Nick Lappin and the Fight for 4th Line Right

Training camp the preseason are in their infancy for the 2018-19 season right now, but at least one New Jersey Devils player has already made an attempt to make his mark and earn an NHL roster spot. No, it’s not John Quenneville, Michael McLeod or Ty Smith (though they all did play very well on Monday night) but Nick Lappin who seems thirsty for more than a cup of coffee at the NHL level this season.

Lappin is no stranger to the organization as Devils fans know; he signed with New Jersey as an undrafted free agent after finishing his collegiate career at Brown University. He would debut with the then Albany Devils in March of the 2015-16 season before spending a large part of the 2016-17…