from Chris Ryan of NJ.com,
It was Zajac’s overtime goal, after all, that gave the Devils a season-ending win over the Florida Panthers, keeping them in 29th place in the NHL standings with the third-best odds in the draft lottery.
A loss would have dropped them to 30th. Without that win, the Devils wouldn’t have been celebrating an even larger victory on Tuesday night.
The precise bounce of four lottery balls on Tuesday night in Toronto that moved the Devils to the top spot in June’s NHL Draft, giving the team its second No. 1 overall pick in three years.
More than two months still stand between the Devils and their official selection on June 21 in Vancouver, but Tuesday marked a pivotal moment in the direction of the franchise. Now that they’re officially on the clock, here’s what adding Jack Hughes or Kaapo Kakko would mean to the team.
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