Back on June 2, 2015 when John Hynes was introduced as head coach of the New Jersey Devils, general manager Ray Shero stated three important words as part of what he wanted the team to become. Here is the full quote from Evan Sporer’s article about that introduction at NHL.com:
Since this is really the first time I’ve had a chance to address everybody here, I think it’s important for me to establish and say what I think exactly the identity of this hockey team is going forward. There are three things that I think you can identify the New Jersey Devils with moving forward, and that’s going to be fast, that’s going to be attacking, and that’s going to be supportive.