Devils Daily: Jack Hughes Paving the Way; Nichuskin Reveals More Seattle Controversy

It’s a sign of the times that prospects in the 2025 NHL draft can say they “grew up” watching New Jersey Devils superstar, Jack Hughes. In fact, the projected No.1 overall pick in 2025 said exactly that.

It’s amazing, Jack Hughes is newly 23 and were already seeing kids come up through the prospect pipeline who “want to be like Jack.” More on James Hagens and following Hughes’ footsteps in the links.

Elsewhere, Pittsburgh’s three keys to success in 2024-25, Detroit betting too much on the past, and Valeri Nichuskin continues to tell his truth.

Let’s do that hockey.

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New Jersey Hockey Now: The United States of America has been churning out some of the NHL’s best players for the last several years now. One of those players is Jack Hughes who has been the inspiration of 2025’s projected first overall pick, James Hagens.

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DailyFaceoff: The Devils don’t own their first round pick next summer. However, not all the prospects participating in the Hlinka Gretzky Cup are slam dunk first rounders. Get to know some of the 2025 top prospects.

Pittsburgh Hockey Now: On paper, the Pittsburgh Penguins are no better than how they entered the 2023-24 season. For success in 2024-25, these three things need to happen.

Colorado Hockey Now: On Saturday, YouTuber Cherkas Atlant posted episode four of the series, most of it focused on Colorado’s suspended winger again. A lot of it has just been hanging around the players and getting to see another side of them, but in episode two, Valeri Nichushkin did discuss the Seattle incident.

Detroit Hockey Now: Yes, it’s true that the Detroit Red Wings will be suiting up five players with 30-goal seasons on their NHL resumes when they take the ice for the 2024-25 season. However, are they putting too much hope on past performances?

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