{"id":110610,"date":"2025-08-01T15:44:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/110610\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:44:15","slug":"ditd-open-post-8-1-25-its-back-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/110610\/","title":{"rendered":"DitD &#038; Open Post &#8211; 8\/1\/25: It\u2019s Back Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"gdf3wo\">Here are your links for today:<\/p>\n<p>Devils Links<\/p>\n<p id=\"86JIFs\">\u201c(Jack) Hughes has five years left on his deal, and with the salary cap projected to rise significantly, it\u2019s likely to get even more valuable. That\u2019s why the Devils need to take better advantage of his contract than they have to this point.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/devilsontherush.substack.com\/p\/devils-arent-yet-making-jack-hughes-nhl-best-contract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devils on the Rush<\/a> ($)]<\/p>\n<p id=\"1tsECu\">\u201c(Brett) Pesce obviously brings a plethora of positive value to the Devils organization, though particularly on the defensive side of things. On offense, he does provide some value by virtue of his surprising in-zone passing abilities, but as I said, the bulk of his success comes because of his stellar defensive work. As L. Hughes grows and develops into more of the defenseman we all know he can \u2014 and will \u2014 be one day, it will be interesting to see how Pesce\u2019s playstyle changes, as he has continually demonstrated an ability throughout his career to mold his playstyle to complement his partner best.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/njdevilsadvocates.substack.com\/p\/deep-diving-how-brett-pesce-plays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devils\u2019 Advocates<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p id=\"wQCJYL\">\u201cNew Jersey Hockey Now confirmed that the Devils\u2019 black \u2018Jersey\u2019 jersey is coming back for 2025-26. Beyond that, however, it seems there is a possibility of a fourth jersey if it is, in fact, a league-wide initiative that is reviving the blue Nordiques uniform in Colorado. So, we decided to get your vote. Which jersey do you, the fans, want to see revived in New Jersey\u2019s history? Or, do you perhaps want to see Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt and Co. wear a Kansas City Scouts throwback?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyhockeynow.com\/2025\/07\/30\/new-jersey-devils-news-fan-survey-which-jersey-should-make-a-comeback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Jersey Hockey Now<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Hockey Links<\/p>\n<p id=\"egJcGV\">\u201cThis piece is about the players who aren\u2019t worth the money \u2014 the worst deals in the league. It\u2019s when you ask yourself, \u2018How is this guy making that much?\u2019 but in a bad way. There are a number of player-friendly deals out there. According to each player\u2019s projected value over the remainder of their deals, these are the league\u2019s 10 worst contracts.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6518426\/2025\/07\/31\/nhl-worst-contracts-2025-jonathan-huberdeau-ivan-provorov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Athletic<\/a> ($)]<\/p>\n<p id=\"134Mp7\">Devon Levi gets a two-year deal:<\/p>\n<p id=\"Aim0B6\">\u201cEdmonton Oilers general manager Stan Bowman said Tuesday he\u2019s been \u2018very encouraged\u2019 by the early talks he\u2019s held with Connor McDavid\u2019s agent, Judd Moldaver, on an extension.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/edmonton-oilers-gm-stan-bowman-very-encouraged-by-early-talks-on-connor-mcdavid-extension-1.2341106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TSN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p id=\"VRDkPn\">Feel free to discuss these and any other hockey-related stories in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are your links for today: Devils Links \u201c(Jack) Hughes has five years left on his deal, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":110611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[194,9881,1237,46189,46188,22882,204,5037,12356,293,1440,464,196,62,448,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-110610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-about","9":"tag-all","10":"tag-back","11":"tag-devils-in-the-details-news-and-links","12":"tag-ditd","13":"tag-edition","14":"tag-front-page","15":"tag-it","16":"tag-jersey","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-open","19":"tag-post","20":"tag-s","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-the","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114954283713192766","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}