It is no secret that the New Jersey Devils did not exactly get stellar performances from most of their forwards this season.
In 2014-15, New Jersey was 28th in the NHL in scoring, its leading scorer had only 43 points and it had only one player with more than 20 goals.
But there was some good news amid the struggles. The poor play and subsequent benching of players like Martin Havlat and Michael Ryder opened the door for some of the Devils' bottom-six forwards to take on bigger roles, and many of them excelled.