The New Jersey Devils have a lot to figure out this offseason. The Timo Meier and Jesper Bratt contract negotiations are tops among their issues, but one of the most important decisions Tom Fitzgerald must tackle was the fate of the team’s head coach. It’s not often that teams have to make decisions on coaches when they are actively nominated for the Jack Adams Award, but that is the situation the Devils find themselves with Lindy Ruff.
That’s because Fitzgerald let Ruff coach in the final year of his contract.