The New Jersey Devils have a lot of decisions to make this summer, including what the future holds for their restricted and unrestricted free agents. Some teams have re-signed some of their players, while all has been quiet from Devils’ general manager Tom Fitzgerald. In this article, we will look at nine players who made regular appearances with the big club, so players including Chase DeLeo, Tyce Thompson, and A.J. Greer are not included.
His production over the last three seasons hasn’t been terrible — he’s averaged 19 goals and 44 points per 82 games — but his underlying numbers fell off a cliff in 2021-22. He finished with a negative expected goals above replacement (xGAR) and averaged only 1.32 points per 60 minutes at five-on-five, the lowest mark of his career. Beauvillier was the victim of some rotten shooting luck this season; he finished with a 6.67 shooting percentage (SH%) at five-on-five and 7.8 SH% at all strengths.
Bear Is Better Than the Average Third-pair Defender The Hurricanes acquired Bear last offseason in the trade that sent Warren Foegele to the Edmonton Oilers. For an analytically-savvy organization like the Hurricanes, acquiring Bear was no surprise. During his time with the Oilers, he posted strong underlying numbers.
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
14 | RW | |
45 | G | |
29 | G | |
70 | C | |
63 | RW | |
55 | LW | |
32 | G | |
33 | D | |
7 | D | |
35 | G | |
13 | C | |
86 | C | |
11 | LW | |
59 | RW | |
20 | C | |
18 | C | |
28 | D | |
17 | LW | |
71 | D | |
24 | D | |
76 | D | |
90 | LW | |
16 | LW | |
2 | D | |
44 | LW | |
37 | C |