2026-27 New Jersey Devils predictions, best bets, odds: Nico Hischier set up for strong season

Nypost · Sep 24, 2026 · 762 words · By Michael Leboff

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The New Jersey Devils are in a funky spot ahead of the 2026-27 NHL season.

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What happened

The New Jersey Devils are in a funky spot ahead of the 2026-27 NHL season.

Why it matters

In a vacuum, this team should not only be a playoff contender, but it should also harbor hopes of winning the Metropolitan Division.

Common ground

However, there are things happening off the ice that can severely impact how this season goes in Newark.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “he is, for now, rolling the dice with a goaltending tandem of Jake Allen with Nico Daws or (less likely) David Rittich”

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Web search results confirm the Devils opened camp with a goalie mix including Jake Allen, David Rittich, and Nico Daws.

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web search NEUTRAL — Rookie training camp for the New Jersey Devils is set to begin in Newark this week, with both rookies and veterans preparing for the new NHL season. Zach Berman highlights the improved forward depth o…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW6mkOdjK2E

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web search NEUTRAL — Jake Allen new New Jersey Devils goalie masks for the 2026-27 NHL season painted by Sylabrush. Photo by Sebastien Gervais / Sylabrush. Highlights. New Jersey opens camp with Jake Allen, David Rittich …
https://www.ginohard.com/devils-three-goalie-plan-allen-ritt…

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web search NEUTRAL — The New Jersey Devils have some things to clean up. But it has also been a start that harkens back to a magical year.
https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/devils-issues-views-and-ge…

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Claim 2: “Quinn Hughes, the only Hughes brother who isn’t on the Devils, is keen on joining Jack and Luke in the Garden State”

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Multiple web search results discuss the discourse and speculation that Quinn Hughes wants to join his brothers Jack and Luke on the New Jersey Devils, and Wikipedia confirms Jack and Luke are currently on the Devils while Quinn is with the Minnesota Wild.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jack Rowden Hughes (born May 14, 2001) is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). A product of t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Hughes

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luke Warren Hughes (born September 9, 2003) is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played college ice hocke…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Hughes_(ice_hockey)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Quintin Jerome Hughes (born October 14, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hughes was drafted seventh o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinn_Hughes

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Claim 3: “Jack Hughes is 25/1 to win the Hart Trophy, Keefe is 14/1 to win the Jack Adams and Nico Hischier is 12/1 to win the Selke Trophy”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding betting odds for the Hart, Jack Adams, or Selke trophies.

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Claim 4: “Jack Hughes, has missed at least 20 games in four of the last five seasons”

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While web search results confirm Jack Hughes has a significant injury history and missed games (including shoulder surgery in 2024), the specific statistic 'at least 20 games in four of the last five seasons' is not explicitly corroborated across multiple sources in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — Complete career statistics, season-by-season stats, game logs for every game and last 5 game totals
https://www.nhl.com/devils/player/jack-hughes-8481559/stats

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web search NEUTRAL — Jack Hughes transactions and injuries history. We have transactions and injury data for every NHL player!
https://sportsforecaster.com/nhl/p/27963/Jack_Hughes/transac…

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 12, 2026 · On April 9, 2024, the Devils announced that he would miss the final four regular-season games to undergo shoulder surgery. His injury history goes back even further. During his second N…
https://www.breakingtheiceboston.com/nhlarticles/can-jack-hu…

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Claim 5: “The Devils started hot last season, lost Jack Hughes to a freak injury, and then went off the rails.”

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Web search results confirm Jack Hughes has been limited by injuries in recent years and specifically mention a 'concerning injury' and a 'hand injury', supporting the narrative of injury-led performance issues.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In South Jersey and Philadelphia folklore in the United States, the Jersey Devil, also known as the Leeds Devil, is a legendary creature, or cryptid, said to inhabit the forests of the New Jersey Pine…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils

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Claim 6: “there are also rumors connecting New Jersey to all-world goaltender Connor Hellebuyck”

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Web search results explicitly mention rumors connecting Connor Hellebuyck to the New Jersey Devils, with one source stating he 'may make more sense for the Devils than Quinn Hughes'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Eastern Conference. The Devils…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Jersey_Devils_play…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Millburn is a suburban township in southwestern Essex County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey, and part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's popul…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millburn,_New_Jersey

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Claim 7: “he [Barkov] got hurt in training camp last year and opened the door for Nick Suzuki of the Canadiens to grab it”

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Claim 8: “Sunny Mehta, a former professional poker player who spent the last few years as an assistant GM with the Florida Panthers”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Sunny Mehta is a former professional poker player and served as the assistant GM for the Florida Panthers.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2024–25 season and the culmination of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs. In a rematch of the previous year's Fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Stanley_Cup_Final

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of current general managers in the National Hockey League. In the National Hockey League, the general manager of a team typically controls player transactions and bears the primary resp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_NHL_general_ma…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sunny Mehta (born April 7, 1978) is an American hockey executive, data scientist, and former professional poker player, writer, options trader, and musician who is the general manager of the New Jerse…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Mehta

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Claim 9: “The Finn [Aleksander Barkov] won it twice in a row (2024 and 2025)”

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Claim 10: “The Swiss center [Nico Hischier] has finished in the top 10 of voting in three of the last four campaigns (including second in 2023 and fourth in 2025)”

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Claim 11: “Patrice Bergeron won it six times in his career”

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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the number of Selke Trophies won by Patrice Bergeron.

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Claim 12: “Mehta made some high-upside additions to New Jersey’s forward group, signing Anthony Mantha plus trading for Luke Evangelista and Evan Rodrigues”

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Web search results confirm the New Jersey Devils signed Anthony Mantha and acquired Luke Evangelista and Evan Rodrigues.

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web search NEUTRAL — Anthony Mantha is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a winger for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. Mantha was drafted 20th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 201…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Mantha

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web search NEUTRAL — 29. Today, the New Jersey Devils: 2025-26 season: 42-37-3, seventh in Metropolitan Division; missed Stanley Cup Playoffs. Key arrivals. Anthony Mantha, F: The 31-year-old signed a two-year contract Ju…
https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/team-resets/new-jersey-devils…

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web search NEUTRAL — The supporting cast looks different now. The Devils added Anthony Mantha after a career-best 33-goal season in Pittsburgh, acquired Luke Evangelista from Nashville and brought in Evan Rodrigues and Je…
https://www.dazn.com/en-US/news/hockey/new-jersey-devils-sub…

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Claim 13: “The slump cost general manager Tom Fitzgerald his gig, and he was replaced by Sunny Mehta”

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Multiple independent web sources explicitly state that Tom Fitzgerald was replaced as general manager of the New Jersey Devils by Sunny Mehta.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 New Jersey Devils season was the 52nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 44th season since the franchise relocated from Colora…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_New_Jersey_Devils_seas…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thomas James Fitzgerald (born August 28, 1968) is an American ice hockey executive and former player who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and American Hockey League (AHL). He most…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fitzgerald_(ice_hockey)

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