Just over a month ago, when Tom Fitzgerald took over as interim GM of the New Jersey Devils after Ray Shero was let go, he was under no illusions of what lay ahead for him professionally.



He was on the clock. He had a half-season to show Devils’ ownership they could trust him to be the full-time GM. But really, he had about six weeks or so through the trade deadline to show his mettle.



So far, so good.



Fitzgerald and his front office staff, which now includes a more involved Martin Brodeur, had a very good Sunday.



The returns on Blake Coleman and Andy Greene were by any measure excellent. The haul for the underrated Coleman, signed for another year at a cheap $1.8-million cap hit, was highly rated prospect Nolan Foote and Vancouver’s first-round pick; while the pending UFA Greene netted a 2021 second-round pick and prospect blueliner David Quenneville.



I honestly didn’t think Greene, at 37 and as a rental player, would net...