New Jersey Devils: A Grade For Every Traded Player

The New Jersey Devils traded away some really good players this year but they do still get grades as they played roles on this team at some point.

The New Jersey Devils had a tough year. They went into it with real hopes that maybe they could compete for the Metropolitan Division. At the very least, they thought they would be a team that gets back to the playoffs after a setback in 2018-19. Well, that didn’t work out as they failed to meet any sort of expectations. They blew a four-goal lead on opening night and that pretty much set the tone for the entire season.

The league is going to do a 24 team playoff to follow up on the canceled regular season due to the coronavirus. With that, the Devils still weren’t good enough. They missed the 24 team dance by one win so you can look at opening night or any other blown opportunity as the reason they won’t be competing in this thing.

Regardless, there were ups and downs for every player on the team. They believe that kids like Nico Hischeir, Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt, and MacKenzie Blackwood will be core pieces for a long time and that is awesome but it is going to take some time. That fact led to the Devils having to move on from some of the veterans to gain some assets for the future.

Some significant pieces were traded out of town throughout the season. The Devils improved their team’s chances of completing this rebuild by making these trades but we did have to watch some great players go. Either way, they played for the team we cheer for so they deserve some grades for how they played through their 2019-20 Devils season: