I have a soft spot for the Devils. They gave Toronto Auston Matthews by beating the Leafs in their last game of the year, assuring the Leafs would finish last.
They also have Pavel Zacha, a young star of the future, P.-A. Parenteau, the Leafs top goal scorer last year, and Nick Lappin, bane of the Marlies existance, but a man who has made good in the big leagues.
If you don’t love the story of Yohann Auvitu, a Frenchman making the NHL for the first time at age 27, you have no whimsy in your soul.