.Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ETCloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL press reporter for ESPN.New Shirt Devils defenseman Luke Hughes are going to require in between 6 to eight full weeks to recuperate coming from a shoulder accident he endured earlier this month, the group mentioned Thursday.Hughes suffered a left side shoulder trauma throughout offseason training. After being reviewed by the Devils' clinical workers, it was calculated he will not demand surgery and also it could possibly take greater than six weeks for him to recover.That timeline implies Hughes would certainly miss the Devils' seven preseason games as well as their season-opening video games on Oct. 4 as well as Oct. 5 versus the Buffalo Grass Sabres in Prague, Czechia. The earliest he could possibly return will be actually the full week of Oct. 20, which implies the Devils will possess actually played eight regular-season games.Losing Hughes for also a short period follows he used his rookie project to enhance why he's taken into consideration some of the video game's brightest young superstars. Hughes ended up last period along with six targets and also 47 aspects while additionally being among 5 Evil ones to play in all 82 games.What Hughes achieved as a rookie resulted in him completing 3rd in Calder Trophy ballot responsible for the ultimate champion, Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard, and Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber.Hughes and Faber were actually the only rookie defensemen who played all 82 activities last period. They were actually additionally tied for second amongst rookies in aspects with Bedard leading the organization's first-year players with 61 points.Once Hughes is gotten rid of to come back, he is actually expected to become a vital portion of the Devils' plans to come back to the playoffs. Hughes, that was the fourth selection of the 2021 NHL Draft, devoted pair of years creating at the University of Michigan, which likewise created his sibling Quinn Hughes, the Vancouver Canucks captain who is likewise the ruling Norris Prize winner for the NHL's best defenseman.Hughes left Michigan after pair of times and also authorized his entry-level arrangement with the Devils. It permitted him to join his sibling and Devils alternating leader, Jack, for the group's playoff run in the course of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs.The Devils succeeded 52 games throughout the 2022-23 period and also progressed to the playoffs for the very first time in 4 periods. They opened with a first-round success over the competing The big apple Rangers in seven activities before dropping in the second around versus the Carolina Hurricanes.Last season viewed the Devils problem to locate congruity and skip the playoffs. It brought about all of them parting methods along with crown instructor Lindy Ruff as well as tapping the services of interim instructor Travis Environment-friendly before they at that point tapped the services of former Toronto Maple Leafs trainer Sheldon Keefe in old May.