{"id":450813,"date":"2024-09-12T13:33:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T17:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=450813"},"modified":"2024-09-12T13:37:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T17:37:19","slug":"new-jersey-devils-youngster-will-miss-start-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/09\/12\/new-jersey-devils-youngster-will-miss-start-of-season\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Devils Youngster Will Miss Start of Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Jersey Devils have some disappointing news to announce today as they will be without their young, stud defender. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hughelu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-12_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luke Hughes<\/a> has a shoulder injury and the anticipated timeline for his recovery will be between six and eight weeks. Given the expected amount of time to heal, it seems all but guaranteed he will miss the season opener. At the very least, he will miss the bulk of training camp.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NEWS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NEWS<\/a>: The New Jersey Devils announced today that defenseman Luke Hughes suffered a left shoulder injury earlier this month during off-season training. Upon examination by New Jersey\u2019s medical staff, it was determined that he will not require surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes\u2019 recovery time is\u2026 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i5OJlnxG2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/i5OJlnxG2Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJDevils\/status\/1834275999757877718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Luke Hughes Shoulder Injury Will See Him Miss 6-8 Weeks<\/h3>\n<p>Hughes sustained the injury in early September while doing off-season training. Fortunately, it has been determined that he will not require surgery. Hence, the given estimated recovery time.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Hughes comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/08\/05\/the-hughes-brothers-nhl-impact\/\" target=\"_self\">one of hockey&#8217;s newest royal families<\/a>. Along with his two brothers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hughequ01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-12_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quinn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=hugheja03,hugheja02&amp;search=Jack+Hughes&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-12_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Hughes<\/a>, the trio of Hughes brothers are steadily moving up the list of best NHL families of all-time. Quinn, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/canucks\/\" target=\"_self\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a>, parlayed a 92-point campaign last year into the first <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/norris-trophy-favorites-2024-25-season-roundtable\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Norris Trophy<\/a> of his career for league&#8217;s best defenceman. Jack, who is Luke&#8217;s Devil teammate, is already an established superstar centre in the NHL. His career-high 99 points in 78 games in 2022-23 is evidence of that fact. Meanwhile, Luke is looking to carve out a name for himself.<\/p>\n<h3>What Does This Mean for Hughes and the Devils<\/h3>\n<p>This injury for Luke Hughes is a setback. Last year, he finished third in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/04\/19\/calder-memorial-trophy-2023-24-award-nominees\/\" target=\"_self\">Calder Trophy<\/a> voting. He could&#8217;ve won on a normal year, that didn&#8217;t include great rookies by the names of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bedarco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-12_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor Bedard<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/faberbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-12_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock Faber<\/a>. Luke Hughes had nine goals and 38 assists for 47 points to earn his third place finish. Furthermore, last year, aided by the extra availability due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hamildo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-12_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dougie Hamilton<\/a> absence, he spent a lot of time on the Devils power play. This greatly boosted his development. The Devils were extremely hopeful he would carry that momentum into 2024-25. However, this will be a setback, and make his conditioning heading into the season difficult. This makes the off-season <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/06\/30\/montreal-canadiens-johnathan-kovacevic-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">acquisitions<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kovacjo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-12_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnathan Kovacevic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pescebr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-12_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brett Pesce<\/a> all the more crucial. So, the Devils do have the depth to step up in Hughes&#8217; absence, however, given his high-end offensive abilities, they can&#8217;t wait for him to come back healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Jersey Devils have some disappointing news to announce today as they will be without their young, stud defender. Luke Hughes has a shoulder injury and the anticipated timeline for his recovery will be between six and eight weeks. Given the expected amount of time to heal, it seems all but guaranteed he will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4222,"featured_media":139517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4547,34,4548],"tags":[3503,5491,5857],"class_list":["post-450813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devils","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-jack-hughes","tag-luke-hughes","tag-new-jersey-devils-news"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}