Some great managing by Tom Fitzgerald has locked in Jesper Bratt long-term, Erik Haula short-term, and Timo Meier seemingly on the way to long-term as well. While it cost the Devils Damon Severson, the writing had been on the wall and the Devils will have to continue to rework the roster for maximum efficiency as their window of contention opens.

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