The New Jersey Devils ended their 2016-17 season with three wins out of their last 24 games. They were sellers at the trade deadline. They didn’t deserve to do anything in the standings but fall - and they finished with the fourth worst record in the NHL. The tanking feeling was so strong, I added a Race to 28th section to the weekly Metropolitan Division snapshots and gave a regular section to a pro-tank fictional character: Sherman Abrams. Tonight is his reckoning. Tonight, we will see a result of all of those ‘L’s. Tonight, we will learn along with the rest of the NHL scene where the Devils will end up picking in the first round.
2017 NHL Draft Lottery Open Post for Devils: Odds, TV Info, Sherman Abrams’ Reckoning
