DitD & Open Post – 5/19/25: Not Serious Edition

New Jersey Devils & Related Hockey Links for 5/19/25

Here are your links for today:

Devils Links

Nico’s injury is said to be “not serious,” but his tournament is over:

“New Jersey Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald has a lot of housekeeping to do in the coming weeks. While the Devils don’t have many high-profile names due for extensions, there are seven unrestricted free agents and three restricted free agents to make decisions on before July 1. Let’s comb through them and look at how each situation may play out.” [Infernal Access ($)]

“The Devils enter this offseason with around $13 million in cap space and have yet to sign Luke Hughes to an extension. That extension will likely come with a cap hit around $9 million, so other players besides Palát will have to go. Here are four other candidates.” [Devils on the Rush ($)]

Hockey Links

The Stars are headed to the Western Conference Final:

“Mark Scheifele stepped out of the penalty box and into the arms of his teammates. Game 6 couldn’t have ended worse for the Winnipeg Jets but there they were, waiting to hug him, even after the series-ending handshake line had begun. Scheifele played Game 6 against the Dallas Stars for his father, Brad, who died overnight Friday, and for his teammates, whose hearts broke for him once when they heard the news and again when Thomas Harley scored in overtime for a 2-1 win. That it was Scheifele in the penalty box, called for a late third-period tripping penalty that negated a breakaway, was a cruel end to an already devastating day.” [The Athletic ($)] [NHL.com]

And the Panthers are through to the Eastern Conference Final:

Brad Marchand and Game 7s:

Scary moment in Sunday’s Leafs-Panthers game:

We have schedules for the conference finals:

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