New Jersey Devils & Related Hockey Links for 4/4/25
Here are your links for today:
Devils Links
He’s back!
#NEWS: We have recalled D Seamus Casey from Utica (AHL).
— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) April 2, 2025
“Since the Devils lost Hughes and Hamilton, they rank top-4(!) in every single relevant offensive metric you can think of. They’ve piled up the shots, chances, expected goals, and actual goals while keeping company with the Colorado Avalanche, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vegas Golden Knights, and Florida Panthers in those major categories. And every single player has looked unstoppable along the way.” [Infernal Access ($)]
“Losing Siegenthaler and Hamilton stings, but Luke Hughes is having another late-season surge in their absences. He has 13 points in 13 games since Hamilton’s injury and is giving the Devils much-needed offense from the back end.” [Devils on the Rush ($)]
“…The 5-foot-10 (Jesper) Bratt is now the only player with 70+ points and 70+ hits this season…notching 86 and 93, respectively. Nobody else is particularly close. He’s hit opponents over twice as much as his previous career average, and over 52% more than his previous career high (66 hits).” [The Hockey Writers]
Cory Schneider and Brian Boyle are back:
Deep Thoughts by Cory Schneider and Brian Boyle.
The next episode of One Time All-Stars is out now: https://t.co/SknVL2v35j pic.twitter.com/Omonnfombs
— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) April 2, 2025
Hockey Links
The NHL has a traveling group led by Gary Bettman and Wayne Gretzky that will be at every Capitals game until Alex Ovechkin breaks the goals record. [NHL.com]
“With the skill and intelligence of the modern goaltender, shooters are relying more and more on deception. The days of winding up and ripping shots past the goalie with sheer velocity are long gone. Lateral passing plays, deflections and screens will still be the most efficient way to score, but when a shooter faces a goalie mano a mano, deception is king.” [The Athletic ($)]
“New York Islanders forward Anthony Duclair will be taking time away from the team, coach Patrick Roy said Thursday. The announcement comes two days after Roy told reporters that Duclair was ‘god-awful’ in the Islanders’ 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.” [ESPN]
“Fast forward to this offseason — this coming offseason will be known as ‘the summer of offer sheets.’ It will be.” A look at the current offer sheet market (with some thoughts from Tom Fitzgerald): [The Athletic ($)]
Daily Faceoff’s top 50 free agents of 2025: [Daily Faceoff]
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