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Grading Each New Jersey Devils Players’ Playoff Performances

By Jonathan Bailey

New Jersey Devils celebrate their win over the New York Rangers in game seven of the first round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports
New Jersey Devils celebrate their win over the New York Rangers in game seven of the first round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports /
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Timo Meier #96 of the New Jersey Devils. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

Timo Meier – Grade: B-

Trades are always funny in the sense that there is usually no guarantee a player will adapt right away and contribute the same way they did. That is what happened with Curtis Lazar and, unfortunately, Timo Meier as well.

Timo Meier was certainly unlucky to not have scored on more shots or produced more assists, but he did not do enough to make his own fate either. His back-breaking empty net miss in the Game 5 loss to Carolina will live in infamy as an all-time epic fail. While he had many plays that helped the team, it’s hard to take away anything but this miss.

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To Meier’s credit, he was constantly being bounced around the lineup, and Jacob Trouba’s headshot in Game 7 did not do much to help his case. He bounced back and played in Game 1 of the Canes series just two days later.

An overall unremarkable-but-not-awful postseason will lead Meier to sign the most important contract of his life at some point this summer. It’s another huge storyline to watch over the next few months.

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