NJHN Daily: Devils Defenseman Missing Element; Big Potential Flyers Trade

The New Jersey Devils are back at it tonight in the same state, however, are taking on a new opponent. They’re coming off two huge wins against the Florida Panthers, sweeping the reigning Stanley Cup Champions in back to back situations.

It won’t show up on the stat sheet, but part of the reason the Devils were so good in their last two games was because of how stabilizing Luke Hughes has been on the back end. However, the Devils’ head coach there’s something missing.

More from Keefe in the links.

Elsewhere, a potential Flyers trade, Buffalo and St. Louis NHL trade partners, and a division rival takes a big hit.

Let’s do that hockey.

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New Jersey Hockey Now: Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe dished some high praise to sophomore Luke Hughes, but knows there’s something missing.

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Sportsnet: One of the teams chasing the Devils in the standings—despite their advantage in points percentage—are the Carolina Hurricanes. However, they just lost their No.1 goaltender for a while, again.

Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The Pittsburgh Penguins took another step in their youth movement Friday morning when the team announced they had called up top prospect defenseman Owen Pickering from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

Florida Hockey Now: From the Florida Panthers perspective, here’s why it’s okay that they got smacked up by the Devils, says George Richards.

Philly Hockey Now: When there’s smoke, there’s fire. And there’s certainly smoke around Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen, who is off to a great start in the 2024-25 season and apparently generating some early NHL trade buzz.

Buffalo Hockey Now: Are the Buffalo Sabres and St. Louis Blues a fit to be NHL trade partners?

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