At the 2021 NHL Draft, Tom Fitzgerald had an important decision to make. He was trying to build a team of winners after another season near the bottom of the standings. He had a young Nico Hischier and Jack Hughes on the roster, and he just drafted Jack's brother Luke Hughes with the fourth-overall pick. He went on to make the biggest mistake of his GM tenure.
Fitzgerald selected Chase Stillman with the 29th-overall pick. It was the pick that came to the Devils thanks to the Kyle Palmieri-Travis Zajac trade with the New York Islanders.