Injury Report: Zajac injured, out 4-6 months.

[Emperoreddy]

Let the kids play. We aren't making the playoffs, so let's see if someone can take the ball and run.

 

[Devils Dominion]

#Dahlin

Can't get much worse injury news than this.

 

[FlyerFire]

That sucks about Zacha. Best of luck to him and the Devs this year. It always sucks when a very good young player misses time.

 

[Cheddabombs]

That sucks about Zacha. Best of luck to him and the Devs this year. It always sucks when a very good young player misses time.

Almost, appreciate the effort

It's Zajac that's injured not Zacha. Unless you know something we don't

 

[Devilsgrl35]

That sucks about Zacha. Best of luck to him and the Devs this year. It always sucks when a very good young player misses time.

Zajac. Not Zacha

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

That sucks about Zacha. Best of luck to him and the Devs this year. It always sucks when a very good young player misses time.

....what?

Zajac is hurt, not Zacha

 

[Brooklyndevil]

I guess this makes Rico our top center. Too bad for Travis and the team.

 

[MadDevil]

....what?

Zajac is hurt, not Zacha

....yet.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Damn, that sucks.

Not sure this necessarily means McLeod makes the team, but it definitely opens the door that much more.

 

[Billdo]

I mean outside of Schneider going down I don't see another players injury being this hard to overcome, am I wrong or just overreacting?

 

[Baemon Severson*]

I guess this guarantees Nico plays with Hall. I didnt want to put Nico into the buzzsaw too early but I can't stomach the thought of watching Henrique ruin Hall's offense because he is poor at reading the play. This all but guarantees McLeod will start the season in NJ and if Zajac comes back before the 40ish (someone help me out with the exact number please) games, NJ can sent him back to juniors and possibly the WJC, without burning a UFA year.

Anyway, not much to say other than this sucks royally for our 17-18 chances, not that they were high to begin with. Zajac is such a damn good player and I think we all take for granted his 40-50 points with elite defense. It's been pretty impressive how he's been able to fit in with all of NJ's top wingers from Parise to Jagr to Hall. Speaks volumes about how smart of a player he is.

If NJ can bag a top dman like Dahlin, McIssac, Hughes, Ryan Merkley or even another franchise forward like Svechnikov, this really may be a blessing in disguise.

 

[Merrills Marauders]

I mean outside of Schneider going down I don't see another players injury being this hard to overcome, am I wrong or just overreacting?

You're not. I agree Zajac, outside of maybe Hall, is the most integral forward that we couldn't afford to lose. Here's to hoping the kids really, reaaallllyyyy step up this year.

 

[Jets012]

Well, this team might be REALLY bad again.

I guess I can live with it if it means Hynes gets fired and we get an elite prospect in the draft this year. But if the team really does suck again, that is not good for Hall at all. We will eventually have to decide something with Schneider.

 

[Hellraiser]

Please don't rush Mikey if he's not ready, but he should get every chance to make the team out of camp

 

[Devils Dominion]

I mean outside of Schneider going down I don't see another players injury being this hard to overcome, am I wrong or just overreacting?

Trav, Hall, Cory and Greene

 

[R8Devs]

I mean outside of Schneider going down I don't see another players injury being this hard to overcome, am I wrong or just overreacting?

hall is without a doubt the best player on this team. losing severson would also be a big blow.

at least the devils medical staff is different so hopefully they don't bring him back too early and cause him to miss more like what happened with his achilles injury

 

[MadDevil]

Well that's not reassuring.

 

[Cheddabombs]

those facts aren't fun at all right now

 

[Its a Trap]

Welp...what's one more season being a trainwreck in the grand scheme of things

 

[severian]

#Dahlin

Can't get much worse injury news than this.

Schneider or Hischier would be worse. Not saying a Hischier injury ruins this teams chances at the playoffs, but it would make us completely unwatchable. He's pretty much the only reason I'm watching next season.

 

[liquid1988]

Sooo we are going to win exactly, 2 faceoffs a game this season? This is horrible in the sense of wanting to perform better but good for a young guy like Mcloed to step in...Sigh

 

[Bleedred]

So I guess Zajac is out until mid to lags December-mid February?

Yikes

Hiney Head better yank the chain off Hischier and play him at least 18 minutes per game.

 

[NJDevs26]

Schneider or Hischier would be worse. Not saying a Hischier injury ruins this teams chances at the playoffs, but it would make us completely unwatchable. He's pretty much the only reason I'm watching next season.

I don't know how much Cory really means at this point either, he's going to have a second straight bad season with this group even if he plays cleaner than he did last year his numbers'll still be god-awful.

 

[Bleedred]

I don't know how much Cory really means at this point either, he's going to have a second straight bad season with this group even if he plays cleaner than he did last year his numbers'll still be god-awful.

I don't think he will I think he'll either have a good season again, even if not as good as his first several years here. Or he'll have a bad season and just not be good anymore.

I'm leaning towards the first one though. He had a great season with a really poor defense/defensive forwards in 14-15.

 

[NJDevs26]

I don't think he will I think he'll either have a good season again, even if not as good as his first several years here. Or he'll have a bad season and just not be good anymore.

I'm leaning towards the first one though. He had a great season with a really poor defense/defensive forwards in 14-15.

Problem is they at least had a two-years younger Greene, Larsson and a healthy (albeit offensively challenged) Zajac that year. Cory's going to need sleep therapy to avoid having nightmares of life with this D core and no Travis for at least half the year.