.Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ETCloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL media reporter for ESPN.New Jersey Devils defenseman Luke Hughes will certainly need between six to eight full weeks to bounce back coming from a shoulder personal injury he endured earlier this month, the team stated Thursday.Hughes endured a left shoulder accident during offseason instruction. After being reviewed by the Devils' health care personnel, it was actually established he would certainly not need surgical treatment which it can take much more than 6 full weeks for him to recover.That timeline indicates Hughes would certainly overlook the Devils' 7 preseason games as well as their season-opening video games on Oct. 4 and also Oct. 5 versus the Buffalo Grass Sabres in Prague, Czechia. The earliest he can return will be actually the week of Oct. twenty, which suggests the Devils would certainly have actually played eight regular-season games.Losing Hughes for even a quick time frame comes after he used his rookie campaign to improve why he's looked at one of the game's brightest young stars. Hughes finished final time along with six targets as well as 47 aspects while likewise being one of 5 Adversaries to play in all 82 games.What Hughes accomplished as a novice led to him completing 3rd in Calder Prize ballot responsible for the resulting victor, Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard, and Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber.Hughes and Faber were actually the only newbie defensemen who participated in all 82 video games last season. They were actually likewise matched for second among newbies in points along with Bedard leading the league's first-year gamers with 61 points.Once Hughes is removed to come back, he is actually assumed to become a critical portion of the Devils' plans to come back to the playoffs. Hughes, that was actually the 4th pick of the 2021 NHL Draft, devoted pair of years developing at the University of Michigan, which additionally produced his brother Quinn Hughes, the Vancouver Canucks leader who is likewise the ruling Norris Trophy victor for the NHL's ideal defenseman.Hughes left behind Michigan after 2 times and signed his entry-level deal with the Devils. It enabled him to join his bro as well as Adversaries alternating captain, Jack, for the staff's playoff run during the course of the 2023 Stanley Mug playoffs.The Devils succeeded 52 activities during the course of the 2022-23 season as well as accelerated to the playoffs for the very first time in four seasons. They opened with a first-round triumph over the rivalrous New york city Rangers in 7 games just before dropping in the 2nd round versus the Carolina Hurricanes.Last season saw the Devils struggle to find uniformity and miss out on the playoffs. It led to them parting ways along with crown trainer Lindy Ruff and working with interim trainer Travis Environment-friendly just before they then employed former Toronto Walnut Leafs train Sheldon Keefe in old May.