NEW JERSEY DEVILS

BY KEN CAMPBELL

B | RANK: 13TH WITH HIS CORE GROUP of forwards firmly in place and locked up long term, New Jersey Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald went out last summer and remodelled his D-corps and goaltending – and hired a new coach – with an eye on immediate contention. That doesn’t leave much room for prospects. It didn’t even leave room for players who thought they were full-time NHLers, only to become prospects again and face the task of working their way back to the bigs. When it comes to the future, the Devils are focused primarily on their own end. And, generally speaking, the bigger the prospect, the better. 1 SIMON NEMEC D, 21, 6-1, 190 Utica (AHL) 34–5–18–23–12 2022 draft, 2nd overall OVERALL 14 Nemec played 60 NHL games last year but found himself back in the ‘A’…

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