5 New Jersey Devils prospects to watch in the second half of the season

The New Jersey Devils have really good prospects all over the world really impacting the sport. With so many close to making the jump to the North America and eventually the NHL, fans should be checking in to how some of these players are doing.

Lenni Hameenaho participates in the NJ Devils 2023 Development Camp (Credit: The Record)
Lenni Hameenaho participates in the NJ Devils 2023 Development Camp (Credit: The Record) | Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK
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5. Cam Squires
Cape Breton Eagles

Cam Squires is a player to watch because he has all the tools, but he had an interestingly quiet first half. We are starting to see evidence that an explosion is coming. After putting up 72 points last season with 33 goals, many thought Squires would roll over the league. It’s complicated with Cape Breton having one of the more inexperienced rosters in the QMJHL (only one other player on the team has been drafted), Squires is still on a six-game points streak as of this writing. He has 14 goals and 27 assists. 

This is year four in the QMJHL for Squires. So often, players explode for more than 100 points in that year. We’ve seen it time and time again, and it doesn’t necessarily equate to NHL success. It’s just a player hitting close to his physical peak while the rest of the league remains in their teenage years. 

We expect Squires to have a dominant second half, which will build his confidence when he joins the Devils full time next season. He did get an assist this preseason, as the Devils had extended training camp participation with the team heading to Czechia

We’re not entirely sure where Squires fits long-term, and there’s a non-zero chance that this goes the other way (similar to what happened to Josh Filmon, who is now in the ECHL), but it’s worth watching to see if Squires can eventually be an offensive contributor to New Jersey.

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