Bold New Jersey Devils Predictions for NHL season 2025-26

The New gentle devils have not progressed outside the first round Playoffs from loss in the finals of Stanley Cup in 2012. years. The devils are solid moves in the NHL free agency to correct that. The team still has a young core, and their window is open to the cup won. They hope the next step will bring these upcoming season, and these are a bold predictions for your next campaign.

The Devil’s story in 2024-25 was an injury. Only two players played in all 82 games, with only five players that play 80 or more. Meanwhile, Luke Hughes played in just 71 plays, and at the same time playing in just one playoff. Dougie Hamilton Played in only 64 games.

The biggest missing piece was Jack HughesHow was an injured and required surgery. He played in just 62 games and was great at the time. Regardless, his season ended early and missed the playoffs. If the devils can stay healthy, they have a solid roster that can compete, but stay healthy is difficult for franchise.

Jack Hughes Hits 100 Points

Hughes was firm in 2024-25. He found the back of the net 27 times, and at the same time he added 43 assists, good for 70 points. It was his third straight season of scoring 70 or more points. It was also a second year in a row, only 62 games played. He played over 62 games in a season only once in his NHL career. That year, he scored 43 goals as 56 assists added, and careers.

From 2021-22, a significant time was lacking due to injuries to the upper body and shoulders. In 2021-22, he missed 17 games with dislocated shoulder, and at the same time missing with Cavid-19 and stretched MCl. He missed only four games in 2022. year, with injuries of the upper body, but next year he missed 20 with shoulder injuries and upper body. Forward in America, it is still strong in 2024-25, not missing the game, until it hurt the shoulder and needed operations, missing 20 played and playoffs.

It may be missed for a while this year, but it will not be a lot of time. This will result in an amazing season. His individual percent of Point was knocked on this last season, but his percentage of recording and a great chance of achieving has created and close rates from when he scored 99 points in the year. She also got another year with Jesper Bratt as his line.

Bratt is not just a threat of scoring, but also a phenomenal passerby that improved in the last season. He had 67 total helps, which was a career high, but improved its secondary assistance in 2024-25. The Swede sees the ice better and continues to improve the side of his game. With a healthy Hughes, his help numbers should still be climbing. Hughes missed 100 points only one point in 2022-23; Doesn’t miss this year.

Dougie Hamilton is trading

Dougie Hamilton is connected to trade rumorsAnd he will move this year. Defenseman has a clause without movement and a modified trading clause, so it will have to be part of trade talks, but it should be requested. He fought missing time and does not produce the same rate he worked once when he first joined the devils, so the change of landscapes may be good for him.

For devils, the decreasing production is one question, but there are 9 million dollars aAV, making it the highest paid player in the team. The highest paid player who has problems with injuries and declining production is a franchise disaster.

To happen, and few things should work in the affection of the devil, beyond finding a trading partner. First, they It is necessary to sign Luke Hughes again. That could happen soon. Then Simon Nemec has to break into superior defender. He was firm in the playoffs and showed some two-way potential. Nemec fought in the regular season, but with a complete remedy to recover from injuries that tortured him in 2024-25, he was covered to break out. Both of these things will happen for devils, and Hamilton will be delivered from the city.

The devils fall into the first round again

The devils have a young core of the star. Timo Meier is 28 years old, while Jesper Bratt 27. Meanwhile, Jack Hughes is only 24, Luke is only 21, and Dawnson Mercer is 23. There is room for the growth of many of these players, but also regression. If the team grows, they will once again compete in the Metropolitan Division, but it is a difficult division.

At the top of the division in 2024-25 was Washington Capital. They did not make great moves in the outside. Regardless, they brought almost exactly the same group as last year. That group had the best record at the conference. Carolina hurricanes improved the addition of Nikolai Echler. Meanwhile, Columbus Blue Jackets seem to be improving, and New York Rangers are also a threat to play.

If the injury restarts, New Jersey can miss playoffs at all, but more than likely, they will have a first district meeting with the capital or hurricanes. If it’s the capital, it would be two teams with a firm targeted and good defense. However, the deep and play-and-out playoffs will refuse the devil. Hurricanes showed that they were also better and the idigram teams. As her jersey brought the playoffs in two of the last three seasons, they knocked them down every time. The nucleus is young, and the window opens to conquer the cup, but it will not happen this year, with another loss of the first round.