New Jersey Devils: 5 Players Impacted By Ray Shero Firing

Miles Wood

Miles Wood has been incredibly frustrating this year. We aren’t on the boat that he brings nothing to the lineup, but it is questionable to see players like Pavel Zacha, Nikita Gusev and Jesper Bratt forced to sit for their on-ice play, but Wood is in the lineup every night. He takes way too many penalties, he still needs to fix some of his intangibles, and he makes a bonehead play every so often.

These are all plays that get other players in major trouble. Not Wood. He gets to play nightly even if he takes a double minor the night before.

That kind of inconsistency makes little to no sense. Again, we love Wood. We think he should be in the lineup almost every night, but if we was forced to sit one time because he took six minutes in penalty minutes in one game we’d be fine with it.

There were rumors Wood was on the chopping block come trade deadline time, and teams are reportedly very interested. He’s a very good bottom six player on the right team. He just needs to find someone that will help him stop taking penalties. Maybe now that Shero is gone, he could be on the way out as well. Or, maybe he just has to face more consequences for his on-ice actions.