NEW JERSEY DEVILS

The New Jersey Devils have added a genuine offensive weapon to their forward lineup, signing veteran winger Anthony Mantha to a two year contract...

The New Jersey Devils enter the middle portion of the 2025–26 campaign navigating a familiar but increasingly uncomfortable reality: talent remains abundant, expectations are still high, yet injuries and roster uncertainty continue to cloud what this team can realistically be night to night. As the Devils head west to face the Vegas Golden Knights on December 17, the broader picture surrounding the club is about far more than a single road game. Earlier this week, the Devils placed defenseman Simon Nemec on injured reserve with a lower-body injury that is expected to keep him sidelined until after the New Year. For a team already stretched thin on the blue line, losing a young defenseman who has...

The 2025–26 NHL regular season closed on April 16 with a familiar truth and a newly sharpened contrast in the Metropolitan Division: one team found its identity at exactly the right time, while another spent the spring confronting the cost of a season that never fully stabilized. Across the league, the playoff field is now locked, the Colorado Avalanche have secured the Presidents’ Trophy, and the Eastern Conference has taken on the look of a pressure chamber heading into the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In that environment, the Philadelphia Flyers have emerged as one of the East’s defining late-season stories, while the New Jersey Devils move into an offseason that now feels far more consequential than...