New Jersey Devils Make Serious Cuts to Their Coaching Staff
The New Jersey Devils issued the following statement on Assistant Coaches Mark Recchi & Alain Nasreddine:
A rather unsurprising turn of events, as the Devils have been near league bottom the past few seasons. Recchi primarily worked with the team's forward group & powerplay. In two seasons under Recchi's watch, the Devils powerplay has been atrocious both anecdotally & analytically. All things considered, it was one of the worst in the NHL under Mark Recchi, and I don't think it was a personnel issue.
Players like Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt, Jack Hughes, & Dougie Hamilton are more than enough to score 5v4. In fact, the Devils score at an above-average rate 5v5, so the lack of powerplay success is extremely alarming.
Alain Nasreddine, on the other hand, was charged with the Devils penalty kill & defense. The Devils' PK was actually solid this season at 14th in the NHL. Even more impressive is the fact that the Devils maintained such success with league-worst goaltending in 2021-22. Nasreddine was ultimately a victim of awful goaltending & bad timing. If his contract wasn't expired, he probably would still be behind the Devils' bench.
The search for Recchi & Nasreddine's replacements is underway, per GM Tom Fitzgerald. The Devils will need a significant step forward this upcoming season, or Lindy Ruff will follow his assistants to the unemployment line.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mitch Marner | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Logan Cooley | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| William Nylander | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack McBain | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dylan Guenther | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Michael Kesselring | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Fraser Minten | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mikhail Sergachev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Chris Tanev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| John Tavares | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Simon Benoit | - | - | - | |
| Nick Bjugstad | - | - | - | |
| Michael Carcone | - | - | - | |
| Ian Cole | - | - | - | |
| Lawson Crouse | - | - | - | |
| Connor Dewar | - | - | - | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | - | - | - | |
| Barrett Hayton | - | - | - | |
| Pontus Holmberg | - | - | - | |
| Clayton Keller | - | - | - | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Maple Leafs | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||