If the Devils can't rely on Cory Schneider, can Keith Kinkaid save the day again?
New York TimesIt’s a new year, but the story is going to feel unsettlingly familiar for New Jersey Devils fans. Whether due to injury or poor play, the Devils faithful have been forced to watch as their team’s first big gamble in the current rebuild — the $6 million-per-season Cory Schneider — sat out chunks of each of the last two seasons. The team is dying for another playoff run after clinching a spot last year for the first time since 2012, and they can’t afford another early exit. To get a sense of how important Kinkaid will be to the Devils if he starts the season, one need look no further than last year’s Arizona Coyotes for a harrowing reminder of how easily a devastating start in net can play a team out of contention before Halloween. If Kinkaid deals with any kind of injury issue and Schneider misses more significant time, the truly concerning unknown will be the Devils’ No.
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