Right wing is not a position with a lot of options in this year’s free agency. To give you a clue as to who’s the best available, the three highest-paid upcoming free agents are Ryan Callahan, Nathan Hornton, and David Clarkson. None of them played a single game of hockey in a long, long time. That’s bad news for the New Jersey Devils because they could use some more talent on the right side.
As currently constructed, the Devils have Kyle Palmieri as the lockdown, first-line right wing. Joey Anderson, who is built like a perfect third-line forward, was forced to play on the second line at the end of the season.