The St. Louis Blues put captain Ryan O’Reilly and winger Vladimir Tarasenko on injured reserve Monday, the most recent blows to a Western Convention contender seeking to stay within the playoff race.
The crew mentioned O’Reilly has a damaged foot and Tarasenko an injured hand. O’Reilly is predicted to be out for not less than six weeks and Tarasenko for 4.
The Blues final week put defenseman Torey Krug on IR with a lower-body damage and the expectation that he would miss the next six weeks.
St. Louis has been ravaged by accidents all season and is in tenth place within the West, 5 factors again of the ultimate playoff spot, practically midway by way of the NHL season.
The newest developments led to the Blues recalling rookie ahead Jake Neighbours from Springfield of the American Hockey League.
Common supervisor Doug Armstrong was to deal with reporters later Monday. O’Reilly and Tarasenko are every within the remaining yr of their contracts and might be dealt earlier than the March 3 commerce deadline if new offers aren’t performed and Armstrong decides the Blues are sellers.
They have not been in fairly a while. St. Louis has made the playoffs in 10 of the previous 11 seasons and missed out by one level the one different yr throughout that stretch, which together with the crew profitable the Stanley Cup for the primary time in franchise historical past in 2019 with O’Reilly and Tarasenko taking part in key roles.