{"id":458957,"date":"2026-02-15T18:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/458957\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:15:15","slug":"devils-star-standing-out-on-team-usa-olympic-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/458957\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils Star Standing Out on Team USA; Olympic Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the most part, the New Jersey Devils<\/a> in Milan have seen a fair amount of success. Among them, Jack Hughes is standing out above all, but Simon Nemec is a close second.<\/p>\n

Regardless, Hughes is getting his (well-earned) flowers standing out among USA\u2019s stars. He\u2019s still yet to face his toughest test with Germany in front of the U.S. later today. However, it\u2019s an encouraging sign that the Devils star is building confidence. <\/p>\n

More on that in the links below.<\/p>\n

By the way, Switzerland just defeated Czechia 4-3 as Timo Meier<\/a> continues to fill the scoresheet. <\/p>\n

Elsewhere, how Chris Drury is plummeting the Blueshirts, Avalanche trade targets, and more from Milan.<\/p>\n

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

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

New Jersey Hockey Now: Jacob Markstrom<\/a> played well for Team Sweden in their third and final matchup of the preliminary round against Slovakia. However, his late blunder had implications on Sweden\u2019s seeding despite the win.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, the outcome for Sweden would have been the same either way. They scored 11 goals against Italy, which actually allowed Simon Nemec and Slovakia to win their group. now, Sweden has a play-in to the final rounds of the Men\u2019s ice hockey Olympic tournament. Here\u2019s yesterday\u2019s scores:<\/p>\n

\"\"Via IIHF.com<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcfa Devils Rink Report: Jack Hughes has been Team USA\u2019s best forward. We broke it down on the latest Devils Rink Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In fact, he\u2019s been so good he was even PROMOTED(!) back to Auston Matthews\u2019 line for a few shifts in yesterday\u2019s 6-3 win over Denmark<\/p>\n

Full episode here. Subscribe \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The Athletic ($): Here\u2019s more from<\/a> Michael Russo on Hughes\u2019 positive performance amid scrutiny before Milan with perspective from Team USA teammates.<\/p>\n

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

Forever Blueshirts: Chris Drury\u2019s trades over the last 18 months were supposed to help the New York Rangers<\/a> clear a path moving forward. Here\u2019s how he sunk them instead. <\/p>\n

Colorado Hockey Now: What are come of the Colorado Avalanche<\/a> trade options for the already dominant squad led by Nathan Mackinnon?<\/p>\n

Florida Hockey Now: Here are which Florida Panthers<\/a> are primed to advance at the 2026 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

Detroit Hockey Now: Here\u2019s why Detroit Red Wings<\/a> star Lucas Raymond blames himself for Sweden\u2019s shortcoming on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Montreal Hockey Now:\u00a0Juraj Slafkovsky continues to dominate at the 2026 Men\u2019s Ice Hockey Winter Olympic games. Here\u2019s how the Montreal Canadiens<\/a> forward is among the world\u2019s best.<\/p>\n

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\t\tJames is a fully credentialed New Jersey Devils beat reporter for New Jersey Hockey Now on Sportsnaut and the … More about James Nichols<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the most part, the New Jersey Devils in Milan have seen a fair amount of success. Among…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5109],"tags":[3189,201,3723,5,1272,54125,576,151,5185,5184,4,106,3255],"class_list":{"0":"post-458957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-jersey-devils","8":"tag-2026-winter-olympics","9":"tag-devils","10":"tag-devils-news","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-jack-hughes","13":"tag-mens-olympic-ice-hockey","14":"tag-new-jersey","15":"tag-new-jersey-devils","16":"tag-newjersey","17":"tag-newjerseydevils","18":"tag-nhl","19":"tag-nhl-news","20":"tag-team-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116076015785910089","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458957","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=458957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}