Cody Glass enters the 2026-27 season with plenty on the line, and the Devils will be counting on him to keep the bottom six steady after a year that left the team searching for answers. New Jersey has pressure all over the roster after last season’s collapse, and Glass is one of the forwards who needs to help make sure that doesn’t happen again.
His 2025-26 season gave the Devils a little bit of everything. Glass appeared in 70 games, his first full year in New Jersey after arriving from the Pittsburgh Penguins at the 2024-25 deadline, and he finished with 26 points on 19 goals and seven assists.
The production came in waves. He would get hot, then go quiet.
He also dealt with injuries, first an upper-body issue in October and then another undisclosed injury late in January.
The season started on a strong note. Glass scored the Devils’ second goal in their opener against the Carolina Hurricanes and helped pull New Jersey back into the game before the Hurricanes went on to win 6-3.
Later in the year, he delivered his best stretch of the season on Jan. 23, when he scored twice and added an assist. The game before that, he had a goal and an assist, giving him five points across two contests.
He just couldn’t turn that into a longer run.
For 2026-27, the Devils need Glass to settle in as a reliable part of the bottom six. He bounced between the top six and the bottom six last season as the lines shifted around, but the clearest fit is as the third-line center.
That spot would give him enough ice time to matter while still leaving room for him to chip in offensively. A setup with younger players like Arseny Gritsyuk and Dawson Mercer on the wing could give New Jersey a third line that holds its own.
There’s also the contract angle. Glass is in the final season of his two-year deal, and after the Devils invested in upgrading their forward group, he’ll have to earn whatever comes next. New Jersey has already seen enough to know he’s been a useful addition since the trade, but this season gives him a chance to show he deserves more than that.
There are some milestones within reach if he can stay on the ice. A healthy season would put Glass at his 400th NHL game, and if he plays all 84 games, he’d reach 406.
He’s already passed 100 points in his career and now sits at 54 goals and 65 assists, though 100 goals or 100 assists next season doesn’t look likely. That kind of climb would be more realistic in 2027-28.
The projection here is a simple one: Glass can get to 30-plus points. He has done that only once before, in 2022-23 with the Nashville Predators, but the path was there last season.
He finished four points short of 30 despite missing time, so a healthier year should give him a real shot at crossing that mark. If he wants to stay in New Jersey, that kind of season would go a long way.
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