If you head to our friends at PuckPedia’s website and click on the New Jersey Devils page, in bold numbers, you’ll see the team’s available cap space. The Devils have a budget of $6.132 million to work with. That’s a stressful number since the Devils are still trying to get Luke Hughes signed.
However, Puck Pedia is using predicted depth charts, and the Devils can get really creative to make some cap space appear seemingly out of nowhere.
Using their GM Mode tool, we experimented with the Devils' roster to find cost-effective options. We didn’t want to put Johnny Kovacevic on LTIR yet, so the team can continue to accrue space to make an addition at the trade deadline.