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New Jersey Devils Potential Value Part One: The Crease

By Alan Goldenberg

BOSTON, MA - MARCH 02: New Jersey Devils goalie Cory Schneider (35) makes a glove save in warm up before a game between the Boston Bruins and the New Jersey Devils on March 2, 2019, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - MARCH 02: New Jersey Devils goalie Cory Schneider (35) makes a glove save in warm up before a game between the Boston Bruins and the New Jersey Devils on March 2, 2019, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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MacKenzie Blackwood

Value: 9.2/10

The goaltending position has a bright future for the New Jersey Devils. The new MB29 (Brodeur wore it when his career began) put his full potential on display this past season.

As a 22 year old, he put up a 2.61 GAA and a .918 SV%. Those are above average number for a goaltender in their prime. There were also a few games that spiked his numbers such as the nine-goal pounding he received from Calgary.

When you take into account the AHL team he had playing in front of him for most of the season, you can project him to perform even better this season with the development and additions of our back end as well as his development. Don’t be surprised if he is the 1A by the end of the season.

Conclusion

All in all, the present is still murky for the goaltender position on the New Jersey Devils, but the future is bright. The netminders should perform better than last season due to the improvements our magician of a leader, Ray Shero, and our amazing player development team have made and will make to our roster such as PK Subban, Ty Smith, Jack Hughes, Taylor Hall (from injury) to keep the puck in the offensive end.

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It will be a fun season to watch and make sure to pay a close eye to the developments in the crease. That’s it for Part One. Make sure to keep an eye out over the weekend for Part 2 of the series where we will look at the left side of our defense corps.

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