{"id":510911,"date":"2026-04-06T20:47:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=510911"},"modified":"2026-04-06T20:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:47:39","slug":"devils-general-manager-fitzgerald-out-after-5-plus-campaigns","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/devils-general-manager-fitzgerald-out-after-5-plus-campaigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils general manager Fitzgerald out after 5-plus campaigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Fitzgerald is out as the New Jersey Devils&#8217; GM, the organization revealed today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a discussion today with Fitzgerald, and both agreed that it is time to move forward,\u201d New Jersey co-owner David Blitzer shared. \u201cHe did great during his time as our general manager, as during his tenure, we set an organization record for points in a campaign, and I\u2019m very happy that he also became my friend. I wish him all the best in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to say to our supporters that we know that we haven\u2019t achieved what we all expected. That\u2019s why we will move in a new direction as this will be a crucial offseason for our team, and we will do everything possible to make our franchise a competitor for the Stanley Cup as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite New Jersey&#8217;s beginning today still mathematically eligible for the postseason, they were 7 points out of the final East Conference playoff position with 5 matches until the end of the regular campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The New Jersey Devils are parting ways with President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Tom Fitzgerald. When Fitzgerald took over as GM in 2020, the Devils appeared to have one of the brightest futures in the league. In the 2022\u20132023 season, the team finished third overall\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wz62RSJV5H\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wz62RSJV5H<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6BPmJm7hQo\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/6BPmJm7hQo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Analytics With Avery (@analyticswavery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/analyticswavery\/status\/2041289836108169636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Fitzgerald is out as the New Jersey Devils&#8217; GM, the organization revealed today. \u201cWe had a discussion today with Fitzgerald, and both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":510912,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17062,27105],"news_category":[16709,16715],"gn_keywords":[17979,27106],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"New Jersey will seek a new direction with a fresh face in the GM role.","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/510911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/510911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510913,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/510911\/revisions\/510913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510911"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=510911"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=510911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}