These Are The Days
Oh no! We suck again!!
Bruce Boudreau
This needs to be the correct answer here.
If the Devils don't make the playoffs then fine f*** it. But under Boudreau's winning direction they might convince Taylor Hall to stick around and from that point on I'd say they're a wild card team. You buy another year for Hughes to bloom (and he will people relax... didn't it take McDavid like 6 friggin games to even score his first goal?) and a stacked front end with Subban at the back.
Just figure out the situation in net and they'll be fine with Boudreau as coach. I don't know if they're gonna win a Cup right away but Shero is one of the most underrated GM's in the league and that guy will get the pieces the Devils need to win. Right now they just don't have a coach worth a shit. Get Boudreau on board and pray Hall stays and that team has a shot.
Meanwhile if I'm Shero I'd phone the Panthers and ask what they want for Spencer Knight because God knows he's not gonna get a sniff until Bobrovsky sees his way out. Maybe not that particular move... but that's the kind of thinking the Devils are gonna need soon.