St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong has introduced that defenseman Torey Krug has been positioned on long-term harm reserve (LTIR) with a lower-body harm. No additional particulars had been offered. Krug might be re-evaluated in six weeks.
Krug is in his third season with the Blues group after signing a monster seven-year $45 million contract in October 2020. The contract holds a median annual worth (AAV) of $6.5 million. Krug, 31, has registered 17 factors (5G,12A) in 31 video games to begin the season whereas possessing a Corsi-for (CF%) of 48.8% and an offensive zone begin proportion (oZS%) of 72.9%. He is a giant a part of the Blues’ prime power-play unit, and at present has eight power-play factors on the 12 months. Last season he tallied 43 factors in 64 video games and three factors in three video games in the course of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Overall all through his 12-year NHL profession to date between the Boston Bruins and Blues, Krug has recorded 429 factors (83G, 346A) in 669 video games.
Furthermore, the Blues introduced that they’ve recalled defenseman Tyler Tucker from their AHL affiliate Springfield Thunderbirds. Tucker was chosen two hundredth general within the 2018 NHL Draft. Last season, he led the Thunderbirds in preventing majors with six and 114 penalty minutes. This season, Tucker has registered 13 factors (1G, 12A) in 24 video games, together with 45 penalty minutes. He has additionally appeared in 4 video games with the Blues this season, whereas he has zero factors, he did get his first NHL combat within the bag when he and Anaheim Ducks scrapper Sam Carrick dropped the gloves. The Blues at present sit fifth within the Central Division with a document of 16-16-2 this season.
