.Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ETCloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN.New Shirt Devils defenseman Luke Hughes will certainly need in between 6 to eight full weeks to bounce back from a shoulder trauma he suffered previously this month, the team pointed out Thursday.Hughes endured a left shoulder accident throughout offseason instruction. After being assessed due to the Devils' medical workers, it was identified he would certainly not demand surgical procedure and also it can take much more than six full weeks for him to recover.That timeline indicates Hughes would miss out on the Devils' 7 preseason activities and also their season-opening video games on Oct. 4 and also Oct. 5 against the Buffalo Sabres in Prague, Czechia. The earliest he could possibly return would certainly be actually the full week of Oct. twenty, which indicates the Devils would have actually participated in 8 regular-season games.Losing Hughes for even a quick duration happens after he utilized his novice campaign to strengthen why he is actually taken into consideration one of the game's brightest young celebrities. Hughes ended up final season with six targets and 47 aspects while also being just one of 5 Adversaries to play with all 82 games.What Hughes completed as a newbie caused him finishing 3rd in Calder Trophy voting behind the eventual winner, Chicago Blackhawks facility Connor Bedard, and also Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber.Hughes and also Faber were the only novice defensemen who participated in all 82 activities last period. They were actually additionally tied for 2nd among rookies in factors with Bedard leading the league's first-year players with 61 points.Once Hughes is gotten rid of to return, he's expected to become a crucial part of the Devils' plannings to go back to the playoffs. Hughes, that was the fourth selection of the 2021 NHL Draft, spent two years creating at the College of Michigan, which also made his sibling Quinn Hughes, the Vancouver Canucks leader who is actually also the reigning Norris Trophy winner for the NHL's finest defenseman.Hughes left behind Michigan after pair of periods as well as signed his entry-level agreement with the Devils. It permitted him to join his bro and Adversaries alternating captain, Port, for the team's playoff run in the course of the 2023 Stanley Mug playoffs.The Devils gained 52 video games during the 2022-23 period as well as advanced to the playoffs for the first time in 4 times. They opened up along with a first-round triumph over the rivalrous The big apple Rangers in 7 games prior to shedding in the second around against the Carolina Hurricanes.Last period found the Devils struggle to discover congruity as well as miss the playoffs. It led to all of them parting ways with head instructor Lindy Ruff and employing acting train Travis Green before they then hired former Toronto Maple Leafs train Sheldon Keefe in old May.