3 things we expect to learn as New Jersey Devils training camp opens

New Jersey Devils training camp opens on Wednesday, marking the official start of the season. As we welcome another run with Jersey's team, what do we expect to learn on Wednesday?

Oct 2, 2023; Newark, New Jersey, USA; New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes (86) and defenseman Luke Hughes (43) walk to the ice before the start of the first period of their game against the New York Islanders at Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images / Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images

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2. Simon Nemec's Injury Status

The New Jersey Devils are notorious for never revealing injuries. It’s a running joke that they come close to even hiding injuries. At times, they have to be pushed into releasing information about players. We saw that just last week when a picture of Luke Hughes went viral. He was on the sideline of the Michigan football game in a sling. That’s when we learned that the Devils young stud would miss the first month of the season.

That brings us to Simon Nemec. The Devils' other young stud defenseman was injured during a qualifying game while playing for Slovakia. We haven’t heard anything about his status since then. There were reports that he was in pain after the collision, but that is the gist of it.

Since we haven’t heard anything from the Devils, even an acknowledgment of the injury itself, it could be bad news. We don’t want to speculate, but the fact we haven’t heard anything for weeks shows that it’s at least something.

The Devils spent assets and cap space on depth on defense, and it looks like they will need to use it right away.

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