At the beginning of this season, I wrote an article here at AAtJ encouraging everyone to appreciate what could be Patrik Elias' last season as a New Jersey Devil. Unfortunately, there hasn't been too much Elias hockey to watch as the 39-year-old's season has been marred by injury. After spending the first month and a half of the season on IR with a knee problem, Elias returned to the lineup for just 13 games before heading back to IR in late December and getting arthroscopic surgery done on his knee in January. Yesterday, Tom Gulitti reported over at Fire and Ice that Elias (along with Michael Cammalleri and Jacob Josefson) will remain home for the Devils' upcoming west coast road trip.