.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 require between 6 to eight weeks to recoup coming from a shoulder personal injury he suffered previously this month, the team said Thursday.Hughes endured a left shoulder injury in the course of offseason instruction. After being actually examined by the Devils' health care team, it was identified he will not need surgical treatment and also it might take more than 6 full weeks for him to recover.That timetable indicates Hughes would miss out on the Devils' seven preseason video games and also their season-opening activities on Oct. 4 as well as Oct. 5 against the Buffalo Sabres in Prague, Czechia. The earliest he could possibly come back would certainly be the full week of Oct. 20, which means the Devils would possess actually participated in 8 regular-season games.Losing Hughes for also a quick period follows he utilized his newbie initiative to enhance why he is actually looked at one of the activity's brightest youthful superstars. Hughes ended up final time with six goals and 47 aspects while additionally being just one of five Evil ones to play in each 82 games.What Hughes completed as a newbie brought about him completing 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 actually the only novice defensemen who participated in all 82 video games final period. They were actually additionally tied for 2nd amongst novices in factors with Bedard leading the game's first-year gamers with 61 points.Once Hughes is actually gotten rid of to return, he is actually expected to become a crucial part of the Devils' plans to come back to the playoffs. Hughes, who was the 4th pick of the 2021 NHL Draft, devoted 2 years creating at the University of Michigan, which additionally made his sibling Quinn Hughes, the Vancouver Canucks leader that is likewise the reigning Norris Prize winner for the NHL's greatest defenseman.Hughes left behind Michigan after two seasons as well as signed his entry-level arrangement with the Devils. It enabled him to join his bro as well as Adversaries alternate captain, Port, for the team's playoff run during the 2023 Stanley Mug playoffs.The Devils won 52 games during the course of the 2022-23 period as well as accelerated to the playoffs for the very first time in four periods. They opened with a first-round success over the rivalrous The big apple Rangers in 7 games prior to dropping in the 2nd around against the Carolina Hurricanes.Last season viewed the Devils battle to find consistency and skip the playoffs. It triggered them parting ways along with head instructor Lindy Ruff as well as choosing acting train Travis Environment-friendly prior to they after that hired past Toronto Walnut Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe in late May.