The New Jersey Devils and Luke Hughes need to find common ground for today and into the future

James Murphy of RG.org: New Jersey Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald said that they’ll continue to talk with the RFA defenseman Luke Hughes and present different contract ideas.

“Eventually, this will get done. The 11th hour is training camp. Right? A lot of times, a lot of the stuff doesn’t get done until the 11th hour. We’re hoping we can get something done here in quick fashion, and both sides are working hard at it; that’s for sure.”

Fitzgerald adds that Dawson Mercer and Jeremy Swayman (with the Bruins) missing part/all of training camp, does weigh on their minds a bit. He does acknowledge that it’s really the only type of leverage those players have. Yes, the salary cap is going to rising over th

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