Gerard wrote on Thursday that he's excited for the 2015-16 partially because the dead weight from last season's team won't be returning. I look at where that dead weight has gone and learn that most of them have not been picked up.
On Thursday, Gerard put up eight reasons why he's currently excited for the 2015-16 New Jersey Devils season. While I will be the first to say this team will almost assuredly be in the lottery, one of his reasons stood out. Specifically, the departure of plenty "dead weight" from last season's team. Here's what Gerard specifically wrote:
As I mentioned above when talking about the young defense, Peter Harrold is in St.