.Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ETCloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL press reporter for ESPN.New Jersey Devils defenseman Luke Hughes are going to require in between six to eight weeks to recuperate coming from a shoulder trauma he went through previously this month, the team mentioned Thursday.Hughes endured a nigh side shoulder injury during the course of offseason instruction. After being actually assessed due to the Devils' health care personnel, it was determined he would certainly not require surgical treatment and that it could take greater than 6 full weeks for him to recover.That timeline suggests Hughes would miss the Devils' seven preseason activities as well as their season-opening video games on Oct. 4 and also Oct. 5 against the Buffalo Grass Sabres in Prague, Czechia. The earliest he could possibly come back would be actually the full week of Oct. twenty, which suggests the Devils would possess already participated in 8 regular-season games.Losing Hughes for even a quick time period follows he utilized his newbie campaign to enhance why he is actually looked at some of the game's brightest younger superstars. Hughes finished last time with six targets and also 47 points while additionally being one of five Evil ones to play in each 82 games.What Hughes accomplished as a newbie led to him ending up third in Calder Trophy voting responsible for the eventual champion, Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard, and Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber.Hughes and Faber were the only novice defensemen who participated in all 82 activities final time. They were actually also matched for second among newbies in factors along with Bedard leading the game's first-year gamers with 61 points.Once Hughes is actually gotten rid of to return, he is actually anticipated to become a critical part of the Devils' programs to go back to the playoffs. Hughes, that was actually the 4th pick of the 2021 NHL Draught, invested two years building at the College of Michigan, which additionally produced his brother Quinn Hughes, the Vancouver Canucks leader who is actually also the ruling Norris Trophy winner for the NHL's ideal defenseman.Hughes left Michigan after 2 seasons and also signed his entry-level contract along with the Devils. It allowed him to join his bro as well as Evil ones alternating leader, Jack, for the staff's playoff run in the course of the 2023 Stanley Mug playoffs.The Devils succeeded 52 activities during the 2022-23 period and progressed to the playoffs for the first time in 4 times. They opened along with a first-round victory over the competing New York Rangers in 7 activities before dropping in the second sphere versus the Carolina Hurricanes.Last period viewed the Devils battle to discover uniformity and also miss out on the playoffs. It triggered them parting methods with head train Lindy Ruff and hiring interim coach Travis Green prior to they after that employed former Toronto Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe in old Might.