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3 New Jersey Devils Who Could Still Score 20 Goals This Year

By Vincent Parise

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - MARCH 19: Kyle Palmieri #21 of the New Jersey Devils stretches during warmups before the game against the Washington Capitals at Prudential Center on March 19, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - MARCH 19: Kyle Palmieri #21 of the New Jersey Devils stretches during warmups before the game against the Washington Capitals at Prudential Center on March 19, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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The New Jersey Devils have plenty of good goal scorers. There are a few guys who could still reach that 20 goal plateau this season.

The New Jersey Devils are amidst a disaster of a season after having the biggest summer of any team in the offseason. They were expected to be much better, but actually they are in last place in the Metropolitan Division. They have absolutely failed to even come close to their expectations this year, leaving most fans disgusted with them.

With that said, there are a few players who are still having good years despite the team around them being a complete mess. There are guys who can make plays, defend well, win faceoffs, score goals, and make saves and there are others who have failed to do those things. It is important that the ones who have been good continue to do so and the ones that haven’t need to improve and fast. This stretch to the end of the regular season is huge for a lot of the guys on the team who are trying to save their jobs for 2020-21.

Blake Coleman and Kyle Palmieri are two examples of players having a good year on this disaster of a team. Each of them just scored their 20th and 21st goals in the past week or so. It has been a good year for the two of them as they each reached the 20 goal plateau. That begs the question, can any other Devils player reach that plateau this season? It is going to be extremely difficult, but these three guys are the most capable of doing it down the stretch:

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