The New Jersey Devils are 12 games into the season, and already you can tell that the team will continue to follow its old philosophy: rely on sound defense and goaltending to succeed.
Last year, the Devils struggled mightily on offense and were not defensive stalwarts, either. Jersey’s Team finished with one of its worst records in decades. Even worse, neither the veteran-laden offense nor the potential-filled defense got the job done. Gone went Pete DeBoer and the three-headed coach. In came John Hynes.
Unless you lived under a rock, you knew that Hynes preached a “fast, attacking, and supportive” system.