If I were writing this article on Jan. 1, 2017 this article might have read something like this.”The New Jersey Devils are currently in last place in the Eastern Conference and we are already looking forward to the draft. Of course, this is the one season that there is not a definitive number one overall pick, and it is likely going to be a long remainder of the season. Heck, it could be a long calendar year.”
As it turns out, it isn’t 2017, and it is indeed 2018. The New Jersey Devils have done a 180 since the beginning of 2017 and currently sit in second place in the Metropolitan division.