Šimon Nemec will also start his second season overseas in the lower AHL competition.
True, TASR 10.10.2023 06:42, updated: 09:06
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Šimon Nemec in New Jersey Devils jersey.
The management of the New Jersey Devils sent him to the Utica Comets farm team the day before the start of the new NHL season.
Seven defenders made it to the Devils’ first team, the 19-year-old Slovakian was eighth in line.
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New Jersey kicks off the pro league season Friday night at home against Detroit. The first duel of the 2023/24 season will be the Tampa Bay Lightning – Nashville Predators match today from 11:30 p.m. CEST.
The New Jersey Devils squad before the start of the 2023/24 season
Goalkeepers: Akira Schmid, Vítek Vaněček.
Defenders: Kevin Bahl, Colin Miller, Dougie Hamilton, Jonas Siegenthaler, Luke Hughes, Brendan Smith, John Marino
Attackers: Nathan Bastian, Michael McLeod, Jesper Bratt, Timo Meier, Erik Haula, Dawson Mercer, Nico Hischier, Tomáš Nosek, Alexander Holtz, Ondřej Palát, Jack Hughes, Chris Tierney, Curtis Lazar, Tyler Toffoli
The 19-year-old German, last year’s draft number two, fought for a place in the first team until the last moment. In preparation, he played four games for New Jersey, in which he scored two goals and two assists. With his performances, he asked for a place in the NHL, but the bad luck for him is that the Devils currently have eight backs on the roster, six of whom have a one-way contract.
In addition to the German, the two-way player also has Luke Hughes, but the club counted on the young American for sure in the first team. Finally, the seven defenders in the NJ opening team consist of Kevin Bahl, Dougie Hamilton, Luke Hughes, John Marino, Colin Miller, Jonas Siegenthaler and Brendan Smith.
The Devils also registered two goalkeepers and 14 attackers on the “roster”. The German also played for Utica last season, in the regular season he collected 34 points (12+22) in 65 games, in the playoffs he added four points (1+3) in six duels.
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Thus, before the start of the new NHL season, five Slovak hockey players – defenders Erik Černák (Tampa Bay), Martin Fehérváry (Washington) and forwards Tomáš Tatar (Colorado), Juraj Slafkovský (Montreal) and Adam Ružička (Calgary) – are assured of participation in the first team. Before the start of the season, goalkeeper Jaroslav Halák remains without a contract.
Other Slovaks also fought in the camps, whose clubs gradually sent them to their farm teams.
Samuel Kňažko (Columbus), Patrik Koch, Miloš Kelemen (both Arizona), Pavol Regenda (Anaheim), Martin Pospíšil (Calgary), Marián Studenič (Seattle), Adam Sýkora (NY Rangers), Filip Mešár (Montreal) will start the season in them. , Martin Chromiak (Los Angeles), Jakub Demek (Vegas) or Maxim Čajkovič (Tampa Bay). Maroš Jedlička was injured in Colorado’s training camp.
Demek on the Vegas roster
Slovak hockey player Jakub Demek is surprisingly part of the opening roster of the NHL Vegas Golden Knights before the start of the season. However, the overseas portal The Hockey News claims that it appears to be just salary cap speculation in his case and he will eventually leave the first team.
The Golden Knights had to meet the conditions of the salary cap and protect themselves from losing other players, as they would have to put them on the waiver list.
The debut of the 20-year-old forward in the professional league is unlikely, since he only signed a three-year rookie contract with the “Golden Knights” on Sunday and has only worked overseas so far in the junior Western Hockey League (WHL). He should spend the season at the farm in Henderson in the AHL, where he was already preparing for the season.
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Jakub Demek Jakub Demek in the Vegas Golden Knights jersey.
“Of the 14 attackers listed, only Demek is a surprise. He signed an entry-level contract earlier this week and can be reassigned to the AHL without having to go on waivers. The Golden Knights would have room for another extra forward provided they stay under the salary cap. So expect a trade yet for Demek’s starting roster spot,” noted Paul Delos Santos of The Hockey News.
Demek played the past two seasons in the Canadian WHL junior competition. Last year, in the Kamloops Blazers jersey, he scored 11 points (4+7) in 15 games of the regular season, and he had exactly the same point balance in 14 playoff duels.
The year before, he won the WHL title with the Edmonton Oil Kings. During his youth days, he represented Slovakia in the under-17, 18- and 20-year-old categories, in the 2021/2022 season he also started at the under-20 World Cup.
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