May 6, 2021; Uniondale, New York, USA; New Jersey Devils center Nico Hischier (13) celebrates the goal by New Jersey Devils center Pavel Zacha (37) against the New York Islanders during the first period at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Schneidler-USA TODAY Sports
This season was obviously terrible for the New Jersey Devils. Just about everything went wrong, there is likely more doubt about the future than optimism, the team went through an outbreak of sickness that knocked them off a positive trajectory, their most important players were either hurt, unlucky, or ineffective, and the team was forced to trade or give away any veteran than wasn’t bolted down to the floor.