.Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ETCloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL media reporter for ESPN.New Shirt Devils defenseman Luke Hughes will require between six to eight full weeks to recoup from a shoulder personal injury he went through earlier this month, the staff said Thursday.Hughes suffered a left shoulder personal injury during offseason training. After being evaluated due to the Devils' medical personnel, it was established he will certainly not need surgical treatment and also it could possibly take more than six weeks for him to recover.That timetable implies Hughes would overlook the Devils' seven preseason games as well as their season-opening activities on Oct. 4 as well as Oct. 5 versus the Buffalo Grass Sabres in Prague, Czechia. The earliest he could come back will be actually the full week of Oct. 20, which indicates the Devils would have presently participated in 8 regular-season games.Losing Hughes for also a short period follows he utilized his newbie initiative to improve why he is actually looked at some of the game's brightest youthful celebrities. Hughes ended up final period with six objectives as well as 47 factors while also being just one of five Devils to play in all 82 games.What Hughes completed as a newbie triggered him completing 3rd in Calder Trophy voting behind the ultimate victor, Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard, and Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber.Hughes and also Faber were the only newbie defensemen who participated in all 82 activities last season. They were actually additionally tied for second one of rookies in points with Bedard leading the league's first-year gamers with 61 points.Once Hughes is actually removed to return, he is actually anticipated to become a crucial component of the Devils' programs to come back to the playoffs. Hughes, who was the 4th selection of the 2021 NHL Draught, spent pair of years creating at the Educational institution of Michigan, which additionally generated his bro Quinn Hughes, the Vancouver Canucks leader who is also the reigning Norris Trophy champion for the NHL's finest defenseman.Hughes left behind Michigan after pair of seasons as well as signed his entry-level deal with the Devils. It allowed him to join his bro and Adversaries alternate leader, Port, for the group's playoff run throughout the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs.The Devils won 52 video games during the course of the 2022-23 period and also evolved to the playoffs for the first time in 4 periods. They opened up with a first-round triumph over the rival New york city Rangers in 7 games just before losing in the second round against the Carolina Hurricanes.Last time observed the Devils struggle to find uniformity and miss out on the playoffs. It led to all of them parting methods along with crown train Lindy Ruff and tapping the services of interim coach Travis Environment-friendly just before they at that point hired past Toronto Maple Leafs instructor Sheldon Keefe in old Might.