.Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ETCloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN.New Jacket Devils defenseman Luke Hughes will definitely need to have in between six to eight full weeks to bounce back from a shoulder personal injury he endured earlier this month, the group pointed out Thursday.Hughes suffered a left side shoulder personal injury in the course of offseason training. After being actually analyzed by the Devils' medical workers, it was actually calculated he will certainly not demand surgical procedure which it can take greater than six weeks for him to recover.That timetable implies Hughes would overlook the Devils' seven preseason activities and their season-opening activities on Oct. 4 as well as Oct. 5 against the Buffalo Sabres in Prague, Czechia. The earliest he can come back will be the week of Oct. twenty, which implies the Devils would possess presently played 8 regular-season games.Losing Hughes for also a brief period happens after he utilized his novice campaign to enhance why he's taken into consideration one of the video game's brightest younger celebrities. Hughes completed final time with six objectives and 47 factors while additionally being among five Adversaries to play in all 82 games.What Hughes accomplished as a newbie triggered him finishing third in Calder Trophy voting behind the possible victor, Chicago Blackhawks facility Connor Bedard, and Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber.Hughes and also Faber were the only novice defensemen who participated in all 82 video games last time. They were actually also matched for second among novices in points with Bedard leading the game's first-year gamers with 61 points.Once Hughes is cleared to return, he is actually anticipated to be a crucial portion of the Devils' plannings to go back to the playoffs. Hughes, that was actually the 4th selection of the 2021 NHL Draught, spent two years establishing at the Educational institution of Michigan, which additionally made his bro Quinn Hughes, the Vancouver Canucks captain who is actually also the reigning Norris Prize champion for the NHL's greatest defenseman.Hughes left behind Michigan after two periods and signed his entry-level arrangement along with the Devils. It permitted him to join his bro and also Adversaries alternating captain, Jack, for the staff's playoff run during the course of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs.The Devils won 52 activities during the course of the 2022-23 time as well as accelerated to the playoffs for the first time in four seasons. They opened with a first-round triumph over the competing New York Rangers in seven activities prior to losing in the 2nd around versus the Carolina Hurricanes.Last time viewed the Devils problem to find uniformity and miss the playoffs. It led to all of them parting means along with head train Lindy Ruff and employing acting trainer Travis Eco-friendly prior to they at that point worked with former Toronto Walnut Leafs instructor Sheldon Keefe in old May.