The Devils have been battling key injuries all year long and are likely to continue to do so for the remainder of the season including playoffs if they make it. It started when Travis Zajac went down in the summer with a torn Achilles tendon and then briefly returned before being shut down again. Jacob Josefson missed 3 months with a broken clavicle which required surgery. Now, the Devils injuries include Henrik Tallinder (Blood Clot in left leg), Adam Henrique (Minor groin pull), and Travis Zajac (Complications from Torn Achilles). Adam Larsson, Bryce Salvador, and Ryan Carter are battling minor bumps and bruises as well as ailments, which could be played through.
While all players are expected back this season, they all will have to play through the pain. Zajac and Tallinder seem like they are long-term injuries. Travis Zajac is week-to-week, but is yet to receive medical clearance to do on ice activities and will likely have to be a 3rd or 4th line center when he returns, which is likely to happen by end of February or early-March. Henrik Tallinder is out 6-8 weeks, but that prognosis was given 2 weeks ago from today, so he will return in 4-6 weeks from now assuming there are no setbacks in the clot. Adam Henrique is expected back sometime next week.
Zajac has said repeatedly, the Achilles is something he will have to deal with for the duration of the season. Tallinder will also have to be very careful in dealing with his clot, and Henrique will have to control his stretch. But, all Devils including Josefson will have to get their rhythm back very slowly.
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