The New Jersey Devils’ top prospects list includes some notable names. Most notably, however, those bigger names are of the forward variety. That list even includes former Wild drafts picks in Mario Lucia and Christoph Bertschy. However, going through the defensive ranks, there’s a number of undrafted guys that fill the prospect list. Yeah, there’s a couple third and fourth rounders that make up the top prospects on defense for the Devils, but there doesn’t seem to be that blue-chip defender.
Last season the Devils picked Nico Hischier with the 1st overall pick and thrust him right into the NHL.