All offseason, New Jersey Devils fans wanted the team to make major upgrades to the blue line. Fans were calling for the team to send all of the assets to obtain Erik Karlsson. Some wanted to surpass the price the Carolina Hurricanes paid for Calvin De Haan. Others just wanted them to sign a defenseman that wasn’t bound for the AHL (sorry Eric Gryba). What if the Devils already signed the answer to the Devils defensive problems?
The Devils signed Yegor Yakovlev back in April. It’s a signing that’s mostly forgotten because it happened when games were still being played.