Sam Gagner has known the expectations of being a high-round draft pick; he’s been traded half a dozen times, he’s been up and down and back around. A year ago he landed with the Detroit Red Wings, where his experience was welcomed by a team in rebuilding mode.
Gagner joined the lineup as a two-way forward and power play guy and a reliable pro. He hasn’t had the numbers he’d like this season, but Gagner is noticeable on most of his shifts because of the good work he does in both the offensive and defensive zones.
PROSPECT WATCH: Clarke s Different Offseason
Read about Devils prospect Graeme Clarke, his border crossing mishap and the rest of his offseason before he joins Binghamton by Peter Robinson / Special to NewJerseyDevils.com
Between having to quarantine and trying to keep busy in a pandemic-paused season, it was the last thing Graeme Clarke needed: a paperwork mix-up that almost caused another delay in a year defined by them.
The Devils prospect, a third-round pick (80
th overall) from the 2019 NHL Draft, was heading to Slovakia last month with his younger brother, Brandt, to play in that country s pro league.
An obtuse Air Canada check-in agent had other ideas.