The New Jersey Devils have had an amazing offseason. General Manager Ray Shero crushed the NHL Draft led by first-overall pick Nico Hischier. He traded extra draft picks for Marcus Johansson to make a secretly scary top six. Shero signed Brian Boyle to solidify the bottom six. The excitement behind the Devils is high once again.
Coming into this offseason, before free agency and the NHL Draft Lottery, Devils fans thought the most significant move would be losing college free agent Alexander Kerfoot.
Shero has said on multiple occasions that he wanted to re-sign Kerfoot, but felt the closer he got to the August 15th deadline, the less likely that would happen.