Things looked grim for the New Jersey Devils in 2015. After clinging to the fringes of relevance the couple seasons following their 2012 Cup Final run, the team had finally bottomed out in 2014-15. After years of free agent departures, stopgap solutions, and neglect of the prospect pipeline, the end of an era in Devils hockey had been reached. The head coach was shown the door halfway through the season, the legendary GM was kicked upstairs, and the franchise felt adrift with a daunting task ahead of it. There was a lot of work to be done to get the franchise back to being a factor in the playoff race, let alone a legitimate contender again.
Kyle Palmieri: The Man Who Launched the Devils’ Rebuild
