New Jersey Devils GM confirms defenseman's injury timeline

The New Jersey Devils celebrated the breakout of defenseman Johnny Kovacevic with a five-year extension, but he suffered a major injury in the playoffs that has him out for an extended period of time.

Minnesota Wild v New Jersey Devils | Elsa/GettyImagesThe New Jersey Devils are opening training camp in a non-ideal position with multiple starters missing time. Luke Hughes is still unsigned and is missing camp, which really isn’t ideal. We learned on Thursday that Stefan Noesen is going to miss an undisclosed amount of time after he had a procedure on his groin. We also learned a new timetable for Johnny Kovacevic, which lines up with what we expected.

Kovacevic hurt his knee in the playoffs…