{"id":801642,"date":"2026-08-03T19:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/801642\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T19:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:16:08","slug":"ditd-open-post-8-3-26-we-have-depth-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/801642\/","title":{"rendered":"DitD &#038; Open Post &#8211; 8\/3\/26: We Have Depth Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Here are your links for today:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cThe Devils went from having very few borderline NHLers on their AHL roster to having them strewn throughout the lineup. It\u2019s a great problem to have \u2013 at some point or another, the Devils will need to call on them. Putrid fourth-line play cost them a few games in 2025-26, but it now seems as though that is an issue of the past.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/infernalaccess.substack.com\/p\/the-devils-have-vastly-improved-their\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Infernal Access<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Brett Pesce on Sunny Mehta: \u201cYeah, [Sunny] has been awesome. I had a conversation with him at the end of the year, loved what he had to say, what he did this offseason. So far, so good. He\u2019s a really smart guy and looking forward to getting to know him better.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/new-jersey-devils\/devils-news-brett-pesce-chip-on-shoulder-endorses-mehta-offseason\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Jersey Hockey Now<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Tommy Novak gets a three-year deal:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">And Collin Graf does too:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Looking ahead, who are some guys who could actually hit free agency next year? [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/eight-pending-nhl-ufas-who-could-hit-market-in-2027\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sportsnet<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">NHL Network producers and analysts unveil their list of their top 20 wings in the NHL right now: [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/topic\/top-players-right-now\/nhl-current-players-ranked-top-20-wings-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Feel free to discuss these and any other hockey-related stories in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are your links for today: \u201cThe Devils went from having very few borderline NHLers on their AHL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[53344,385,99],"class_list":["post-801642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-devils-in-the-details","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}