Is There Any Hope Remaining to Salvage This Season for the Devils?

Silver lining: the Devils are finished getting pantsed by the Lightning for the season.It’s been a rough season for the New Jersey Devils to this point. In a season where the team came in with expectations of competing for the playoffs, the team has struggled mightily. With bad goaltending, a mistake-prone defense, and a middling offense, the Devils have been battered by a tough schedule over the first two months of the season. Now sitting at 10-13-6, the team is in serious danger of being sellers by Christmas. Many thought the Devils might have a tough go at returning to the postseason after overachieving in 2017-18, but few foresaw a team that would be last place in a conference with multiple teams that seemed pretty much set up to tank this season. Here’s an unfortunate snapshot of the situation:

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