.Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ETCloseRyan S. Clark is actually an NHL reporter for ESPN.New Shirt Devils defenseman Luke Hughes will certainly need to have between six to eight weeks to recoup coming from a shoulder accident he experienced previously this month, the team claimed Thursday.Hughes went through a left shoulder trauma during the course of offseason instruction. After being actually analyzed due to the Devils' clinical team, it was calculated he would certainly not demand surgery and that it could take more than six full weeks for him to recover.That timeline suggests Hughes would skip the Devils' seven preseason activities and their season-opening video games on Oct. 4 and Oct. 5 versus the Buffalo Grass Sabres in Prague, Czechia. The earliest he can come back would be the full week of Oct. 20, which implies the Devils will possess actually participated in 8 regular-season games.Losing Hughes for also a brief time frame comes after he used his novice campaign to bolster why he is actually taken into consideration among the video game's brightest young superstars. Hughes ended up last period along with 6 goals as well as 47 factors while also being one of five Adversaries to play in all 82 games.What Hughes achieved as a novice triggered him finishing 3rd in Calder Prize ballot behind the eventual champion, Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard, as well as Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber.Hughes and also Faber were actually the only newbie defensemen that participated in all 82 activities last time. They were actually also matched for second one of novices in factors with Bedard leading the league's first-year gamers with 61 points.Once Hughes is gotten rid of to return, he is actually expected to be an essential aspect of the Devils' strategies to return to the playoffs. Hughes, who was the 4th selection of the 2021 NHL Draft, devoted two years establishing at the University of Michigan, which also made his bro Quinn Hughes, the Vancouver Canucks captain who is actually additionally the reigning Norris Prize victor for the NHL's finest defenseman.Hughes left Michigan after two seasons and authorized his entry-level agreement with the Devils. It permitted him to join his sibling and Devils alternate leader, Port, for the group's playoff run in the course of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs.The Devils gained 52 video games during the 2022-23 time as well as progressed to the playoffs for the very first time in four seasons. They opened up with a first-round victory over the rivalrous New York Rangers in seven activities just before dropping in the second round versus the Carolina Hurricanes.Last period saw the Devils struggle to discover congruity and also skip the playoffs. It triggered them parting means with crown train Lindy Ruff and also employing acting coach Travis Eco-friendly prior to they then hired past Toronto Walnut Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe in late May.