2001–02 New Jersey Devils season

The 2001–02 New Jersey Devils season was the 28th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 20th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[1] The Devils finished sixth in the Eastern Conference and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Fifty-one games in to the season, head coach Larry Robinson was fired and Kevin Constantine was named his replacement for their final 31 games.^[2] On April 13, 2002, the Devils clinched a sixth-place Conference finish and a third-place Division finish. The Devils came into the playoffs for the 6th consecutive season but they were upset in the Conference Quarterfinals by the eventual Eastern Conference champions, the Carolina Hurricanes, losing in six games.

2001–02 New Jersey Devils
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	6th Eastern
2001–02 record	41–28–9–4
Home record	22–13–4–2
Road record	19–15–5–2
Goals for	205
Goals against	187
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Larry Robinson (Oct–Jan) Kevin Constantine (Jan–Apr)
Captain	Scott Stevens
Alternate captains	Bobby Holik Scott Niedermayer
Arena	Continental Airlines Arena
Average attendance	15,925
Minor league affiliate(s)	Albany River Rats
Team leaders
Goals	Patrik Elias (29)
Assists	Brian Rafalski (40)
Points	Patrik Elias (61)
Penalty minutes	Colin White (133)
Plus/minus	Sergei Brylin (+21)
Wins	Martin Brodeur (38)
Goals against average	Martin Brodeur (2.15)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Regular season

The Devils had the fewest power-play opportunities during the regular season, with just 261, and they tied the Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals scored, with just two. However, the Devils were also the most disciplined team during the regular season, finishing with an NHL-low 265 power-play opportunities against.^[3]

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
2	5	New York Islanders	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
3	6	New Jersey Devils	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
4	11	New York Rangers	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
5	12	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference^[4]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Boston Bruins	NE	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
3	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
5	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
7	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
8	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
8.5
9	Washington Capitals	SE	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
12	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

(E6) New Jersey Devils vs. (E3) Carolina Hurricanes

The series opened in Raleigh. Carolina won Games 1 and 2, 2–1 – Game 1 in regulation and Game 2 in overtime. Games 3 and 4 were at the Meadowlands. The Devils won Game 3, 4–0, and Game 4, 3–1. Game 5 was back in Raleigh, where the Hurricanes won 3–2 in overtime. Game 6 shifted back to the Meadowlands, where Carolina prevailed 1–0 and clinched the series victory, 4–2.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2001–02 regular season^[5]
October: 5–3–0–1 (home: 3–1–0–0; road: 2–2–0–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 L October 6, 2001 1–6 @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 0–1–0–0 Recap 2 L October 11, 2001 4–6 New York Islanders (2001–02) 0–2–0–0 Recap 3 L October 13, 2001 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 0–3–0–0 Recap 4 OTL October 17, 2001 3–4 OT @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 0–3–0–1 Recap 5 W October 18, 2001 6–1 San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 1–3–0–1 Recap 6 W October 20, 2001 3–2 Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 2–3–0–1 Recap 7 W October 23, 2001 2–1 @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 3–3–0–1 Recap 8 W October 27, 2001 3–1 Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 4–3–0–1 Recap 9 W October 30, 2001 4–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 5–3–0–1 Recap
November: 4–7–2–1 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 1–3–2–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 10 W November 1, 2001 5–2 Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 6–3–0–1 Recap 11 L November 3, 2001 1–2 Boston Bruins (2001–02) 6–4–0–1 Recap 12 W November 7, 2001 3–2 Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 7–4–0–1 Recap 13 W November 9, 2001 3–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 8–4–0–1 Recap 14 T November 10, 2001 1–1 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 8–4–1–1 Recap 15 L November 13, 2001 1–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 8–5–1–1 Recap 16 OTL November 15, 2001 4–5 OT @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 8–5–1–2 Recap 17 L November 17, 2001 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 8–6–1–2 Recap 18 L November 18, 2001 0–2 Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 8–7–1–2 Recap 19 T November 20, 2001 3–3 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 8–7–2–2 Recap 20 L November 23, 2001 0–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 8–8–2–2 Recap 21 W November 24, 2001 5–1 @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 9–8–2–2 Recap 22 L November 27, 2001 0–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 9–9–2–2 Recap 23 L November 30, 2001 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 9–10–2–2 Recap
December: 7–4–3–0 (home: 4–2–2–0; road: 3–2–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 24 W December 1, 2001 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 10–10–2–2 Recap 25 T December 4, 2001 1–1 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 10–10–3–2 Recap 26 W December 5, 2001 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 11–10–3–2 Recap 27 W December 8, 2001 3–1 Washington Capitals (2001–02) 12–10–3–2 Recap 28 L December 10, 2001 1–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 12–11–3–2 Recap 29 W December 12, 2001 3–2 OT New York Islanders (2001–02) 13–11–3–2 Recap 30 L December 14, 2001 2–3 Florida Panthers (2001–02) 13–12–3–2 Recap 31 W December 15, 2001 2–0 @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 14–12–3–2 Recap 32 T December 19, 2001 2–2 OT @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 14–12–4–2 Recap 33 T December 20, 2001 3–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 14–12–5–2 Recap 34 L December 22, 2001 0–1 Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 14–13–5–2 Recap 35 W December 26, 2001 4–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 15–13–5–2 Recap 36 L December 29, 2001 2–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 15–14–5–2 Recap 37 W December 30, 2001 2–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 16–14–5–2 Recap
January: 7–6–2–1 (home: 4–2–1–1; road: 3–4–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 38 W January 1, 2002 2–1 St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 17–14–5–2 Recap 39 L January 3, 2002 3–4 Nashville Predators (2001–02) 17–15–5–2 Recap 40 W January 5, 2002 2–1 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 18–15–5–2 Recap 41 L January 7, 2002 2–3 Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 18–16–5–2 Recap 42 W January 9, 2002 5–1 Calgary Flames (2001–02) 19–16–5–2 Recap 43 L January 10, 2002 2–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 19–17–5–2 Recap 44 L January 12, 2002 1–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 19–18–5–2 Recap 45 OTL January 15, 2002 4–5 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 19–18–5–3 Recap 46 W January 17, 2002 6–4 New York Rangers (2001–02) 20–18–5–3 Recap 47 T January 19, 2002 3–3 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 20–18–6–3 Recap 48 L January 21, 2002 2–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 20–19–6–3 Recap 49 W January 23, 2002 3–1 @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 21–19–6–3 Recap 50 L January 24, 2002 2–4 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 21–20–6–3 Recap 51 T January 26, 2002 2–2 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 21–20–7–3 Recap 52 W January 29, 2002 3–1 @ New York Islanders (2001–02) 22–20–7–3 Recap 53 W January 30, 2002 3–1 Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 23–20–7–3 Recap
February: 3–2–2–0 (home: 1–2–1–0; road: 2–0–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 54 L February 5, 2002 0–1 Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 23–21–7–3 Recap 55 T February 7, 2002 3–3 OT Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 23–21–8–3 Recap 56 W February 9, 2002 2–1 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 24–21–8–3 Recap 57 W February 10, 2002 4–1 Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 25–21–8–3 Recap 58 T February 12, 2002 2–2 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 25–21–9–3 Recap 59 W February 26, 2002 4–3 @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 26–21–9–3 Recap 60 L February 27, 2002 0–1 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 26–22–9–3 Recap
March: 9–5–0–1 (home: 4–2–0–1; road: 5–3–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 61 W March 1, 2002 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 27–22–9–3 Recap 62 L March 4, 2002 0–2 @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 27–23–9–3 Recap 63 L March 5, 2002 1–4 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 27–24–9–3 Recap 64 L March 8, 2002 1–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 27–25–9–3 Recap 65 W March 10, 2002 3–0 @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 28–25–9–3 Recap 66 W March 13, 2002 3–2 New York Islanders (2001–02) 29–25–9–3 Recap 67 W March 16, 2002 3–1 New York Rangers (2001–02) 30–25–9–3 Recap 68 OTL March 17, 2002 2–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 30–25–9–4 Recap 69 W March 20, 2002 3–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 31–25–9–4 Recap 70 W March 21, 2002 4–3 @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 32–25–9–4 Recap 71 L March 23, 2002 2–4 Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 32–26–9–4 Recap 72 W March 25, 2002 3–1 Florida Panthers (2001–02) 33–26–9–4 Recap 73 W March 27, 2002 4–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 34–26–9–4 Recap 74 L March 29, 2002 1–3 Washington Capitals (2001–02) 34–27–9–4 Recap 75 W March 30, 2002 3–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 35–27–9–4 Recap
April: 6–1–0–0 (home: 3–0–0–0; road: 3–1–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 76 L April 1, 2002 2–4 @ New York Islanders (2001–02) 35–28–9–4 Recap 77 W April 3, 2002 3–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 36–28–9–4 Recap 78 W April 5, 2002 3–1 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 37–28–9–4 Recap 79 W April 7, 2002 3–2 OT Boston Bruins (2001–02) 38–28–9–4 Recap 80 W April 10, 2002 1–0 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 39–28–9–4 Recap 81 W April 12, 2002 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 40–28–9–4 Recap 82 W April 13, 2002 4–3 OT @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 41–28–9–4 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2002 Stanley Cup playoffs^[5]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Carolina Hurricanes – Hurricanes win 4–2 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 L April 17, 2002 1–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes Hurricanes lead 1–0 Recap 2 L April 19, 2002 1–2 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes Hurricanes lead 2–0 Recap 3 W April 21, 2002 4–0 Carolina Hurricanes Hurricanes lead 2–1 Recap 4 W April 23, 2002 3–1 Carolina Hurricanes Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 L April 24, 2002 2–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes Hurricanes lead 3–2 Recap 6 L April 27, 2002 0–1 Carolina Hurricanes Hurricanes win 4–2 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
26	Patrik Elias	LW	75	29	32	61	4	36	6	2	4	6	−1	6
16	Bobby Holik	C	81	25	29	54	7	97	6	4	1	5	4	2
17	Petr Sykora	RW	73	21	27	48	12	44	4	0	1	1	1	0
23	Scott Gomez	C	76	10	38	48	−4	36	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Brian Rafalski	D	76	7	40	47	15	18	6	3	2	5	−2	4
18	Sergei Brylin	LW	76	16	28	44	21	10	6	0	2	2	3	2
25	Jason Arnott‡	C	63	22	19	41	3	59	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Scott Niedermayer	D	76	11	22	33	12	30	6	0	2	2	−1	6
11	John Madden	C	82	15	8	23	6	25	6	0	0	0	−1	0
4	Scott Stevens	D	82	1	16	17	15	44	6	0	0	0	5	4
20	Jay Pandolfo	RW	65	4	10	14	12	15	6	0	0	0	0	0
21	Randy McKay‡	RW	55	6	7	13	2	65	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Valeri Kamensky†	LW	30	4	8	12	−2	18	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	Brian Gionta	RW	33	4	7	11	10	8	6	2	2	4	−1	0
25	Joe Nieuwendyk†	C	14	2	9	11	2	4	5	0	1	1	−2	0
12	Sergei Nemchinov	LW	68	5	5	10	−9	10	3	0	0	0	−2	0
21^[a]	Andreas Salomonsson	LW	39	4	5	9	−12	22	4	0	1	1	1	0
10	Christian Berglund	LW	15	2	7	9	−3	8	3	0	0	0	2	0
19	Jim McKenzie	LW	67	3	5	8	0	123	6	0	0	0	0	2
22	Pierre Dagenais‡	RW	16	3	3	6	−5	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Jamie Langenbrunner†	RW	14	3	3	6	2	23	5	0	1	1	−2	8
3	Ken Daneyko	D	67	0	6	6	2	60	6	0	0	0	3	8
5	Colin White	D	73	2	3	5	6	133	6	0	0	0	−1	2
6	Tommy Albelin	D	42	1	3	4	0	4	6	0	0	0	−4	0
30	Martin Brodeur	G	73	0	4	4		8	6	0	0	0		0
9	Bruce Gardiner†	RW	7	2	1	3	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Stephane Richer†	RW	10	1	2	3	−1	0	3	0	0	0	−1	0
7	Andrei Zyuzin†	D	38	1	2	3	1	25	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Turner Stevenson	RW	21	0	2	2	−3	25	1	0	0	0	0	4
29	Josef Boumedienne‡	D	1	1	0	1	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Joel Bouchard†	D	1	0	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Mike Commodore	D	37	0	1	1	−12	30	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Jiri Bicek	RW	1	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Scott Clemmensen	G	2	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Jean-Francois Damphousse	G	6	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Sascha Goc‡	D	2	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	John Vanbiesbrouck†	G	5	0	0	0		4	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Martin Brodeur	73	38	26	9	1655	156	2.15	.906	4	4347	6	2	4	145	9	1.42	.938	1	381
34	John Vanbiesbrouck†	5	2	3	0	117	10	2.00	.915	0	300	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Jean-Francois Damphousse	6	1	3	0	115	12	2.45	.896	0	294	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Scott Clemmensen	2	0	0	0	5	1	3.00	.800	0	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Patrik Elias	^[6]
		Brian Rafalski^[b]
	NHL Player of the Week	Patrik Elias (October 22)	^[8]
		Martin Brodeur (April 1)	^[9]
Team	Devils' Players' Player	Jim McKenzie	^[10]
	Hugh Delano Unsung Hero	Sergei Brylin	^[10]
	Most Valuable Devil	Martin Brodeur	^[10]
	Three-Star Award	Patrik Elias	^[10]

Transactions

The Devils were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.^[11]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2001	To New Jersey Devils Phoenix's 2nd-round pick in 2001 Vancouver's 2nd-round pick in 2001	To Florida Panthers St. Louis’ 1st-round pick in 2001	^[12]
June 23, 2001	To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2001	To Ottawa Senators 3rd-round pick in 2001 3rd-round pick in 2001	^[11]
June 23, 2001	To New Jersey Devils 4th-round pick in 2001 3rd-round pick in 2002	To Phoenix Coyotes Phoenix's 3rd-round pick in 2001	^[13]
June 24, 2001	To New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 2002	To Atlanta Thrashers Phoenix's 4th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2002	^[11]
August 22, 2001	To New Jersey Devils Future considerations	To Washington Capitals Chris Ferraro	^[14]
November 9, 2001	To New Jersey Devils Andrei Zyuzin	To Tampa Bay Lightning Josef Boumedienne Sascha Goc Rights to Anton But	^[15]
January 16, 2002	To New Jersey Devils Valeri Kamensky	To Dallas Stars Andre Lakos Future considerations	^[16]
March 4, 2002	To New Jersey Devils Mike Rucinski	To Carolina Hurricanes Ted Drury	^[17]
March 19, 2002	To New Jersey Devils Jamie Langenbrunner Joe Nieuwendyk	To Dallas Stars Jason Arnott Randy McKay 1st-round pick in 2002	^[18]
March 19, 2002	To New Jersey Devils Stephane Richer	To Pittsburgh Penguins 7th-round pick in 2003	^[18]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 5, 2001 (2001-07-05)	Tommy Albelin	Calgary Flames		Free agency	^[19]
August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07)	Ted Drury	Columbus Blue Jackets		Free agency	^[17]
October 21, 2001 (2001-10-21)	Bruce Gardiner	Columbus Blue Jackets		Free agency	^[20]
	Steve Guolla	Atlanta Thrashers		Free agency	^[20]
October 25, 2001 (2001-10-25)	Joel Bouchard	Phoenix Coyotes		Free agency	^[21]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[c]	Ref
June 10, 2001 (2001-06-10)	John Vanbiesbrouck		Retirement (III)^[d]	^[23]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Bryan Duce^[e]		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[22]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Sean O'Donnell	Boston Bruins	Free agency (V)	^[25]
July 3, 2001 (2001-07-03)	Alexander Mogilny	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency (III)	^[26]
July 5, 2001 (2001-07-05)	Ken Sutton	New York Islanders	Free agency (III)	^[27]
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	Bob Corkum	Atlanta Thrashers	Free agency (III)	^[28]
July 27, 2001 (2001-07-27)	Doug Stienstra	Bracknell Bees (BISL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[29]
October 29, 2001 (2001-10-29)	Ed Ward	Timra IK (SHL)	Free agency (III)	^[30]
January 12, 2002 (2002-01-12)	Pierre Dagenais	Florida Panthers	Waivers	^[31]
May 22, 2002 (2002-05-22)	John Vanbiesbrouck		Retirement	^[32]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 5, 2001 (2001-07-05)	Andreas Salomonsson		Entry-level	^[33]
August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)	Bobby Holík	1-year	Arbitration award	^[34]
August 16, 2001 (2001-08-16)	Petr Sykora	2-year	Arbitration award	^[35]
September 12, 2001 (2001-09-12)	Ken Daneyko	1-year	Extension	^[36]
September 17, 2001 (2001-09-17)	Turner Stevenson		Re-signing	^[37]
October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	Martin Brodeur	5-year	Extension	^[38]
November 16, 2001 (2001-11-16)	Scott Stevens	3-year	Extension	^[39]
February 4, 2002 (2002-02-04)	John Vanbiesbrouck	1-year	Re-signing	^[40]
June 2, 2002 (2002-06-02)	Phil Cole		Entry-level	^[41]
	Steve Guolla		Extension	^[41]

Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.^[42]

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (league)	Notes
1	28	Adrian Foster	Canada	C	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
2	44	Igor Pohanka	Slovakia	C	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)	^[f]
2	48	Tuomas Pihlman	Finland	LW	JYP (SM-liiga)	^[f]
2	60	Victor Uchevatov	Russia	D	Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl (Russian Superleague)	^[g]^[h]
3	67	Robin Leblanc	Canada	RW	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)	^[i]
3	72	Brandon Nolan	Canada	C	Oshawa Generals (OHL)	^[j]^[k]
4	128	Andrei Posnov	Russia	F	Krylya Sovetov (Russian Superleague)
5	163	Andreas Salomonsson	Sweden	LW	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)
6	194	James Massen	United States	F	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
7	0	No seventh-round pick				^[l]
8	229	Aaron Voros	Canada	RW	Victoria Salsa (BCHL)	^[m]
8	257	Evgeny Gamalei	Russia	?	Voskresensk Khimik (Russian Superleague)
9	287	No ninth-round pick				^[n]

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

Notes

1. Salomonsson wore number 15 until Langenbrunner was acquired.
2. Rafalski did not play and was replaced by Chris Chelios of the Detroit Red Wings.^[7]
3. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[22]
4. Vanbiesbrouck came out of retirement on February 4, 2002 to re-sign with New Jersey.
5. Duce retired from professional hockey.^[24]
6. The Devils acquired Phoenix's 2001 second-round pick (Igor Pohanka) and Vancouver's 2001 second-round compensatory pick (Tuomas Pihlman) from Florida for St. Louis' 2001 first-round pick (used on Lukas Krajicek) on June 23, 2001. The Devils had originally received the pick from St. Louis in a settlement on January 4, 1999.
7. The Devils acquired the 2001 second-round pick from Ottawa for a 2001 third-round pick (used on Neil Komadoski) and a 2001 third-round compensatory pick (later transferred to Tampa Bay and used on Evgeny Artyhukin) on June 23, 2001.
8. The Devils' original 2001 second-round pick (transferred to Washington and then Tampa Bay, used on Andreas Holmqvist), along with Sheldon Souray and Josh DeWolf, was traded to Montreal for Vladimir Malakhov on March 1, 2000.
9. Compensatory pick. SLAM! Sports coverage^[usurped]
10. The Devils acquired the 2001 third-round pick along with Turner Stevenson from Columbus for Krzysztof Oliwa on June 12, 2000. Nolan never reported for the Devils and was redrafted by Vancouver in the fourth round (111 overall) of the 2003 Draft.
11. The Devils had traded their original 2001 third-round pick (used on Beat Schiess-Forster) to Phoenix for the Coyotes' 2002 third-round pick (Chvatal) on June 23, 2001.
12. The Devils traded their 2001 seventh-round pick (used on Tony Martensson) to Anaheim for Ed Ward on June 12, 2000.
13. The Devils acquired the 2001 eighth-round pick from Tampa Bay for Minnesota's 2000 ninth-round pick (used on Thomas Ziegler) on June 24, 2000. The Devils had originally received the pick from Minnesota, along with Chris Terreri, for Brad Bombardir on June 23, 2000.
14. The Devils traded their 2001 ninth-round pick (used on Juha-Pekka Ketola) and Chris Terreri to the Islanders for John Vanbiesbrouck on March 12, 2001.

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