Simply put, the New Jersey Devils fell flat on their faces out of the gate. After a triumphant offseason and heightened expectations entering the regular season, their abysmal 0-4-2 start is nothing short of embarrassing and unacceptable.
Looking at the organization’s storied past, the circumstances surrounding the current 2019-20 Devils and 2010-11 squad are disturbingly similar. In order to determine whether the 2019-20 team is currently en route to a similar fate as the 2010-11 squad, it’s important to compare their similar circumstances.
Both teams made big changes during the summers preceding their respective seasons and were supposed to improve significantly.