What playing in home countries will mean to Devils' Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt

Devils rookies Nico Hischier (left) and Jesper Bratt.(Nico Hischier and Jesper Bratt fulfilled lifelong dreams when they played their first NHL game on Oct. 7, 2017.

Less than one year later, the two teenagers will get the chance to play in NHL games in their home countries.

The Devils rookies will have special homecomings when the team travels to Europe for the start of the 2018-19 season. Following a stop in Hischier's native Switzerland for the final preseason game, the team will open its regular season with a game against the Edmonton Oilers in Bratt's homeland, Sweden.

Bratt has had his parents and a handful of family and friends see him play live in an NHL game this season. That number…