We are 24 days from the NHL's opening night on Oct. 8. The daily NHL picks will return once the season starts, but leading up to the big day I'll preview some future bets for every team in the league. Check out yesterday's article where we broke down the futures for Nazem Kadri and the Calgary Flames.
The New Jersey Devils hoped to parlay a successful 2022-23 season into continued success last season. However, injuries to integral players and poor play from their goaltenders sent them back into the draft lottery. They fixed the goaltending issue by acquiring Jacob Markstrom from the Flames in the offseason, but they'll have to hope the injury issues don't arise again.