.Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ETCloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL media reporter for ESPN.New Jacket Devils defenseman Luke Hughes will definitely need in between 6 to eight weeks to recoup from a shoulder injury he endured earlier this month, the staff pointed out Thursday.Hughes experienced a remaining shoulder personal injury in the course of offseason training. After being analyzed due to the Devils' health care workers, it was actually established he would certainly not need surgery which it can take much more than six weeks for him to recover.That timeline means Hughes would miss out on the Devils' seven preseason activities and also their season-opening video games on Oct. 4 and also Oct. 5 against the Buffalo Grass Sabres in Prague, Czechia. The earliest he could come back would be the week of Oct. 20, which suggests the Devils will possess actually played 8 regular-season games.Losing Hughes for also a quick duration happens after he used his newbie campaign to improve why he is actually considered one of the activity's brightest younger stars. Hughes finished final period along with 6 targets as well as 47 aspects while also being among five Devils to play in each 82 games.What Hughes accomplished as a novice triggered him finishing third in Calder Prize ballot behind the ultimate victor, Chicago Blackhawks facility Connor Bedard, and also Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber.Hughes as well as Faber were the only rookie defensemen that participated in all 82 games final time. They were actually additionally tied for second one of novices in factors along with Bedard leading the game's first-year players along with 61 points.Once Hughes is removed to return, he is actually expected to become an important aspect of the Devils' plans to come back to the playoffs. Hughes, that was actually the 4th choice of the 2021 NHL Draught, spent two years establishing at the Educational institution of Michigan, which also made his bro Quinn Hughes, the Vancouver Canucks leader who is also the ruling Norris Trophy victor for the NHL's absolute best defenseman.Hughes left behind Michigan after two times and also signed his entry-level deal along with the Devils. It allowed him to join his bro as well as Devils alternating leader, Port, for the crew's playoff operate during the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs.The Devils succeeded 52 activities during the course of the 2022-23 period and also advanced to the playoffs for the first time in four periods. They opened up with a first-round success over the rivalrous The big apple Rangers in seven activities just before shedding in the 2nd around against the Carolina Hurricanes.Last time saw the Devils problem to discover consistency as well as miss the playoffs. It led to all of them parting ways along with crown train Lindy Ruff and choosing acting coach Travis Green prior to they then worked with former Toronto Walnut Leafs trainer Sheldon Keefe in old May.