With the calendar year 2025 coming to an end, the Devils have much work to do to improve their mediocre play. Several things can and should be done in 2026.
As the New Jersey Devils skated off the ice after their 4-3 overtime loss last Saturday vs the Washington Capitals, a sense of reality set in for most of the team's fanbase. This is a mediocre hockey team as it is currently constructed. It's not just how they've been performing lately, but what the results have shown over a full calendar year.