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Game Preview: Jackets look to build in New Jersey

If it weren’t for the unbeaten Montreal Canadiens, perhaps we’d be talking more about the Devils, who have won four straight games and are quickly climbing the division standings. The Devils, long-known for being a defensive club, are playing an uptempo and energetic game under new head coach John Hynes.

It has been a total makeover in New Jersey with a new GM in Ray Shero, some youthful faces in their lineup and a coaching staff with a track record of getting the most out of players.

Hynes was hired this offseason, and it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that he was Shero’s choice; the two men worked together in the Pittsburgh Penguins organization most recently, where Shero was the GM and Hynes coached their AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre.