Devils acquire Luke Evangelista from Predators for two draft picks

Let the newsy September chaos commence. On Tuesday night, the New Jersey Devils acquired forward Luke Evangelista from the Nashville Predators. In exchange, the Predators are receiving a conditional first-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft and a 2028 second-round pick. While the second-round selection belonged to the Devils, the first-round pick originally belonged to the Colorado Avalanche but was sent to New Jersey as part of the deal that saw Maxim Tsyplakov and Simon Nemec sent to the Calgary Flames back in June. If the Avalanche’s first-round pick in 2027 isn’t transferred to the Toronto Maple Leafs, or the…