New Jersey Devils: Five Players With Successful Second Stints
By Mike Luci
Tommy Albelin
Like Lemieux, Tommy Albelin is the only other player (besides Lemieux) on this list to have won a Stanley Cup in each of his two stints with the New Jersey Devils. He first came to the organization in a mid-year trade with the Quebec Nordiques, and would go on to spend parts of the next eight seasons in New Jersey. After winning a Stanley Cup with the team in 1995, Albelin was involved in a five-player swap with the Calgary Flames, in which the Devils acquired star defenseman Phil Housley.
The New Jersey Devils signed Albelin as a free agent in 2001, whose 160 games (despite spanning over four seasons) mark the lengthiest second stint of the five players featured in this piece. While he was largely used as a depth player during this time, New Jersey won their third Stanley Cup in 2003, during which Albelin appeared in 16 postseason contests. Despite appearing in no more than 45 games over the final four seasons he spent in New Jersey, Albelin was very serviceable in the role he was brought in to play, despite being in the twilight of his lengthy career.