{"id":428950,"date":"2026-01-26T14:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/428950\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:02:18","slug":"unexpected-devils-boost-rangers-trade-re-tool-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/428950\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected Devils Boost; Rangers Trade Re-Tool Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Jersey Devils<\/a>\u2018 streak came to an end last night, but they\u2019re still winners in five of their last seven and have two games at home coming up.<\/p>\n

The playoffs are NOT unreachable, and if they could just improve in a few areas, they could very well get in. <\/p>\n

In the links, how the Devils fell apart in the third period to close out their road trip. Plus, an unexpected boost from some impact rookies.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, New York Rangers trade targets, a scary moment in Pittsburgh, and Gabriel Landeskog\u2019s Olympic status.<\/p>\n

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

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

New Jersey Hockey Now: The Devils\u2019 three-game win streak came to an end on Sunday when they fell 4-2<\/a> to the Seattle Kraken. Contributor James Birle has the recap on how it happened.<\/p>\n

Zooming the lens in, the Devils\u2019 loss could have been prevented. It came down to another poor goaltending performance by Jacob Markstrom<\/a> and an unexpected and shockingly bad line.<\/p>\n

On a brighter note, the Cody Glass line with Arseny Gritsyuk and Lenni H\u00e4meenaho<\/a> had another strong game. They didn\u2019t add on the scoresheet, however; they remain the Devils\u2019 best line of late. More insight on the arrival of H\u00e4meenaho and how he and Gritsyuk are providing unexpected results as rookies inside.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcfa Devils Rink Report: On the latest episode of\u00a0Devils Rink Report<\/a>, Ryan Novozinsky joined me to discuss Lenni H\u00e4meenaho\u2019s performance since he\u2019s been recalled and how the Devils forward may never look back.<\/p>\n

Please be sure to like and subscribe to our\u00a0YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0and 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

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

Pittsburgh Hockey Now: There was a bit of a scary moment that happened so quickly you might have missed it if you were tuned into the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>\u2018 tilt with the Vancouver Canucks. Evgeni Malkin collapsed on the bench in pain. Dan Muse clarified the situation.<\/p>\n

Forever Blueshirts: Igor Shesterkin remains sidelined, and Johnathan Quick is struggling in net. Here\u2019s why the New York Rangers<\/a> must recall Dylan Garand and give him an NHL audition.<\/p>\n

Colorado Hockey Now:\u00a0Will Gabriel Landeskog make it to the Olympics? Colorado Avalanche<\/a> head coach Jared Bednar explains, \u201cIt\u2019s going to be tight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carolina Hockey Now: According to a report, Brandon Bussi and the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> are working on a contract extension. More inside from CHN.<\/p>\n

The Athletic ($): The New York Rangers declared a retool. From big names to reclamation projects and everything in between, who should be on<\/a> the Rangers trade target board?<\/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\u2018 streak came to an end last night, but they\u2019re still winners in five of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5109],"tags":[25554,201,3723,30385,5,6030,576,151,5185,5184,4,106,546,14022],"class_list":["post-428950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-jersey-devils","tag-arseny-gritsyuk","tag-devils","tag-devils-news","tag-devils-trade-rumors","tag-hockey","tag-lenni-hameenaho","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-newjersey","tag-newjerseydevils","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-news","tag-nhl-trade-rumors","tag-rangers-trade-rumors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115961774370228377","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428950","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=428950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}