The 2019 NHL Entry Draft was huge for both New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils. Both organizations drafted franchise forwards in Kaapo Kakko and Jack Hughes, and both teams also managed to acquire great defensemen Jacob Trouba. and P.K. Subban
But what this also means for these two teams is that their rivalry has now been reborn. Not just for the two acquisitions each team made, but now because both teams are going to be relevant again.
Since both teams met in the Eastern Conference Finals in 2012, they’ve failed to make the playoffs together in the same year.