Travis Zajac

On Friday night, New Jersey Devils center Travis Zajac will make his 2011-12 season debut against the Dallas Stars. Zajac suffered an Achilles tendon injury while working out in the offseason and is finally ready to go after surgery and rehabilitation.

Brian Burke is no stranger to the world of trading in the NHL. He has pulled the trigger on numerous big-time deals during his career and seems poised to continue that trend in the offseason.

Given the recent success that the Maple Leafs have enjoyed over the past few months, a surplus of trade action in the summer seems highly unlikely. However, there remains glaring holes on the Leafs roster that management must address prior to training camp.

The following is a list of 10 possible trades that Leafs brass may pursue in the near future.

We are only 27 days away from the trade deadline and if all is right in the world, Brian Burke should be quite active in the days leading up to February 28th.

With the Maple Leafs currently standing 26th in the NHL, almost anyone on the Leafs roster should be considered trade bait. Phil Kessel, Luke Schenn, and Jonas Gustavsson are the only players that might be considered "untouchables."

But the question is: who might the Leafs acquire in any deal they make? There have already been many rumors involving the Leafs.

Welcome to Monday Morning Musings, or should I say welcome back? After a little hiatus and a failed experiment, I have decided to bring the weekly feature back to Bleacher Report just in time for the start of the new year.

I am thinking of doing a couple of different things with this feature this time around so if you have any ideas that are a little unique but you think you would like to see, please leave them in the comment section.

Firstly, a very happy New Year to all of you, be healthy and rich!

The New Jersey Devils have been known for a lot of things over the years.  Three Stanley Cup Championships, constant playoff appearances and also, constant coaching changes. The decision to fire John MacLean after just 33 games can't be a total surprise considering the history of the Devil

As all Leaf fans well know, the club is struggling to find consistent offence from their forwards. In a last ditch attempt to bring in some much needed offence, Brian Burke and company decided that calling up top end prospect Nazem Kadri was the way to go.

Many critics can spend hours debating whether it was really the correct time to bring up Kadri, but what's done is done.

Tonight at 4PM ET, Paul Martin will return to New Jersey for his first game against the New Jersey Devils.

TV Station: NHLN-CA, FS-P and MSG +

Records:

New Jersey 0-1-1 (1 point)

Pittsburgh 0-2-0 (0 points)

Scoring Leaders:

New Jersey – Travis Zajac – 3 points (1G, 2A)

Pittsburgh – Paul Martin – 2 points (0G, 2A)

Key Additions: C Jason Arnott, D Henrik Tallinder, D Anton Volchenkov, G Johan Hedberg.

Key Subtractions: D Paul Martin, D Martin Skoula, D Mike Mottau, G Yann Danis, C Rob Niedermayer, LW Andrew Peters.

For as long as anyone can remember, the New Jersey Devils have been a competitive team.

They employed the best defensive system in the league, buoyed by one of the greatest goaltenders ever, and were able to get key offensive contributions when needed.

As the season begins, there will now be two editions of NHL Today. One will be the traditional NHL rumor based article. The second edition will be a daily recap of games and more. Stay tuned for the second edition coming soon!

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