Kammala wannan magana: A lokacin kakar wasa ta gaba, aljanu sun sami mai tsaron gida Cory Schneider daga Vancouver Canucks a musayar New Jersey ta tara tara a cikin
A shekara ta 2013. Lou Lamoriello ya bayyana cewa Brodeur zai ci gaba da kasancewa mai farawa, amma Schneider zai sami lokaci mai yawa a kan kankara. An rasa David Clarkson a cikin 'yanci kyauta zuwa Toronto da Henrik Tallinder ta hanyar kasuwanci zuwa Buffalo, amma Lamoriello ya kawo Jaromir Jagr, Ryane Clowe da Michael Ryder daga Bruins, Rangers da Canadiens, bi da bi. An maye gurbin Matt Shaw da Mike Foligno a matsayin mai horar da 'yan wasa, yayin da Patrik Elias ya sake sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru uku, dala miliyan 16.5. Makonni daga baya, duk da haka, Kovalchuk ya gigice da aljanu da kuma NHL al'umma bayan da ya sanar da ritaya daga League da kuma niyyar komawa Rasha don taka leda a SKA Saint Petersburg a cikin Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).