2016–17 New Jersey Devils season

New Jersey Devils
Industry	Professional ice hockey
Predecessor	Colorado Rockies (NHL)
Founded	June 11, 1974; 52 years ago (as Colorado Rockies)
Headquarters	Newark, New Jersey, United States
Products	Ice hockey team

Adapted from the English Wikipedia article 2016–17 New Jersey Devils season, available under CC BY-SA 4.0Updated 28 November 20251 source

The 2016–17 New Jersey Devils campaign marked the franchise's 43rd year competing in the National Hockey League and its 35th season since the team's relocation from Colorado in 1982. The Devils did not secure a playoff berth for the fifth consecutive season and ended the year at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings, a position they had not occupied since the 1985–86 season.

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Results: 3–5–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Away: 1–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Goalie	Attendance	Record	Summary
1Template:Ref label	September 26	Philadelphia	0–2	New Jersey		Keith Kinkaid	7,415	1–0–0	Recap
2Template:Ref label	September 26	New Jersey	3–2	Montreal		Scott Wedgewood	21,288	2–0–0	Recap
3Template:Ref label	September 28	New Jersey	0–2	Philadelphia		Kinkaid	—	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 29	New Jersey	1–3	NY Rangers		Wedgewood	17,378	2–2–0	Recap
5	October 1	NY Rangers	4–5	New Jersey		Anders Lindbäck	11,104	3–2–0	Recap
6	October 3	New Jersey	3–4	NY Islanders		Cory Schneider	5,978	3–3–0	Recap
7	October 5	NY Islanders	3–2	New Jersey		Schneider	7,714	3–4–0	Recap
8Template:Ref label	October 8	New Jersey	2–4	Florida		—	—	3–5–0	Recap

Notes:
Indicates split-squad games.
Match held at PPL Center, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Game conducted at Tate Rink, West Point, New York.

Regular season

Full Schedule for the 2016–17 Season

October Record: 4 Wins, 2 Losses, and 2 Overtime Losses (Home: 4-0-1; Away: 0-2-1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Goaltender	Attendance	Record	Points	Summary
1	October 13	New Jersey	1–2 OT	Florida	OT	Cory Schneider	17,128	0–0–1	1	Recap
2	October 15	New Jersey	2–3	Tampa Bay		Schneider	19,092	0–1–1	1	Recap
3	October18	Anaheim	1-2	New Jersey		Schneider	16,514	1-1-1	3	Recap
4	October20	New Jersey	1-2	Boston		Schneider	17,565	1-2-1	3	Recap
5	October22	Minnesota	1-2 OT	New Jersey		Schneider	16,514	2-2-1	5	Recap
6	October25	Arizona	3-5	New Jersey		Schneider	12,756	3-2-1	7	Recap
7	October28	Chicago	3-2 OT	New Jersey		Keith Kinkaid	13,882	3-2-2	8	Recap
8	October29	Tampa Bay	1-3	New Jersey		Schneider	13,098	4-2-2	10	Recap

November Performance: Six Wins, Five Defeats, Three Overtime Losses (Home: Three Wins, Zero Losses, One Overtime Loss; Road: Three Wins, Five Losses, Two Overtime Losses)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Goaltender	Attendance	Record	Points	Summary
9	November3	New Jersey	3-4 OT	Florida		Cory Schneider	11,597	4-2-3	11	Recap
10	November5	New Jersey	1-4	Tampa Bay		Schneider	19,092	4-3-3	11	Recap
11	November6	New Jersey	4-1	Carolina		Keith Kinkaid	8,650	5-3-3	13	Recap
12	November8	Carolina	2-3 SO	New Jersey		Schneider	12,179	6-3-3	15	Recap
13	November11	New Jersey	2-1 OT	Buffalo		Kinkaid	18,301	7-3-3	17	Recap
14	November12	Buffalo	4-2	New Jersey		Schneider		16,514		8-3-3	19	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-njd /20...
15	November15	New Jersey	2-1 OT	Dallas		Schneider		18,039		9-3-3	21	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-njd /20...
16	November17	New Jersey	2-3	Anaheim		Schneider		14,954		9-4-3	21	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter /ana-vs-njd /20...
17	November19	New Jersey	2-4	Los Angeles		Schneider		18,230		9-5-3	21	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/lak-vs-njd /20...
18	November21	New Jersey	0-4	San Jose		Schneider		17,286		9-6-3	21	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/njd-vs-sjs /20...
19	November23	Toronto \|4 -5 SO \|New Jersey \| \| \|Schneider \|13,752 \|10 -6 -3 \|23 \|[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/njd-vs-tor /20...

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Media

The 2016–17 season marked the final year for Sherry Ross as the team's radio color analyst, as she was dismissed following the conclusion of the season. In the subsequent year, Chico Resch resumed his role as color commentator on WFAN, partnering with Matt Loughlin.

Player statistics

Season Totals

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Template:Sortname	80	26	27	53	2	46
Template:Sortname	72	20	33	53	−9	32
Template:Sortname	80	14	31	45	−8	33
Template:Sortname	82	20	20	40	−20	38
Template:Sortname	61	10	21	31	−9	21
Template:Sortname	80	3	28	31	−31	58
Template:Sortname^‡	59	13	14	27	−16	35
Template:Sortname	70	8	16	24	−17	19
Template:Sortname	63	12	10	22	−7	39
Template:Sortname	65	8	11	19	−3	20

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Template:Sortname	60	59	3,472:50	20	27	11	163	2.82	1,781	0.908	2	0	0	0
Template:Sortname	26	23	1,476:05	8	13	3	65	2.64	778	0.916	1	0	1	0

^†Indicates player joined Devils after spending time with another team; statistics shown are exclusively from tenure with New Jersey.
^‡Denotes player traded during the season; stats reflect performance with Devils only.
Bold and italics highlight franchise records.

Awards

Regular season accolades
Player	Award	Date received
Template:Sortname	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 27, 2016

Transactions

Throughout the course of the season, the Devils executed numerous significant 2016–17 NHL transactions.

Trades

Date	Template:Center
June 25, 2016	To 2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins season: Detroit Red Wings' third-round selection in 2016 NHL Entry Draft	To New Jersey Devils: Beau Bennett
June 29, 2016	To 2016–17 Edmonton Oilers season: Adam Larsson	To New Jersey Devils: Taylor Hall
November 12, 2016	To 2016–17 Philadelphia Flyers season: Conditional seventh-round pick in 2017 NHL Entry Draft	To New Jersey Devils: Petr Straka
February 4, 2017	To 2016–17 Nashville Predators season: Vernon Fiddler	To New Jersey Devils: Fourth-round pick in 2017 NHL Entry Draft
February 18, 2017	To 2016–17 Toronto Maple Leafs season: Sergei Kalinin	To New Jersey Devils: Viktor Lööv
March 1, 2017	To 2016–17 Columbus Blue Jackets season: Kyle Quincey	To New Jersey Devils: Dalton Prout
March 1, 2017	To 2016–17 Nashville Predators season: P. A. Parenteau	To New Jersey Devils: Sixth-round pick in 2017 NHL Entry Draft
March 1, 2017	To 2016–17 Florida Panthers season: Reece Scarlett	To New Jersey Devils: Shane Harper
March 6, 2017	To 2016–17 Ottawa Senators season: Brandon Gormley	To New Jersey Devils: Future considerations
June 17, 2017	To 2016–17 San Jose Sharks season: Boston Bruins' second-round pick (49th overall) and Nashville Predators' fourth-round pick (123rd overall) in 2017 NHL Entry Draft#Round two and beyond	To New Jersey Devils: Mirco Müller and San Jose Sharks' fifth-round selection (143rd overall) in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft

Free agent signings

Date	Player	Previous club	Contract details (in U.S. dollars)
2016-07-01	Ben Lovejoy	Pittsburgh Penguins	Three years, $8 million
2016-07-01	Andrew MacWilliam	Manitoba Moose	One year, $575,000
2016-07-01	Carter Camper	Hershey Bears	One year, $575,000
2016-07-01	Vernon Fiddler	Dallas Stars	One year, $1.25 million
2016-07-01	Karl Stollery	San Jose Barracuda	One year, $575,000
2016-07-01	Luke Gazdic	Edmonton Oilers	One year, $700,000
2016-07-28	Brandon Gormley	Colorado Avalanche	One year, $650,000
2016-09-28	Kyle Quincey	Detroit Red Wings	One year, $1.25 million
2016-10-03	Colby Sissons	Swift Current Broncos	Three-year entry-level agreement
2017-02-27	Kevin Rooney	Albany Devils	One-year entry-level contract
2017-03-28	Michael Kapla	University of Massachusetts Lowell	Two-year entry-level deal
2017-04-20	Yaroslav Dyblenko	HC Spartak Moscow	Two-year entry-level contract

Departed free agents

Date	Player	Destination team	Contract specifics (in U.S. dollars)
2016-07-01	David Schlemko	San Jose Sharks	Four years, $8.4 million
2016-07-01	Jim O'Brien	Colorado Avalanche	One year, $600,000
2016-07-01	Mike Sislo	Colorado Avalanche	One year, $600,000
2016-07-01	David Warsofsky	Pittsburgh Penguins	One year, $575,000
2016-07-05	Jordin Tootoo	Chicago Blackhawks	One year, $750,000
2016-07-22	Bobby Farnham	Montreal Canadiens	One year, $575,000

Waiver claims acquired

Player	Former team	Acquisition date
P. A. Parenteau	New York Islanders	October 11, 2016
Reid Boucher	Nashville Predators	January 2, 2017
Stefan Noesen	Anaheim Ducks	January 25, 2017

Waiver losses

Player	New team	Date
Reid Boucher	Nashville Predators	December 3, 2016
Reid Boucher	Vancouver Canucks	January 4, 2017

Released players

Date	Player	Method	Reference

Retirements

Date	Player	Reference
March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31)	Patrik Elias	^[1]

Player acquisitions

Date	Athlete	Contract details (amount in U.S. dollars)	Reference
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Devante Smith-Pelly	Two-year agreement worth $2.6 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jon Merrill	Contract for two years totaling $2.275 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Beau Bennett	One-year deal valued at $725,000
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Jacob Josefson	One-year contract with a $1.1 million salary
July 6, 2016 (2016-07-06)	Sergey Kalinin	One-year contract worth $800,000
July 7, 2016 (2016-07-07)	Kyle Palmieri	Five-year contract totaling $23.25 million
July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)	Reece Scarlett	One-year deal with $600,000 compensation
August 10, 2016 (2016-08-10)	Reid Boucher	One-year agreement valued at $715,000
September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)	Blake Speers	Entry-level contract for three years, $2.775 million total
September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)	Colton White	Three-year entry-level contract worth $2.775 million
October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)	Michael McLeod	Entry-level contract spanning three years, valued at $4.275 million
October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)	Nathan Bastian	Three-year entry-level deal amounting to $2.775 million
November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11)	Brandon Gignac	Three-year entry-level contract totaling $2.775 million
May 9, 2017 (2017-05-09)	Viktor Lööv	One-year two-way contract with a salary of $650,000
May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12)	Jesper Bratt	Entry-level contract for three years

Draft selections

Presented here are the New Jersey Devils' choices during the 2016 NHL entry draft, conducted on June 24–25, 2016, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12¹	Michael McLeod	C	Canada	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
2	41	Nathan Bastian	RW	Canada	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
3	73²	Joey Anderson	RW	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
3	80³	Brandon Gignac	C	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
4	102	Mikhail Maltsev	LW	Template:Country data RUS Template:Namespace detect showall Russia	Russia U18 (MHL)
4	105⁴	Evan Cormier	G	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
5	132	Yegor Rykov	D	Template:Country data RUS Template:Namespace detect showall Russia	SKA-1946 (MHL)
6	162	Jesper Bratt	LW/RW	Template:Country data SWE Template:Namespace detect showall Sweden	AIK IF (Swe-2)
7	192	Jeremy Davies	D	Canada	Bloomington Thunder (USHL)

Notes

The Devils obtained this first-round selection from the Ottawa Senators through a trade on June 24, 2016, which involved sending the 11th overall pick to Ottawa in return for this pick and the Islanders' third-round selection (80th overall).
This third-round pick originally belonged to the Senators and was acquired via a June 27, 2015 transaction that exchanged a second-round pick in 2015 for Dallas' second-round pick and this conditional choice, which was elevated to a third-rounder in 2016.
The Islanders' third-round pick was secured through the June 24, 2016 trade that sent the first-round pick (11th overall) to Ottawa.
Ottawa had previously gained this pick by trading Shane Prince and a seventh-rounder to New York; the specific conditions determining which pick would be transferred were resolved when Vancouver failed to qualify for the playoffs.
The Bruins' fourth-round selection was received on February 29, 2016, as part of a deal sending Lee Stempniak along with a second-round pick in the 2017 draft.

↑ Caldwell, Dave (March 31, 2017). "Patrik Elias, Cornerstone of the Devils' Championship Era, Is Retiring". The New York Times. Retrieved May 9, 2017.

[1] Caldwell, Dave (March 31, 2017). "Patrik Elias, Cornerstone of the Devils' Championship Era, Is Retiring". The New York Times. Retrieved May 9, 2017.

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