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The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club was founded in Kansas City, Missouri as the Kansas City Scouts in 1974, moved to Denver, Colorado as the Colorado Rockies after only two seasons, and then settled in New Jersey in 1982. Since arriving in New Jersey, the Devils have drafted 323 players.

The NHL Entry Draft is held each June, allowing teams to select players who have turned 18 years old by September 15 in the year the draft is held. The draft order is determined by the previous season's order of finish, with non-playoff teams drafting first, followed by the teams that made the playoffs, with the specific order determined by the number of points earned by each team. The NHL holds a weighted lottery for the 14 non-playoff teams, allowing the winner to move up a maximum of four positions in the entry draft. The team with the fewest points has the best chance of winning the lottery, with each successive team given a lower chance of moving up in the draft. The Devils have won the lottery once (2011). Between 1986 and 1994, the NHL also held a Supplemental Draft for players in American colleges.

New Jersey's first draft pick was Rocky Trottier, taken eighth overall in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft. The highest New Jersey has ever drafted is second overall, which they did twice; Kirk Muller (1984) and Brendan Shanahan (1987) were taken in the second spot. Fourteen picks went on to play over 1,000 NHL games: Shanahan, Pat Verbeek, Muller, Ken Daneyko, Scott Niedermayer, Brian Rolston, Martin Brodeur, John MacLean, Bill Guerin, Eric Weinrich, Patrik Elias, Petr Sykora, Steve Sullivan, and Jason Smith. On the opposite end of the spectrum, three Devils draftees (Stanislav Gron, Mikko Jokela, and Joey Tenute) have just one NHL game to their credit.

The Devils hosted the 2013 NHL Entry Draft at their home rink, the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils traded their first round selection to the Vancouver Canucks to acquire goaltender Cory Schneider. After trading their 39th overall selection to the Phoenix Coyotes for the 42nd and 73rd overall selections, they made Steven Santini, a defenseman from the USA Hockey National Team Development Program, their first draft pick. The Devils ended the day by trading their 2015 7th-round selection to the Los Angeles Kings for the Kings' 2013 7th round selection (208th overall), which they used on Anthony Brodeur, a goaltender from Shattuck-St. Mary's. Brodeur is the son of Martin Brodeur, the Devils' longtime goaltender; the elder Brodeur was the one who made the announcement to the crowd, selecting his son in front of his hometown fans.

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Played at least one game with the Devils Spent entire NHL career with the Devils (†) Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame (‡) Number retired by the Devils

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''Statistics are complete as of the 2012–13 NHL season and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position. This list includes players drafted by the team in New Jersey only.''