Five full seasons and counting; that’s how long it has been since our New Jersey Devils have been a playoff team. That’s how long it’s been since Jersey’s Team was relevant in discussions about who will take home the Stanley Cup at the end of each season’s playoffs. While most fans have been patient during the team’s rebuilding phase, it’s still a bummer to not see our team playing into late April and May.
Usually when a prediction about a rebuilding team is made, it’s how many years are they away from competing. Today I want to look at that idea in a slightly different way; the Devils have been stockpiling useful players up front, but are still pretty shallow on the back end.