The Rebuilding of the New Jersey Devils
 

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New Jersey Devils Rebuild Begins 2015/2016 Season
The New Jersey Devils have had a rough time the last 5 years.
The Teams only qualified for the playoffs once in that time frame.
2011-2012.. The closest you could expect to come to raising the stanley
cup, but The LA Kings made that dream a long and dark tunnel that didn't
happen.

Lou Lamoriello has opted not to re-sign with the team and now the team
looks to rebuild a once dominating and competitive team for the future.

New Jersey Devils Signings
GM: Terence Baker (3yrs worth 480K)

Head Coach: Randy Carlyle (3yr worth 1.8M)
[National Hockey League Stats: GP:704 W:364 L:260 OTL:80 CHAMP:01]

Assistant Coach: Scott Stevens (3yrs worth 140K)

Left Winger: Marcus Power (2yrs worth 550K)
[Prospect]

Center: Maxim Mamin (3yrs Worth 550K)
[2014-2015: Team: CSKA | League:KHL | GP:39 G:5 A:5 PTS:10 PIM:10 +\-:4]

Defencemen: Tom Nilsson (3yrs Worth 585K)
[2014-2015: Team: Toronto | League: AHL | GP:44 G:1 A:5 PTS:6 PIM:26 +\-:4]

New Jersey Devils Trades
The Devils Will Send:
Left Defencemen: Brandon Burlon (25yr old)
[2014-2015: Team: ALB | League: AHL | GP:72 G:8 A:28 PTS:36 PIM:93 +/-:4]
&
Rights to Right Defencemen: Steven Santini (20yr old)
[Prospect]

In exchange, Anaheim will have sent:
Left Defencemen: Simon Despres (24yr old)
[2014-2015: Team: PIT | League: NHL | GP:59 G:2 A:15 PTS:17 PIM:64 +/-:9]
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The Devils continue the rebuild by making a big move sending:
Right Winger: Kyle Palmieri (24yr old)
[2014-2015: Team: ANA | League: NHL | GP:57 G:14 A:15 PTS:29 PIM:37 +/-:-2]
Left Defencemen: Dan Kelly (26yr old)
[2014-2015: Team: ALB | League: AHL | GP:64 G:1 A:10 PTS:11 PIM:130 +/-:0]
&
1st RD Pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft

In return, Tampa Bay Lightning has parted was with:
Left Defencemen: Victor Hedman (24yr old)
[2014-2015: Team: TBL | League: NHL | GP:59 G:10 A:28 PTS:38 PIM:40 +/-:12]
&
6th RD in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft
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Just before pre-season action, The New Jersey Devils have traded:
Center: Sergei Kalinin (24yr old)
[2014-2015: Team: AVG | League: KHL | GP:58 G:12 A:13 PTS:25 PIM:49 +/-:-3]
&
4th RD in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft

to the Bruins, in exchange for:
Center: Ryan Spooner (23yr old)
[2014-2015: Team: PRO | League: AHL | GP:34 G:8 A:18 PTS:26 PIM:10 +/-:-4]
&
Right Winger: Brett Connolly (23yr old)
[2014-2015: Team: TBL | League: NHL | GP:50 G:12 A:3 PTS:15 PIM:38 +/-:4]

The New Jersey Devils Pre-Season Games
The night before the first game of the pre-season, Mike Richards and the New Jersey Devils came to agreement on a 2yr contract that will average a 2.1M a season. The addition means Mike Richards will be dressed for their pre-season game against the Detroit Red Wings

New Jersey Devils [2] - Detroit Red Wings [1] | OT Final
New Jersey Devils [4] - New York Rangers [6]
Dallas Stars [8] - New Jersey Devils [2]
Ottawa Senators [3] - New Jersey Devils [2]
New Jersey Devils [4] - Florida Panthers [6]
Tampa Bay Lightning [4] - New Jersey Devils [1]
Buffalo Sabre's [2] - New Jersey Devils [3] | OT Final
Final Pre-Season Record: GP:7 W:2 L:5

New Jersey Devils: GM Thoughts
GM of the New Jersey Devils: Terence Baker looked at the pre-season as a "warm up". The reason being, a lot of these guys were only added to the team, an the chemistry will need to be built before we assume the worse for this season.

When asked about how he sees the team for the beginning of the regular season his thoughts were simple "One step at a time. We're going to grow together and work things out on the fly.. All we really can do."

New Jersey Devils: Coach looks forward to the new challenge
Randy Carlyle is looking forward to the task at hand and has shown his appreciation for GM Terence Baker bringing him into the organization for this task.
"I thank the GM for having faith in me to bring this team back into the playoff race. We will begin the building of a great team and hopefully in the next few years we will be a challenging force!"

I demand that you release Richards XD. Im joking im joking, but it does hurt to see a former Philly star play for the Devils, good luck though.

Lol Mike Richards is one of my favourite players. Sadly we wont be seeing him in awhile. Figured with New Jersey's know history of getting older/veteran players, I would give Mike Richards a chance. We will see how his 2 years go lol