The New Jersey Devils are one of the bigger disappointments across the National Hockey League this season. One of the reasons that their expectations were so high was the acquisition of Nikita Gusev from the Vegas Golden Knights. He is a former MVP of the Kontinental Hockey League. Gusev was the best player in the world that didn’t play in the NHL before this season started.
Well, Gusev wasn’t great at the beginning of the year. He was good in the offensive zone but his defensive game was awful. He was a liability whenever the puck wasn’t on the stick of a Devils player.