New Jersey Devils: Recapping A Dreadful Season With Pucks And Pitchforks Crew

What was your favorite moment from the season?

Villano: Hmmm. I really think it was the Lightning win. I live in Tampa, we did a pregame podcast with Ken Daneyko, I got denied access to the arena (despite not having a ticket), and I went home and watched a huge win. A wild day that ended with elation.

Rice: Hughes OT goal opening night. All downhill after that. But seriously, Hughes emerging as an alpha player that can make something happen 7/10 times he touches the puck. Bratt finding that consistency (finally). Hischier proves that he is on the cusp of being an elite two-way center. Boqvist finally scratching the surface of his potential.

Parise: Opening night. Jack Hughes scored an overtime game-winning goal and threw his stick into the crowd. It was clear from that moment on that Hughes has arrived.

Garrison: My favorite moment of the season is the OT winner in the home opener with Jack Hughes throwing his stick in the crowd. I was in attendance when that moment happened, and the Prudential Center had a colossal pop-off. It was an excellent play where he deked the goalie, but the celebration was unforgettable and fun to witness.

Borges: Kind of hard to have a favorite moment when the team sits bottom-5 in the standings. We’ll go with the Nathan Bastian waiver claim since it brought the whole fanbase joy for just one day.

DeLuca: The emergence of Jack Hughes was really special to witness. The guy was undoubtedly a superstar and the Devils’ best player. That contract extension is worth every penny.

Holiday: The Jack Hughes stick flip OT winner. This was the high point of the season and it was all downhill from there as he got injured in the game after. The kid loves to score and loves to win and have fun which is fun for us to watch!

Goldstein: Despite the failure, there are a handful of great moments from the season, however, my favorite has to be the 3-0 comeback against the Colorado Avalanche on March 8th, 2022. Going in, the narrative was definitely a negative one, and to see the energy inside the Prudential Center ascend as a 3-0 deficit became a 5-3 victory was special to watch. The moment shows that this Devils team can perform at a high level when they click and hopefully that comes more consistently in 2022-2023.

Fleming: There aren’t many to choose from, but I’d have to go with their OT win against the Oilers. Usually, the Devils are the team who blows the lead late and loses in overtime thanks to bad goaltending, so it was nice to get one for once.

Woo: When the Devils came back and beat the Tampa Bay Lightning on November 20th in Tampa. They were at 8-5-3 at that point and the Utica Comets were steamrolling the AHL. Then the 3rd jerseys were revealed a couple of days later…