Last season, the New Jersey Devils hit the lottery when they signed Will Butcher after he became a college free agent. It ended up working out for the Colorado Avalanche, because they signed former Devils prospect Alex Kerfoot. Either way, the Devils were able to get an important part of their playoff run towards the end of August.
This season, there aren’t players that good becoming free agents. However, the team did sign a player with lots of ties to Butcher.
In March, the Devils signed Denver University captain Tariq Hammond. If you feel like you’ve heard this before, Will Butcher was also the senior captain of Denver University the year before signing with the Devils.