NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — After missing the playoffs for the second straight season and for the third time in four, New Jersey Devils president and general manager Lou Lamoriello wanted to take a step back to ponder the future rather than rip off a list of changes that the franchise needed to get back to the postseason. It would have been easy to say the Devils need another quality goal scorer, possibly a puck-moving defenseman and someone — anybody — who can score in the shootout, where the Devils were 0-13 this past season. Lamoriello was hesitant because he knows the difference between making the playoffs and missing them usually isn't big. The Devils went 35-29-18 in goaltender Martin Brodeur's 20th and possibly final season with the three-time Stanley Cup winners.Read more on NewsOK.com