With the 2016 Draft behind us now, it has been just over five years since New Jersey won the draft lottery and selected 4th overall. Today we look back on the shape of the team then and just how much things have changed in five years.
A lot can change in five years in regards to pretty much anything in life; while it may not seem like it when you look back, five years is a lot of time. For a hockey team and it’s fan base, sometimes five years can seem like an eternity; five years ago, the New Jersey Devils were entering the 2011-2012 season, which unbeknownst to all of us at that time, would be their last postseason appearance presently.