Ranking Most Painful New Jersey Devils Moments Of Last Decade

8. Cory Schneider lost every regular-season game for well over a year

If it weren’t for Cory Schneider, the Devils would have made the first selection in every draft from 2013-14 to 2015-16. Night in and night out, Schneider carried sub-par Devils teams, making his rapid decline because of injuries even tougher to watch.

In a fourteen months span, the same Schneider who posted three consecutive .920 save percentage seasons, went 0-17-4, with one big postseason win. Over the 21 games, Schneider was far from perfect; he surrendered two or fewer goals just twice and posted a .842 save percentage.

The streak ended after the Devils battled back from a three-goal deficit to win in overtime against the Wild. Schneider would pick up a few more wins as a Devil, but injuries derailed the All-Star’s career.

7. Marty Brodeur signing with the Blues

Of the Devils’ three greats, Stevens, Niedermayer, and Brodeur, for a while, it seemed as if Marty was going to be the only one who spent his whole career with the Devils. Instead, after 21 seasons in New Jersey, Brodeur opted to become a member of the St. Louis Blues for seven games. Whether it was seeing him a Blues jersey or that he didn’t retire a Devil, the situation as a whole was a tough and odd one to stomach for Devils fans.