Let’s not jump to conclusions and assume Dawson Mercer is going to miss too much time. However, now that we’ve gotten to the point where it’s the first day of on-ice activities and Mercer won’t be involved,

Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald was optimistic when he discussed the ongoing contract negotiations with forward Dawson Mercer, whom is not at training camp as an unsigned restricted free agent.

New Jersey Devils forward Dawson Mercer put pen to paper on a new contract with the team that drafted him on Thursday night.