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Would Devils shut down injured players to let rookies play?

NEWARK -- Forwards Michael Cammalleri, Jacob Josefson and Devante Smith-Pelly aren't near the point of returning to the Devils' lineup, but coach John Hynes has not talked with his staff about shutting them down for good.

The Devils have nine games remaining, and the team doesn't know when any would be ready to return.

"We haven't talked about that, just because right now, it doesn't seem like there's an imminent guys coming back," Hynes said. "So it's not a situation where we would do that, but it's also important if you ever were in a situation like that, you have to discuss with the players, too.