Patrik Elias
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he is not officially retired. He is skating/working out on his own, still not 100% from his injury
Zippy316
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To add to what ZBC said, Elias had off-season surgery almost immediately following the Devils season last year. At this point, Elias is taking time to rehab his knee and getting to 100% before he makes a decision on whether he wants to continue playing. Elias and Shero have both said that repeatedly and it seems as though they are going to cross that bridge when the time comes. Elias has still been participating in team meetings -- as he did when he was injured last year -- and skates at the Devils facility every day, just not with the team.
My guess is that if Elias wants to come back, I doubt Shero stands in the way of that. Then again, that depends on where the Devils are at when he's ready. However, it seems like that won't come until November or December which honestly might be the best situation for both sides. I doubt a 41 year old Elias would be able to withstand an 82 game season, but playing 50-60~ games from December to April should be much easier.
Seems like at this point is either NJ or retirement when he's ready to make the call. I find it very unlikely he will sign with another team, but I think Devils fans have learned not to rule out that possibility.
BenedictGomez
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If he could come back around New Year's Day he would be a nice 3rd line addition for the final 45 games.
Given Skeletor likes to have players with some skill at the bottom, Elias could even play 4th line, at least to start with.
Devils Dominion
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Really hope that Elias comes back at some point this season and does well.
He's perhaps my favorite all-time Devil - would be great to watch him play with Zacha and just have a nice end to his career.
Will hopefully be there for his last game as a Devil (if he does make it back) and will absolutely be there when they retire his jersey, as it will be a long time before that happens again in NJ.
He's perhaps my favorite all-time Devil - would be great to watch him play with Zacha and just have a nice end to his career.
Will hopefully be there for his last game as a Devil (if he does make it back) and will absolutely be there when they retire his jersey, as it will be a long time before that happens again in NJ.
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I'll take the Elias from 2 years ago centering the 3rd line when Zacha or somebody is injured. 3rd line LW when he's healthy.
Elias would have to have had his leg amputated to possibly be worse than Josefson or Kalinin in that spot.
Elias would have to have had his leg amputated to possibly be worse than Josefson or Kalinin in that spot.
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Emperoreddy
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I'd be cool with that.
We allowed Ruutu to dress for THIRTY THREE games last year! We allowed Matteau to suit up for 20 games last year.
If Patty can't do better than what they did, I don't even know why he'd wanna try to make a comeback at all.
Kurt Cobain
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I think quite a few players could learn from Elias rather than just Zacha. His two way play and professional would most definitely rub off on guys. I also still think he can play in the NHL at a decent enough level because of his ability to think the game at such a high level. What do we have to lose bringing him back for half a year? He'll be well rested and you know he's keeping himself at a high level athletically.
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I hope if we're in a huge hole come January, he doesn't just decide to say **** it retire anyway, even if he can play.
I'd like to try him out as soon as he's able to play. We don't have any forwards worth calling him from Albany outside of JQ and Blandisi. It seems like Blandisi might not be up for a while and they may have soured on him like Boucher. And we've got all the other worthwhile call ups on forward already up in Wood and Lappin.
And who cares if we lose Josefson to waivers or have to send Kalinin to the AHL (I think he's waiver exempt anyway) to give Patty a spot? Not I.
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I hadn't even thought of that till now but yeech, yeah I wouldn't neccesarily want him coming back in meaningless games unless I suppose it's as a mentor as much as anything, he's not going to get a better meaningless sendoff game than he did last year.
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I'd like him to come back now or at least start practicing with the team if he's ready. We have absolutely no use for a few of the forwards we're carrying around.
Not even sure why we're afraid to waive Josefson at this point or send Kalinin to Albany. I don't think Kalinin has to go through waivers.
I think Kalinin has to go through waivers, but who cares at this point if we lose him or Josefson. If Blandisi or Quenneville come up and are horrific, is that really much worse than what Kalinin or JJ have shown? We know what we're getting with those two already, why not see what the kids have to offer.
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