{"id":437856,"date":"2026-01-31T10:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/437856\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T10:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:32:20","slug":"devils-ambivalent-night-trade-tiers-lukes-trajectory-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/437856\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils Ambivalent Night; Trade Tiers; Luke&#8217;s Trajectory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night was one of those nights where you want to feel good about the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/new-jersey-devils\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Jersey Devils<\/a>\u2018 overtime win. However, the injury to the franchise face looms large.<\/p>\n<p>The latest update from Sheldon Keefe on the injury is below. Take everything with a grain of salt. We\u2019ve been lied to before.<\/p>\n<p>Also linked below, if you missed yesterday\u2019s trade tiers, tune in to see where the chips fall after the Ondrej Palat deal.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Luke Hughes\u2019 trajectory, NYR trade targets, and history in the states!<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s do that hockey.<\/p>\n<p>Devils Trade Rumors &amp; News<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Hockey Now: Now that the dust has settled on the Palat trade, tiers have shifted for numerous reasons. Here\u2019s where the chips fall from untouchables to package-building <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/new-jersey-devils\/devils-news-trade-strategy-analysis-palat-move\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devils trade<\/a> chips.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the Devils\u2019 tilt with the Predators last night, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/new-jersey-devils\/devils-news-jack-hughes-injury-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Hughes<\/a> exited early with an injury.<\/p>\n<p>About that tilt with the Predators, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/new-jersey-devils\/devils-news-overtime-victory-predators-hischier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nico Hischier<\/a> saved the Devils, propelling them to victory in overtime.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa Devils Rink Report: Tomorrow on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DevilsRinkReport\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devils Rink Report<\/a>, Arthur Staple joins me to discuss the recent Islanders-Devils trade, gives insight on Maxim Tsyplakov, and more! Subscribe \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Please be sure to like and subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DevilsRinkReport\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube 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<p>PLUS! Subscribe to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Jersey Hockey Now Newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for all of our work straight to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic ($): Shayna Goldman is very smart. Read her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7004721\/2026\/01\/29\/nhl-best-case-worst-case-luke-hughes-simon-edvinsson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">analysis on<\/a> Luke Hughes\u2019 trajectory, and what his development comp is.<\/p>\n<p>NHL Trade Talk, News &amp; National Hockey Now<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Hockey Now: Play Freebird! <a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2026\/01\/29\/patrick-kane-detroit-red-wings-new-points-record-u-s-born-player-nhl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a> forward Patrick Kane passes Mike Modano for the most points scored in NHL history by a USA-born player. <\/p>\n<p>More from DHN, here\u2019s why <a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2026\/01\/29\/patrick-kane-new-u-s-born-leading-nhl-point-producer-mike-modano\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kane<\/a> isn\u2019t close to being done despite breaking the US record.<\/p>\n<p>Forever Blueshirts: Yesterday, the boys at FB printed the top five most likely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreverblueshirts.com\/new-york-rangers-news\/top-5-trade-targets-including-jason-robertson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Rangers<\/a> trade chips moving forward. Today, it\u2019s the most likely Rangers trade targets, including Jason Robertson.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Hockey Now: In Bryan Rust\u2019s absence, Rutger McGroarty gets another crack at playing for the <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-recall-rutger-mcgroarty-jack-st-ivany-injured-reserve\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Hockey Now: Artemi Panarin\u2019s camp is reportedly entertaining offers from teams that are willing to extend him. Sheng Peng reports the <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-artemi-panarin-new-york-rangers-trade-extension\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> have inquired.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not watching the Sharks, you should try to check-in on them. They\u2019re just so fun to watch. And <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/gotta-see-it-celebrini-protests-penalty-call-in-his-favor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Macklin Celebrini<\/a> is incredible. Last night, he protested a penalty called in his favor, waving off the ref who thought he saw something that didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Hockey Now:\u00a0Throw the <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/florida-panthers-have-a-chance-to-land-rangers-artemi-panarin-nhl-trade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Panthers<\/a> in the Panarin mix, too. (+)<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Hockey Now: When the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/montreal-canadiens\/montreal-canadiens-analysis-dobson-hutson-pairing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> acquired Noah Dobson, the debate became whether he or Lane Hutson would usurp top pair duties. But what about the possibility of coexisting?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769855539_13_653da752580c127b7400004f307990a1a1cb9301e374aec9a861e9de1fa09135.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tJames  is  a  fully  credentialed  New  Jersey  Devils  beat  reporter  for  New  Jersey  Hockey  Now  on  Sportsnaut  and  the  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/james-nichols\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Nichols<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last night was one of those nights where you want to feel good about the New Jersey Devils\u2018&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[201,3723,30385,5,151,106,546],"class_list":{"0":"post-437856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-devils","9":"tag-devils-news","10":"tag-devils-trade-rumors","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-new-jersey-devils","13":"tag-nhl-news","14":"tag-nhl-trade-rumors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115989260528991104","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437856","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=437856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}