'I don't know how you fix that': Friedman addresses the disaster looming in New Jersey

Heading into the 2025/26 season, many saw the New Jersey Devils as a legitimate contender in the Eastern Conference, and early in the year, they were certainly playing like it.

As of late however, the team on all three levels have begun to falter, and with Jacob Markstrom especially struggling in net, they've lost eight of their last 10 games as their season threatens to come off the rails completely.

When recently addressing the team, Elliotte Friedman brought up the Devils failed pursuit of the third Hughes brother in Quinn, because during that process, several players were asked to waive no-trade clauses.

Unfortunately, the team didn't get the job done in landing Hughes, and as a result, there's plenty of bitter feelings in that locker room, and as a result, Friedman has suggested there may be no way to fix that.

Recently, there's been speculation that this team could look to shake things up with a big time trade, but given that this is how they got into their situation in the first place, it's unclear who they would be willing to target and who they would want to move in that situation.

Ultimately, we've not heard specifics on anything going down in the locker room as of yet, but with the season falling apart on the ice and the brewing drama behind the scenes, things could get ugly in a hurry for the Devils.

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