.Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ETCloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL media reporter for ESPN.New Jacket Devils defenseman Luke Hughes will definitely require between 6 to eight full weeks to recover coming from a shoulder personal injury he went through previously this month, the team stated Thursday.Hughes experienced a remaining shoulder injury in the course of offseason training. After being actually examined due to the Devils' health care team, it was actually calculated he would not call for surgical treatment and also it could possibly take greater than 6 full weeks for him to recover.That timetable implies Hughes would miss the Devils' seven preseason activities and their season-opening games on Oct. 4 and also Oct. 5 versus the Buffalo Grass Sabres in Prague, Czechia. The earliest he could return will be the full week of Oct. 20, which implies the Devils would have currently played 8 regular-season games.Losing Hughes for even a short period comes after he used his novice project to improve why he's considered among the game's brightest younger celebrities. Hughes finished final period along with six targets and also 47 aspects while additionally being among five Evil ones to play in all 82 games.What Hughes accomplished as a rookie triggered him completing third in Calder Trophy voting responsible for the possible victor, Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard, as well as Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber.Hughes as well as Faber were actually the only novice defensemen who participated in all 82 activities last season. They were actually additionally tied for second one of novices in factors along with Bedard leading the game's first-year players with 61 points.Once Hughes is actually cleared to come back, he's expected to become an important portion of the Devils' plannings to go back to the playoffs. Hughes, that was the 4th selection of the 2021 NHL Draft, devoted 2 years building at the College of Michigan, which additionally created his sibling Quinn Hughes, the Vancouver Canucks captain who is additionally the reigning Norris Trophy winner for the NHL's ideal defenseman.Hughes left Michigan after 2 times and signed his entry-level contract with the Devils. It enabled him to join his brother and also Devils alternating captain, Port, for the team's playoff run during the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs.The Devils gained 52 video games throughout the 2022-23 time and progressed to the playoffs for the very first time in four times. They opened up along with a first-round victory over the competing The big apple Rangers in seven games before dropping in the second sphere against the Carolina Hurricanes.Last period viewed the Devils problem to discover uniformity as well as skip the playoffs. It triggered them parting means along with head instructor Lindy Ruff as well as employing acting coach Travis Green before they after that tapped the services of former Toronto Maple Leafs trainer Sheldon Keefe in late May.