When New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero addressed players and prospects before the first day of training camp, he told them all about the absurdly low expectations for the team. Some even picked them to finish last in the NHL.
“We’re all in this together and the stories have already been written about what we are, so you’ve got eight months to try to write a different story and see what that’s going to take,” Shero told them.
The Devils are off to a hot start and writing a very different story. They’re 10-6-1 going into a Western Canadian swing that starts Tuesday at the Calgary Flames.