{"id":489753,"date":"2026-03-06T20:39:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/489753\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:39:24","slug":"new-jersey-devils-2026-trade-deadline-report-card-grading-tom-fitzgeralds-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/489753\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Devils 2026 trade deadline report card: Grading Tom Fitzgerald\u2019s moves"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bjugstad<\/p>\n

Nick Bjugstad is one of two players the Devils acquired before the trade deadline. Bruce Bennett \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

March 6, 2026 3:09 pm EST<\/p>\n

The Athletic has live coverage<\/a> of the NHL trade deadline.<\/p>\n

In: Maxim Tsyplakov, Nick Bjugstad
Out: Ond\u0159ej Pal\u00e1t, 2026 third-round pick, 2027 sixth-round pick, Thomas Bordeleau, 2026 fourth-round pick, Luke Glendening (waivers to Philadelphia)
Grade: D+<\/p>\n

The Devils didn\u2019t change much at the deadline. Dougie Hamilton stayed, as did \u0160imon Nemec, who found himself in rumors as the deadline neared. Pal\u00e1t was the biggest subtraction New Jersey made from its lineup, but that happened more than a month ago. The team also lost depth center Luke Glendening to waivers, with the Flyers claiming him on Friday. Fitzgerald also put Maxim Tsyplakov and Evgenii Dadonov on waivers, though both cleared. Given those decisions, the Devils could potentially give some younger players more opportunities down the stretch.<\/p>\n

Fitzgerald added Bjugstad before the Olympic roster freeze. He\u2019s a depth center but doesn\u2019t radically change the way the lineup looks. The Devils essentially acknowledged that they are not a playoff contender this deadline and did not add significant pieces. Perhaps more surprisingly, they also didn\u2019t subtract from the roster. Center Cody Glass, under contract for another season at $2.5 million average annual value, felt like a potential candidate to move given the high prices centers fetched this deadline. But Fitzgerald clearly did not get any offers he felt warranted a trade. \u2014 Peter Baugh<\/p>\n

This story will be updated.<\/p>\n

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Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Bjugstad is one of two players the Devils acquired before the trade deadline. Bruce Bennett \/ Getty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5109],"tags":[201,5,576,151,5185,5184,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-489753","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-hockey","10":"tag-new-jersey","11":"tag-new-jersey-devils","12":"tag-newjersey","13":"tag-newjerseydevils","14":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116184167094523031","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489753","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=489753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}