The New Jersey Devils weren’t really good for much of the 2010s, but they had some really good players come through the organization.
It was a decade of ups and downs for the New Jersey Devils. It was mostly downed as they weren’t that good for most of it but there were some notable times. The most notable would be their run to the 2012 Stanley Cup Final. They defeated the arch-rival New York Rangers in six games to advance to the Final. They were defeated by the Los Angeles Kings in six games which started an ugly run for the franchise.
They would go on to not be a great hockey team over the next portion of the decade. They saw a lot of their superstar talents leave for different reasons, and it resulted in a downward trajectory of the team. It was not very fun to watch a lot of the times, but things started to get better as the decade started to end.
They are still not even close to where they want to be, but at least now they have some foundational players that they can build around. They need to get themselves more developed and they will be well on their way. The lack of team success doesn’t mean that they didn’t have some great players come through and play for them over the decade. There are no guys who are locks to be in the Hall of Fame like the previous two decades but there are some notable names. There are even some who could continue to develop and become Hall of Famers depending on how the next decade goes. These are the top five Devils from the 2010s decade: