The New Jersey Devils are going into this season relying on youth, again. After giving big roles last season to Nico Hischier, Pavel Zacha, Jesper Bratt, Will Butcher and Miles Wood, this season it looks like a collection of Joey Anderson, John Quenneville, Michael McLeod or Nick Lappin will play their own role.
Here’s the thing about relying on players that are under 25 years old, there’s no way to predict how they will react to the NHL. Sometimes, a player is immediately comfortable with the big leagues. Other times, they fall on their face.
The team will use the preseason to evaluate who is ready to make that jump, but there is the slight possibility that it’s nobody.