New Jersey Devils: 5 Questions Still Yet To Be Answered

Will Broadcast Crew Return Intact?

The New Jersey Devils have one of the best broadcast crews in sports. We learned last May that Steve Cangialosi was leaving his role as the Devils broadcast play-by-play man, and a search for a new one would start. MSG Network ended up hiring Bill Spaulding, and he was fantastic in his first season with the Devils. One would assume he returns since these contracts rarely work in a year-by-year fashion.

However, the rest of the crew has been here for a long time, so it’s a mystery if they will all be back. It’s not for lack of want or need. Again, this crew is amazing. Everyone plays a role that is crucial to the broadcast, both radio and TV. However, all three of Ken Daneyko, Erika Wachter, and Bryce Salvador have done national programming. They could easily get that gig full-time.

The radio team has been together for a long time. Matt Loughlin has been in sports journalism for three decades. He did great jumping in for Wachter during her maternity leave last season. Maybe he expands in that role.

Then there’s Chico Resch. It just doesn’t feel right to ever have a Devils season where Resch isn’t directly involved. He is getting older, but there’s no reason to get off the bandwagon now. We expect most of the broadcast crews to return, but the New Jersey Devils broadcast already lost someone when Chris Wescott moved on. We’ll see if the rest of the Devils pre and postgame shows stay the same.