The following season Oduya signed with the New Jersey Devils in the NHL. Many expected him to be a minor league player, who maybe would get occasional ice-time in the Devils. When several of the Devils’ defenders were injured, Oduya got a spot in the lineup. He played surprisingly well in the NHL, sometimes playing around twenty minutes a game, and played in virtually every Devils game that season except for a few that he missed because of a mid-season injury. However, in the playoffs he wasn’t even at the bench when the Devils were defeated in the second round. His benching came mostly from the great play of Andy Greene, who got called up toward the end of the season. He became a good offensive defenseman, and took Oduya out of the lineup after Colin White’s injury healed.
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