Less than three months after Jack Hughes officially became a member of the New Jersey Devils, he put on the NJ crest and played an opponent that wasn’t a Devils prospect. The Devils had a rough start against the Buffalo Sabres in this year’s Prospect Challenge, but they were able to make it a respectable 6-4 loss.
Again, we told you it was a rough start, but despite the start Hughes looked great. His passing was already on an elite level, and he was able to find the open man on almost every pass. The problem was his linemates, Jepser Boqvist and Nathan Bastian for most of the game, had trouble finishing in the first period.