Devils Daily: Break-Up Day; Don Granato Canned in Buffalo

This day came a bit earlier than expected. It’s locker room clean-up/break-up day for the New Jersey Devils.

We’ll hear from every player not named Jack Hughes who returned home to Michigan following successful shoulder surgery.

Tomorrow, General Manager Tom Fitzgerald and interim head coach Travis Green will speak as well.

In the links, a postmortem of the 2023-24 season and the decisions ahead. Plus, a few Devils were reassigned yesterday.

Elsewhere, Buffalo cans their head coach, San Jose’s draft lottery odds just increased greatly, and the playoffs are set after Tuesday night’s action.

Let’s do that hockey.

Devils News

New Jersey Hockey Now: The Devils’ 2023-24 season was a disaster. What happened? Major changes are afoot.

More NJHN: The Devils reassigned two players to the Utica Comets amid their pursuit of the AHL playoffs.

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NHL Trade Talk, News, & National Hockey Now

Sportsnet: The final rankings for the 2024 NHL Draft feature Macklin Celebrini and Anton Silayev atop the Central Scouting Lists in North America and Internationally.

Buffalo Hockey Now: In the biggest news of the day, the Buffalo Sabres fired head coach Don Granato.

Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The Pittsburgh Penguins will officially miss the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Pens did it to themselves.

Boston Hockey Now: It was a busy Tuesday morning for the Boston Bruins and their AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins, on the NHL and AHL transaction wires.

San Jose Hockey Now: As a result of the Penguins missing the playoffs, the San Jose Sharks 2024 lottery draft pick chances just greatly increased.

Florida Hockey Now: The acquisition of Vladimir Tarasenko at the NHL Trade Deadline has been a major win for the Florida Panthers. Here’s why.

NYI Hockey Now: The New York Islanders signed skilled Michigan Wolverines defenseman and Long Island native, Marshall Warren to an entry-level contract.

Vegas Hockey Now: Are the Vegas Golden Knights better suited to play the Dallas Stars or the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs?

Philly Hockey Now: The downfall of the Philadelphia Flyers happened in the blink of an eye. It came down to the wire, but the Detroit Red Wings put the nail in the coffin of their playoff hopes.

Montreal Hockey Now: Lane Hutson & Logan Mailloux’s presence in addition to Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovsky, & Cole Caufield are giving Montreal Canadiens fans a promising glimpse at their future.

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