The New Jersey Devils were probably the second most disappointing team in the NHL this season. Only the San Jose Sharks did worse with more expectations. At least the Devils still have their 1st-round pick.
Still, there are some long-standing impacts for the fans of this franchise. Devils fans had thoughts about players on the team coming into the season that they just don’t feel about them now. A lot of us thought the Devils could have been something fun, but this ended up being the least fun season in franchise history.
We had a coach firing, a GM firing, trading away the star player for less than what we hoped, trading away the captain, just the fire sale at the NHL Trade Deadline in general, and a long list of other terrible things that happened to this team.