2016–17 New Jersey Devils season

2016–17 New Jersey Devils
2016–17 New Jersey Devils
Division	8th Metropolitan
Conference	16th Eastern
2016–17 record	28–40–14
Home record	16–17–8
Road record	12–23–6
Goals for	183
Goals against	244
Team information
General manager	Ray Shero
Coach	John Hynes
Captain	Andy Greene
Alternate captains	Michael Cammalleri; Adam Henrique; Travis Zajac
Arena	Prudential Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Albany Devils (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Kyle Palmieri (26)
Assists	Taylor Hall (33)
Points	Taylor Hall; Kyle Palmieri (53)
Penalty minutes	Miles Wood (86)
Plus/minus	Stefan Noesen (+4)
Wins	Cory Schneider (20)
Goals against average	Keith Kinkaid (2.64)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 New Jersey Devils season was the 43rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 35th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[1] New Jersey did not make the postseason for the fifth consecutive year. Also, this is the first time since the 1985-86 season that the Devils finished last in the conference.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	55	19	8	53	263	182	+81	118
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	50	21	11	46	282	234	+48	111
3	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	50	24	8	47	249	195	+54	108
4	x – New York Rangers	82	48	28	6	45	256	220	+36	102
5	New York Islanders	82	41	29	12	39	241	242	−1	94
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	39	33	10	32	219	236	−17	88
7	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	31	15	33	215	236	−21	87
8	New Jersey Devils	82	28	40	14	25	183	244	−61	70

Source: National Hockey League^[2]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Conference standings

Template:2016–17 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–5–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[A]	September 26	Philadelphia	0–2	New Jersey		Kinkaid	7,415	1–0–0	Recap
2^[A]	September 26	New Jersey	3–2	Montreal		Wedgewood	21,288	2–0–0	Recap
3^[a]	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		Lindback	11,104	3–2–0	Recap
6	October 3	New Jersey	3–4	NY Islanders		Schneider	5,978	3–3–0	Recap
7	October 5	NY Islanders	3–2	New Jersey		Schneider	7,714	3–4–0	Recap
8^[b]	October 8	New Jersey	2–4	Florida		—	—	3–5–0	Recap
Notes: ^A indicates split-squad. ^a Game will be played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. ^b Game will be played at Tate Rink in West Point, New York.

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log

October: 4–2–2 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 0–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 13	New Jersey	1–2	Florida	OT	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	October 18	Anaheim	1–2	New Jersey		Schneider	16,514	1–1–1	3	Recap
4	October 20	New Jersey	1–2	Boston		Schneider	17,565	1–2–1	3	Recap
5	October 22	Minnesota	1–2	New Jersey	OT	Schneider	16,514	2–2–1	5	Recap
6	October 25	Arizona	3–5	New Jersey		Schneider	12,756	3–2–1	7	Recap
7	October 28	Chicago	3–2	New Jersey	OT	Kinkaid	13,882	3–2–2	8	Recap
8	October 29	Tampa Bay	1–3	New Jersey		Schneider	13,098	4–2–2	10	Recap

November: 6–5–3 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–5–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
9	November 3	New Jersey	3–4	Florida	OT	Schneider	11,597	4–2–3	11	Recap
10	November 5	New Jersey	1–4	Tampa Bay		Schneider	19,092	4–3–3	11	Recap
11	November 6	New Jersey	4–1	Carolina		Kinkaid	8,650	5–3–3	13	Recap
12	November 8	Carolina	2–3	New Jersey	SO	Schneider	12,179	6–3–3	15	Recap
13	November 11	New Jersey	2–1	Buffalo	OT	Kinkaid	18,301	7–3–3	17	Recap
14	November 12	Buffalo	2–4	New Jersey		Schneider	16,514	8–3–3	19	Recap
15	November 15	New Jersey	2–1	Dallas	OT	Schneider	18,039	9–3–3	21	Recap
16	November 17	New Jersey	2–3	Anaheim		Schneider	14,954	9–4–3	21	Recap
17	November 19	New Jersey	2–4	Los Angeles		Schneider	18,230	9–5–3	21	Recap
18	November 21	New Jersey	0–4	San Jose		Schneider	17,286	9–6–3	21	Recap
19	November 23	Toronto	4–5	New Jersey	SO	Schneider	13,752	10–6–3	23	Recap
20	November 25	Detroit	5–4	New Jersey	OT	Schneider	15,612	10–6–4	24	Recap
21	November 26	New Jersey	3–4	Pittsburgh	SO	Kinkaid	18,615	10–6–5	25	Recap
22	November 29	New Jersey	2–3	Winnipeg		Schneider	15,294	10–7–5	25	Recap

December: 4–9–2 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 2–5–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
23	December 1	New Jersey	3–4	Chicago	OT	Schneider	21,351	10–7–6	26	Recap
24	December 3	New Jersey	5–4	Nashville	OT	Kinkaid	17,113	11–7–6	28	Recap
25	December 6	Vancouver	2–3	New Jersey		Schneider	13,126	12–7–6	30	Recap
26	December 8	New Jersey	2–5	Montreal		Schneider	21,288	12–8–6	30	Recap
27	December 9	St. Louis	4–1	New Jersey		Kinkaid	16,514	12–9–6	30	Recap
28	December 11	New Jersey	0–5	NY Rangers		Schneider	18,006	12–10–6	30	Recap
29	December 15	New Jersey	2–5	St. Louis		Schneider	18,347	12–11–6	30	Recap
30	December 17	New Jersey	1–3	Ottawa		Kinkaid	15,111	12–12–6	30	Recap
31	December 18	New Jersey	2–3	NY Rangers	SO	Schneider	18,006	12–12–7	31	Recap
32	December 20	Nashville	5–1	New Jersey		Schneider	13,744	12–13–7	31	Recap
33	December 22	Philadelphia	0–4	New Jersey		Schneider	16,514	13–13–7	33	Recap
34	December 23	New Jersey	1–4	Pittsburgh		Schneider	18,625	13–14–7	33	Recap
35	December 27	Pittsburgh	5–2	New Jersey		Schneider	16,514	13–15–7	33	Recap
36	December 29	New Jersey	2–1	Washington	SO	Kinkaid	18,506	14–15–7	35	Recap
37	December 31	Washington	6–2	New Jersey		Kinkaid	16,514	14–16–7	35	Recap

January: 7–5–2 (Home: 1–5–1 ; Road: 6–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
38	January 2	Boston	0–3	New Jersey		Schneider	15,141	15–16–7	37	Recap
39	January 3	New Jersey	3–1	Carolina		Schneider	8,998	16–16–7	39	Recap
40	January 6	Toronto	4–2	New Jersey		Schneider	15,233	16–17–7	39	Recap
41	January 7	Edmonton	2–1	New Jersey	OT	Schneider	14,734	16–17–8	40	Recap
42	January 9	Florida	3–0	New Jersey		Schneider	12,834	16–18–8	40	Recap
43	January 12	New Jersey	2–3	Edmonton	OT	Schneider	18,347	16–18–9	41	Recap
44	January 13	New Jersey	2–1	Calgary		Kinkaid	19,190	17–18–9	43	Recap
45	January 15	New Jersey	2–1	Vancouver	OT	Schneider	18,865	18–18–9	45	Recap
46	January 17	New Jersey	4–3	Minnesota		Schneider	19,051	19–18–9	47	Recap
47	January 20	Montreal	3–1	New Jersey		Kinkaid	15,345	19–19–9	47	Recap
48	January 21	New Jersey	4–1	Philadelphia		Kinkaid	19,932	20–19–9	49	Recap
49	January 24	Los Angeles	3–1	New Jersey		Schneider	13,412	20–20–9	49	Recap
50	January 26	Washington	5–2	New Jersey		Kinkaid	13,428	20–21–9	49	Recap
January 27–29		All-Star Break in Los Angeles
51	January 31	New Jersey	4–3	Detroit		Schneider	20,027	21–21–9	51	Recap

February: 4–4–3 (Home: 3–3–3 ; Road: 1–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
52	February 3	Calgary	4–3	New Jersey	OT	Schneider	14,716	21–21–10	52	Recap
53	February 4	New Jersey	5–1	Columbus		Schneider	18,566	22–21–10	54	Recap
54	February 6	Buffalo	1–2	New Jersey		Schneider	12,105	23–21–10	56	Recap
55	February 12	San Jose	4–1	New Jersey		Schneider	16,514	23–22–10	56	Recap
56	February 14	Colorado	2–3	New Jersey		Schneider	12,462	24–22–10	58	Recap
57	February 16	Ottawa	3–0	New Jersey		Schneider	13,908	24–23–10	58	Recap
58	February 18	NY Islanders	2–3	New Jersey		Schneider	16,514	25–23–10	60	Recap
59	February 19	New Jersey	4–6	NY Islanders		Kinkaid	15,795	25–24–10	60	Recap
60	February 21	Ottawa	2–1	New Jersey		Schneider	12,343	25–25–10	60	Recap
61	February 25	NY Rangers	4–3	New Jersey	OT	Schneider	16,514	25–25–11	61	Recap
62	February 27	Montreal	4–3	New Jersey	OT	Schneider	13,270	25–25–12	62	Recap

March: 2–11–2 (Home: 2–3–2 ; Road: 0–8–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 2	New Jersey	0–1	Washington		Schneider	18,506	25–26–12	62	Recap
64	March 4	New Jersey	2–3	Boston		Schneider	17,565	25–27–12	62	Recap
65	March 5	Columbus	3–0	New Jersey		Schneider	14,054	25–28–12	62	Recap
66	March 7	New Jersey	0–2	Columbus		Kinkaid	15,947	25–29–12	62	Recap
67	March 9	New Jersey	2–3	Colorado		Schneider	11,886	25–30–12	62	Recap
68	March 11	New Jersey	4–5	Arizona		Kinkaid	11,223	25–31–12	62	Recap
—	March 14	Winnipeg	—	New Jersey	Postponed due to the effects of the March 2017 nor'easter, rescheduled to March 28
69	March 16	Philadelphia	2–6	New Jersey		Kinkaid	13,718	26–31–12	64	Recap
70	March 17	New Jersey	4–6	Pittsburgh		Kinkaid	18,651	26–32–12	64	Recap
71	March 19	Columbus	4–1	New Jersey		Schneider	14,254	26–33–12	64	Recap
72	March 21	NY Rangers	2–3	New Jersey	OT	Schneider	16,514	27–33–12	66	Recap
73	March 23	New Jersey	2–4	Toronto		Kinkaid	19,142	27–34–12	66	Recap
74	March 25	Carolina	3–1	New Jersey		Schneider	15,088	27–35–12	66	Recap
75	March 26	Dallas	2–1	New Jersey	OT	Kinkaid	14,711	27–35–13	67	Recap
76	March 28	Winnipeg	4–3	New Jersey	SO	Schneider	12,315	27–35–14	68	Recap
77	March 31	New Jersey	1–2	NY Islanders		Kinkaid	13,766	27–36–14	68	Recap

April: 1–4–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 1	New Jersey	0–3	Philadelphia		Schneider	19,911	27–37–14	68	Recap
79	April 4	Philadelphia	0–1	New Jersey	OT	Kinkaid	13,861	28–37–14	70	Recap
80	April 6	Pittsburgh	7–4	New Jersey		Schneider	14,012	28–38–14	70	Recap
81	April 8	NY Islanders	4–2	New Jersey		Kinkaid	16,514	28–39–14	70	Recap
82	April 9	New Jersey	1–4	Detroit		Schneider	20,027	28–40–14	70	Recap

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Media

This was Sherry Ross's final season as a radio color commentator as she was let go at the end of the season. The next season, Chico Resch would return as color commentator on WFAN with Matt Loughlin.

Player statistics

Final Stats^[3]

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Taylor Hall	72	20	33	53	−9	32
Kyle Palmieri	80	26	27	53	2	46
Travis Zajac	80	14	31	45	−8	33
Adam Henrique	82	20	20	40	−20	38
Michael Cammalleri	61	10	21	31	−9	21
P. A. Parenteau^‡	59	13	14	27	−17	35
Damon Severson	80	3	28	31	−31	58
Pavel Zacha	70	8	16	24	−17	19
Miles Wood	60	8	9	17	−21	86
John Moore	63	12	10	22	−7	39
Kyle Quincey^‡	53	4	8	12	3	39
Andy Greene	66	4	9	13	−16	8
Beau Bennett	65	8	11	19	−3	20
Devante Smith-Pelly	53	4	5	9	−19	12
Jacob Josefson	38	1	9	10	–1	16
Nick Lappin	43	4	3	7	−17	17
Steven Santini	38	2	5	7	−6	14
Ben Lovejoy	82	1	6	7	−7	39
Jon Merrill	51	1	5	6	−9	24
Stefan Noesen^†	32	6	2	8	4	22
Yohann Auvitu	25	2	2	4	1	2
Sergey Kalinin^‡	43	2	2	4	−14	15
Joseph Blandisi	27	3	6	9	−10	26
Karl Stollery	11	0	3	3	−5	13
Vernon Fiddler^‡	39	1	2	3	−11	29
Reid Boucher^‡	9	0	2	2	0	2
Seth Helgeson	9	1	0	1	2	15
Blake Coleman	23	1	1	2	−7	27
Luke Gazdic	11	0	0	0	−2	12
John Quenneville	12	1	3	4	1	2
Blake Pietila	10	0	1	1	−5	4
Blake Speers	3	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[3]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Cory Schneider	48	47	2787	19	18	10	124	2.67	1429	0.913	2	0	0	0
Keith Kinkaid	17	15	962	6	7	2	45	2.81	518	0.913	0	0	1	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Devils. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated May 17, 2024^[4]^[5]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
34	Jake Allen	G	L	33	2024	Fredericton, New Brunswick
88	Kevin Bahl	D	L	23	2019	New Westminster, British Columbia
14	Nathan Bastian	RW	R	26	2021	Kitchener, Ontario
63	Jesper Bratt	LW	L	25	2017	Stockholm, Sweden
95	Graeme Clarke (RFA)	RW	R	23	2019	Waconia, Minnesota
45	Kyle Criscuolo (UFA)	C	R	32	2023	Southampton, New Jersey
50	Nico Daws (RFA)	G	L	22	2020	Munich, Germany
57	Nick DeSimone (UFA)	D	R	29	2024	East Amherst, New York
52	Cal Foote (RFA)	D	R	25	2023	Englewood, Colorado
25	Nolan Foote (RFA)	LW	L	23	2020	Englewood, Colorado
48	Brian Halonen	LW	R	25	2022	Delano, Minnesota
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	R	30	2021	Toronto, Ontario
82	Santeri Hatakka (RFA)	D	L	23	2023	Riihimäki, Finland
56	Erik Haula	LW	L	33	2022	Pori, Finland
13	Nico Hischier (C)	C	L	25	2017	Brig, Switzerland
10	Alexander Holtz	F	L	21	2020	Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden
86	Jack Hughes (A)	C	L	23	2019	Orlando, Florida
43	Luke Hughes	D	L	20	2021	Manchester, New Hampshire
31	Kaapo Kahkonen (UFA)	G	L	27	2024	Helsinki, Finland
1	Keith Kinkaid (UFA)	G	L	34	2023	Farmingville, New York
79	Samuel Laberge	LW	L	27	2023	Châteauguay, Quebec
42	Curtis Lazar	C	R	29	2023	Salmon Arm, British Columbia
–	Nathan Legare	RW	R	23	2024	Montreal, Quebec
23	Kurtis MacDermid	D	L	30	2024	Quebec City, Quebec
6	John Marino	D	R	27	2022	Easton, Massachusetts
20	Michael McLeod (UFA)	C	R	26	2016	Mississauga, Ontario
28	Timo Meier	LW	L	27	2023	Herisau, Switzerland
91	Dawson Mercer (RFA)	C	R	22	2020	Bay Roberts, Newfoundland
17	Simon Nemec	D	R	20	2022	Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
92	Tomas Nosek (UFA)	C	L	31	2023	Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
18	Ondrej Palat (A)	LW	L	33	2022	Frýdek-Místek, Czechoslovakia
40	Akira Schmid (RFA)	G	L	24	2018	Bern, Switzerland
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	L	27	2021	Zürich, Switzerland
2	Brendan Smith (UFA)	D	L	35	2022	Etobicoke, Ontario
11	Chris Tierney (UFA)	C	L	29	2023	Keswick, Ontario
81	Michael Vukojevic (RFA)	D	L	22	2019	Oakville, Ontario
46	Max Willman	C	L	29	2023	Barnstable, Massachusetts
33	Tyler Wotherspoon (UFA)	D	L	31	2022	Burnaby, British Columbia

Transactions

The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	To Pittsburgh Penguins DET's 3rd-round pick in 2016	To New Jersey Devils Beau Bennett	^[6]
June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29)	To Edmonton Oilers Adam Larsson	To New Jersey Devils Taylor Hall	^[7]
November 12, 2016 (2016-11-12)	To Philadelphia Flyers Conditional 7th-round pick in 2017	To New Jersey Devils Petr Straka	^[8]
February 4, 2017 (2017-02-04)	To Nashville Predators Vernon Fiddler	To New Jersey Devils 4th-round pick in 2017	^[9]
February 18, 2017 (2017-02-18)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Sergei Kalinin	To New Jersey Devils Viktor Loov	^[10]
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Kyle Quincey	To New Jersey Devils Dalton Prout	^[11]
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)	To Nashville Predators P. A. Parenteau	To New Jersey Devils 6th-round pick in 2017	^[12]
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)	To Florida Panthers Reece Scarlett	To New Jersey Devils Shane Harper	^[13]
March 6, 2017 (2017-03-06)	To Ottawa Senators Brandon Gormley	To New Jersey Devils Future considerations	^[14]
June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17)	To San Jose Sharks BOS's 2nd-round pick (49th overall) in 2017 NSH's 4th-round pick (123th overall) in 2017	To New Jersey Devils Mirco Mueller SJS's 5th-round pick (143rd overall) in 2017	^[15]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Ben Lovejoy	Pittsburgh Penguins	3-year, $8 million	^[16]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Andrew MacWilliam	Manitoba Moose	1-year, $575,000	^[17]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Carter Camper	Hershey Bears	1-year, $575,000	^[18]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Vernon Fiddler	Dallas Stars	1-year, $1.25 million	^[19]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Karl Stollery	San Jose Barracuda	1-year, $575,000	^[20]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Luke Gazdic	Edmonton Oilers	1-year, $700,000	^[21]
July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28)	Brandon Gormley	Colorado Avalanche	1-year, $650,000	^[22]
September 28, 2016 (2016-09-28)	Kyle Quincey	Detroit Red Wings	1-year, $1.25 million	^[23]
October 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)	Colby Sissons	Swift Current Broncos	3-year, entry-level contract	^[24]
February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)	Kevin Rooney	Albany Devils	1-year, entry-level contract	^[25]
March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)	Michael Kapla	University of Massachusetts Lowell	2-year, entry-level contract	^[26]
April 20, 2017 (2017-04-20)	Yaroslav Dyblenko	HC Spartak Moscow	2-year, entry-level contract	^[27]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	David Schlemko	San Jose Sharks	4-year, $8.4 million	^[28]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jim O'Brien	Colorado Avalanche	1-year, $600,000	^[29]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Mike Sislo	Colorado Avalanche	1-year, $600,000	^[29]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	David Warsofsky	Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year, $575,000	^[30]
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Jordin Tootoo	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year, $750,000	^[31]
July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22)	Bobby Farnham	Montreal Canadiens	1-year, $575,000	^[32]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
P. A. Parenteau	New York Islanders	October 11, 2016	^[33]
Reid Boucher	Nashville Predators	January 2, 2017	^[34]
Stefan Noesen	Anaheim Ducks	January 25, 2017	^[35]

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref
Reid Boucher	Nashville Predators	December 3, 2016	^[36]
Reid Boucher	Vancouver Canucks	January 4, 2017	^[37]

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref
March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31)	Patrik Elias	^[38]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Devante Smith-Pelly	2-year, $2.6 million	^[39]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jon Merrill	2-year, $2.275 million	^[40]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Beau Bennett	1-year, $725,000	^[41]
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Jacob Josefson	1-year, $1.1 million	^[42]
July 6, 2016 (2016-07-06)	Sergey Kalinin	1-year, $800,000	^[43]
July 7, 2016 (2016-07-07)	Kyle Palmieri	5-year, $23.25 million	^[44]
July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)	Reece Scarlett	1-year, $600,000	^[45]
August 10, 2016 (2016-08-10)	Reid Boucher	1-year, $715,000	^[46]
September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)	Blake Speers	3-year, $2.775 entry-level contract	^[47]
September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)	Colton White	3-year, $2.775 entry-level contract	^[47]
October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)	Michael McLeod	3-year, $4.275 entry-level contract	^[48]
October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)	Nathan Bastian	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[49]
November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11)	Brandon Gignac	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[50]
May 9, 2017 (2017-05-09)	Viktor Loov	1-year, 2-way contract, $650,000	^[51]
May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12)	Jesper Bratt	3-year, entry-level contract	^[52]

Draft picks

Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Pos	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	Joseph Anderson	RW	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
3	80³	Brandon Gignac	C	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
4	102	Mikhail Maltsev	LW	Russia	Russia U18 (MHL)
4	105⁴	Evan Cormier	G	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
5	132	Yegor Rykov	D	Russia	SKA-1946 (MHL)
6	162	Jesper Bratt	LW/RW	Sweden	AIK IF (Swe-2)
7	192	Jeremy Davies	D	Canada	Bloomington Thunder (USHL)

Notes

The Ottawa Senators' first-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick (11th overall) to Ottawa in exchange for the Islanders' third-round pick in 2016 (80th overall) and this pick.^[53]
The Ottawa Senators' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a second-round pick in 2015 to Ottawa in exchange for Dallas' second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – New Jersey will receive a fourth-round pick in 2015 or a third-round pick in 2016 at their choice – was converted when New Jersey did not take the 109th pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.^[54]
The New York Islanders' third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick in 2016 (11th overall) to Ottawa in exchange for a first-round pick in 2016 (12th overall) and this pick.^[53]
Ottawa previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent Shane Prince and a seventh-round pick in 2016 to New York in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[55] The condition – Ottawa will receive the lower of New York or Vancouver's third-round pick in 2016^[56] – was converted on March 25, 2016 when the Canucks were eliminated from playoff contention ensuring that they would finish behind the Islanders in the overall league standings.
The Boston Bruins' fourth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent Lee Stempniak to Boston in exchange for a second-round pick in 2017 and this pick.^[57]

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[2] "2016-2017 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com.

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[4] "New Jersey Devils Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved May 17, 2024.

[5] "New Jersey Devils Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved May 17, 2024.

[bennett_trade-6] "Devils acquire Bennett from Pittsburgh". NHL. June 25, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.

[7] "Devils acquire Taylor Hall from Edmonton". NHL. June 29, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.

[larsson_trade-8] "Flyers acquire conditional 7th round pick from Devils". NHL. November 12, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[9] "Predators Acquire Vernon Fiddler from Devils". NHL.com. Nashville Predators. February 4, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.

[10] "Maple Leafs acquire Sergey Kalinin from Devils for Viktor Loov". Sportsnet. February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[11] "Devils acquire defenseman Dalton Prout from Columbus". New Jersey Devils. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

[12] "Devils acquire 6th Rd pick in exchange for Parenteau". New Jersey Devils. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

[13] "Devils acquire forward Shane Harper from Florida". New Jersey Devils. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

[14] "Senators acquire defenceman Brandon Gormley from Devils". Sportsnet. March 6, 2017.

[MuellerTrade-15] "Devils acquire D Mirco Mueller and pick No. 143 from San Jose". NHL.com. June 17, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.

[16] "DEVILS SIGN DEFENSEMAN BEN LOVEJOY TO THREE-YEAR CONTRACT". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[17] "DEFENSEMAN ANDREW MACWILLIAM SIGNS ONE-YEAR CONTRACT". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[18] "DEVILS SIGN RW CARTER CAMPER TO ONE-YEAR DEAL". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[19] "FIDDLER SIGNS ONE-YEAR DEAL WITH DEVILS". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[20] "DEVILS SIGN DEFENSEMAN KARL STOLLERY TO ONE-YEAR CONTRACT". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[21] "GAZDIC INKS ONE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH DEVILS". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[22] "DEVILS SIGN DEFENSEMAN BRANDON GORMLEY TO A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT". nhl.com. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[23] "Devils Agree To Terms With D Kyle Quincey". nhl.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016.

[24] "Devils Sign D Colby Sissons". nhl.com. Retrieved October 5, 2016.

[25] "Devils Sign F Kevin Rooney to One-Year Contract". nhl.com. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

[26] "Devils Sign Michael Kapla to Entry-Level Deal". nhl.com. Retrieved March 30, 2017.

[27] "Devils Sign D Yaroslav Dyblenko to entry-level deal". NHL.com. April 20, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.

[28] "Sharks Sign Defenseman David Schlemko". Sharks.nhl.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.

[Avalanche-29] "Avalanche Signs Fedor Tyutin". Avalanche.nhl.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.

[30] "Penguins Sign Defenseman David Warsofsky". Avalanche.nhl.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.

[31] "Blackhawks agree to terms with forward Jordin Tootoo". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[32] "One-year, two-way contract for Bobby Farnham". Canadiens.com. Retrieved July 22, 2016.

[33] "Devils claim Parenteau off waivers". NHL.com. October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.

[34] Gross, Andrew (January 2, 2017). "Boucher returns, Auvitu sent down, Hall to play". North Jersey. Retrieved January 3, 2017.

[35] Ryan, Chris (January 25, 2017). "187 shares Devils claim RW Stefan Noesen off waivers from Anaheim Ducks". NJ.com. Retrieved January 26, 2017.

[36] Ryan, Chris (December 3, 2016). "Devils' Reid Boucher claimed by Predators on waivers". The Star-Ledger. Nashville, Tennessee: Advance Publications. Retrieved December 3, 2016.

[37] Ryan, Chris (January 4, 2017). "Canucks claim Reid Boucher". NHL.com. Retrieved January 4, 2017.

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

[39] "SMITH-PELLY INKS TWO-YEAR DEAL WITH DEVILS". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[40] "DEVILS RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN JON MERRILL TO A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[41] "DEVILS RE-SIGN FORWARD BEAU BENNETT TO A ONE-YEAR DEAL". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[42] "DEVILS RE-SIGN C JACOB JOSEFSON TO A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[43] "KALININ RE-SIGNED TO ONE-YEAR DEAL". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[44] "DEVILS RE-SIGN KYLE PALMIERI TO A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT". nhl.com. Retrieved July 11, 2016.

[45] "DEVILS RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN REECE SCARLETT TO ONE-YEAR CONTRACT". nhl.com. Retrieved July 11, 2016.

[46] "DEVILS SIGN LW REID BOUCHER TO ONE-YEAR DEAL". nhl.com. Retrieved August 15, 2016.

[SpeersWhite-47] "Devils Sign Prospects Blake Speers, Colton White". nhl.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.

[48] "Devils sign 2016 first-round pick Michael McLeod". nhl.com. Retrieved October 17, 2016.

[49] "Devils sign forward Nathan Bastian". nhl.com. Retrieved May 29, 2017.

[50] "Devils Sign Forward Brandon Gignac". njdevilspr.com. Retrieved May 29, 2017.

[51] "Devils Re-Sign Defenseman Viktor Loov". NHL.com. May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.

[52] Born, Brian (May 12, 2017). "Devils Sign Jesper Bratt to Entry-Level Contract". NHL.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017.

[OttDevil-53] "Senators select C Brown with 11th pick". June 24, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.

[2015Day2trades-54] "Trades completed during 2015 NHL Draft weekend". June 27, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2015.

[NewPrince-55] "Senators trade F Prince to Islanders". February 29, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.

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