New Jersey Devils Daily: Offseason Acquisitions, Season Preview, More

On today’s New Jersey Devils Daily, what to expect from the team’s biggest acquisitions, how Brian Boyle will fair on the bottom six and a way-too-early season preview.

Tyler Kelly with Pucks and Pitchforks takes a look at the Devils three biggest acquisitions and what they could bring to the table this season. Nico Hischier could do well compared to top picks not named McDavid or Matthews. Marcus Johansson is obviously a huge upgrade for the Devils second line. The shrewd nature of Ray Shero helped put the Devils forwards in a position we haven’t seen in years.

New Jersey Devils: Off-season Addition Expectations

John Fischer with All About The Jersey talks about the upgrade Brian Boyle brings to the Devils forward group. He takes a look at some of the advanced stats, and shows that Boyle is a major upgrade to the likes of Vernon Fiddler, Jacob Josefson and Sergei Kalinin. Obviously, Boyle isn’t going to turn the Devils around by himself, but his presence in the bottom six is a major upgrade.

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SB Nation’s Fake Teams takes an extremely early look at the New Jersey Devils fantasy outlook for next season. There are only a few interesting points, but the finishes is what makes this articles worth reading. The author has the Devils finishing 25th in the NHL standings, but does have them ahead of the New York Islanders and Florida Panthers. There are some good late round picks on the Devils this offseason.

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Bryan Thiel with Last Word On Hockey looks at some of the best OHL players coming to the NHL this season. They take a look at Michael McLeod, who had a stellar season with the Mississauga Steelheads. According to Thiel, McLeod has some work to do before he officially makes the team. He has to become a better two-way player, but if he misses the cut he will have a dominant OHL season.

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Finally, Taylor Hall went to the wedding of Jordan Eberle this weekend. It was a reunion of Oilers old and young. Now that players are moving on to other teams, this could be the last time people see all of them together. There was even a moment when Connor McDavid took a shot on Hall, which probably puts to bed those rumors there was disdain between the two.

Jordan Eberle gets the Oilers’ band back together at his wedding