. The decline in scoring was exacerbated by the injuries to the core offensive players that forced New Jersey to shuffle players from their bottom six into service on their top lines far too often. Last summer, general manager Tom Fitzgerald attempted to fill the opening on Jack Hughes' wing by trading for Tyler Toffoli. Toffoli and Hughes lit up the league in the season's early going, both at even strength and on the power play.
The NHL announced that New Jersey Devils rookie defenseman Luke Hughes was named a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded “to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition.” Hughes joins the Chicago Blackhawks' Connor Bedard and the Minnesota Wild's Brock Faber on the list of finalists. Hughes made his debut with the Devils at the tail end of the 2022-23 season, scoring one goal and one assist in two games.
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
34 | G | |
88 | D | |
14 | RW | |
15 | C | |
63 | LW | |
57 | D | |
25 | LW | |
48 | LW | |
7 | D | |
56 | LW | |
13 | C | |
10 | RW | |
86 | C | |
43 | D | |
31 | G | |
79 | LW | |
42 | C | |
32 | RW | |
23 | D | |
6 | D | |
28 | RW | |
91 | C | |
17 | D | |
92 | LW | |
18 | LW | |
79 | C | |
71 | D | |
2 | D | |
11 | C | |
46 | C |