Leaving the New Jersey Devils seemed like an inevitability for a long time. The team was not good, so the veteran players would find bigger and (sometimes) better situations to thrive. After about a year, Devils fans would move on (except for Taylor Hall). In many cases, we wouldn’t even think about this player until he retires. This offseason, Devils fans might find themselves doing that more often than before.
Last offseason, quite a few significant Devils chose to hang up their skates. P.K. Subban and former captain Andy Greene were tops among them, but Brian Boyle, Kurtis Gabriel, and Andrew Hammond still wore the red and black proudly at one point (well, maybe not Andrew Hammond).