{"id":403320,"date":"2026-01-12T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/403320\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:00:18","slug":"dark-devils-cloud-nhl-trade-rumors-mite-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/403320\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Devils Cloud; NHL Trade Rumors; Mite Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Jersey Devils<\/a> have given up.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a dark cloud over the organization with the Dougie Hamilton situation hanging over their heads. It just feels like something is going to come to a head here, and soon.<\/p>\n

Hamilton should be on the move in relatively short order. In the links, we assessed his trade value. <\/p>\n

Oh, and, there was a game yesterday. In one word, YUCK. More on that below.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, a Mite Fight is being investigated, Pittsburgh targets, and the Blueshirts are going through it too.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s do that hockey.<\/p>\n

Devils Trade Rumors & News<\/p>\n

New Jersey Hockey Now: This is what you came here for. Dougie Hamilton<\/a> is on the brink of being moved. So, what is his value in a Devils trade? It might not be as bad as you think.<\/p>\n

On the ice\u2014and without Hamilton\u2014the Devils\u2019 demise continues. As if it couldn\u2019t get any worse, the Devils lost their fourth straight game to the last-ranked Winnipeg Jets<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In the dissected, a clear shot of Jack Hughes<\/a>\u2018 hand under his glove, the dark cloud over the Devils, and how they gave up against the Jets.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcfa Devils Rink Report: Shayna Goldman of The Athletic and the Too Many Men podcast joined me on the\u00a0Devils Rink Report<\/a>\u00a0Friday to discuss the Devils\u2019 dysfunction, and spelled out what\u2019s wrong in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Please be sure to like and subscribe to our\u00a0YouTube Channel<\/a>, and turn on those notifications for when we go LIVE every Friday! At 1K subscribers, we\u2019ll begin publishing on your favorite podcast platforms!<\/p>\n

PLUS! Subscribe to the\u00a0New Jersey Hockey Now Newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for all of our work straight to your inbox!<\/p>\n

The Athletic ($): Here\u2019s an interesting for\u00a0those who question<\/a>\u00a0Nico Hischier\u2019s leadership. How his simple acts amid Luke Hughes\u2019 rough go last week embodied what it means to be a leader.<\/p>\n

NHL Trade Talk, News, & National Hockey Now<\/p>\n

Forever Blueshirts: Well, the Devils aren\u2019t the only one in the \u201cas bad as it gets\u201d category. Ironically, their rival, the New York Rangers<\/a>, are there too.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> continue to collect young talent on the cusp of being regular NHL talent, as they did with Yegor Chinakhov and tried to do with Egor Zamula. Here are four more Penguins trade targets Kyle Dubas could pursue that fit the mold.<\/p>\n

Toronto Hockey Now: The Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> have turned their season around. However, their toughest test is in front of them. They\u2019re about to go through a gauntlet in the schedule.<\/p>\n

The Athletic ($): You saw that clip going around of the Mites playing on the ice at an AHL game that turned into a brawl? Yeah, the Mite Fight is now under investigation<\/a>. Kinda wild.<\/p>\n

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\t\tJames is the New Jersey Devils beat reporter for New Jersey Hockey Now on Sportsnaut and the PHWAs New … More about James Nichols<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Jersey Devils have given up. There\u2019s a dark cloud over the organization with the Dougie Hamilton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5109],"tags":[201,3723,1294,5,576,151,5185,5184,4,106],"class_list":{"0":"post-403320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-jersey-devils","8":"tag-devils","9":"tag-devils-news","10":"tag-dougie-hamilton","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-new-jersey","13":"tag-new-jersey-devils","14":"tag-newjersey","15":"tag-newjerseydevils","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-nhl-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115882022481229128","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}