The New Jersey Devils have wasted another year of Jack Hughes and Nico Hischier's primes, and this might be the season where it all comes crumbling down.
This was supposed to be the year. Going into the 2025 offseason, the Devils knew what they had to do to make this team an actual contender in the Eastern Conference. The Florida Panthers were devastated by injuries after two Stanley Cup Final runs. The Toronto Maple Leafs lost Mitch Marner to the Western Conference.