Devils' New GM Mehta: Building Contenders

0:00It's April 18th. Welcome in. This is NHL News Today, where Team Coverage meets AI. The New Jersey doubles just wrapped their 2025-26 season with a locker clean out on Wednesday, missing the playoffs again. They got scoring droughts and shaky gold tending to fix this summer, plus building a clear team identity. Big move though, welcoming Sunny Metta as their new general manager to steer the ship. Earlier this week, players cleaned out and looked ahead, with fans buzzing about the young core and stars ready to shine next year. Despite injuries and inconsistencies, there's real promise in the lineup that could flip the script come, 20-26-27. Shout out to Jack Hughes as MVP, leading with 77 points and 50 assists, even after hand surgery and missing time. Captain Nico Hissier owned best forward honors, hitting 28 goals, topping power play tallies and winning over a thousand face-offs to lead. The league. On defense, Jonas Seaganthaler played all 82 games, boosting the penalty kill and finishing

1:02with 16 points. Cody Glass stepped up huge as most improved, netting a career high 19 goals, mostly at 5 on 5, while Arsene Gritziak surprised everyone, with 31 points in 66 games. Connor Brown was a top pick-up, delivering 18 goals and solid penalty kill work on his $3 million deal. Now Meta's got the off-season to lock in extensions, add depth, and turn these underdogs into contenders.