The New Jersey Devils have a very important offseason ahead of them. We’ve pointed it out time and time again. It cannot be said enough. We’ve seen how one bad offseason can have a domino event on the franchise’s compete window. In 2018, the Devils made the playoffs with a young roster, a star in his prime, and the pieces to build a winner. Then, the Devils spent the offseason relying on John Quenneville to take them to the next level. It led to another first-overall pick, and four more years of a rebuild.
This year, the playoff run feels different.