Injury Report: Schwartz School of Medicine: Prof. Perunovich Proctors The Sundqvist Assessment Test (22-23 Injuries)

[shpongle falls]

Krug has had a rough year man. When he’s on he’s pretty damn good though.

I’m glad my boy Rosen gets a chance to step up, he’s been surprisingly really good this year. Excited to see what Tucker can do too.

 

[Stealth JD]

Krug to IR hurts the tank. Get well soon, little buddy.

 

[Mike Liut]

I think Krug on IR helps the tank. The PP will take a hit.

 

[TheDizee]

I think Krug on IR helps the tank. The PP will take a hit.

PP was not very good with him tbh.

 

[Mike Liut]

PP was not very good with him tbh.

true, but I doubt it improves. He’s the only one that knows how to pass

 

[TheDizee]

Team is better off without him

 

[STL fan in MN]

It's probably wishful thinking. He 100% could have been dealing with lingering effects, but this injury is probably from the Vegas game. The issue with Krug and to an extent Faulk is the lack of consistency year to year. Krug's first season wasn't bad, but underwhelming because we didn't deploy him correctly. Last season he over-performed to incredible degrees, highlighted by a PDO of 106. And this season has been the exact opposite with a PDO of 96, and just being a dumpster fire.

So he limps a bit after blocking the shot but then full out sprints to the bench. Hard to sprint with a lower body injury severe enough to keep you out for 6 weeks…

Odd.

But regardless, hopefully he recovers well and is back to prime Krug form when he returns.

 

[bleedblue1223]

So he limps a bit after blocking the shot but then full out sprints to the bench. Hard to sprint with a lower body injury severe enough to keep you out for 6 weeks…

Odd.

But regardless, hopefully he recovers well and is back to prime Krug form when he returns.

Could be a deep bone bruise or stress fracture, that would fit the timeline and how he skated off. Also could be true that he's had lingering issues, and this last one is just one too many to play through. We just don't know.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Interesting that Perunovich is out there after Berube just made comments that he and Scandella were doing good, but still a ways a way. If he can get healthy, it would really benefit him to have a strong finish to prove his worth heading into next season.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

 

[illinidave]

Now ROR and Tank out too…

 

[AjaxManifesto]

WOW

 

[tfriede2]

They better be back before TDL, otherwise DA and the Blues are completely eff’d. This has ramifications that would last years and years.

 

[TheDizee]

he should have been fired after letting chuckie go

i warned everyone he was mishandling everything since july 1st. hes about to lose ROR/91 for NOTHING now

 

[tfriede2]

ROR to be re-evaluated in 6 weeks, Tarasenko in 4. Trade deadline is 8 weeks away. I think ROR retains a 1st for value, even if he only plays 1-2 games before the deadline. I’m not too concerned about them being out for foreseeable future, but rather being healthy by the deadline.

 

[PJJJP]

Well good luck on getting anything for these guys now

 

[542365]

They better be back before TDL, otherwise DA and the Blues are completely eff’d. This has ramifications that would last years and years.

Tarasenko is being reevaluated in 4 weeks, and hand injuries aren’t usually the type to linger so I think he’ll certainly be back before the deadline. ROR reevaluated in six weeks is a bit more questionable, but that would still be mid February so he should be alright. Just means neither guy can go on a scoring heater and increase their value much.

 

[MissouriMook]

Hopefully there is a reasonably broad market for both because even if both reach the deadline 100% healthy this is the sort of thing another GM can and will use as leverage to lower the cost to acquire. Competition is the only way we get fair value for either.

 

[Brian39]

Obviously simultaneous injuries to two members of the top 6 and your best two potential trade assets sucks.

With that said, the timing could absolutely be worse. The injury timelines should have them back in the lineup before the trade deadline. But more importantly, they should be fully recovered by playoffs.

This is much better than if they had both suffered these injuries a month from now. This is much better than Tarasenko suffering a shoulder injury and broken bones typically heal mid-season better than knees/shoulders/hips. If you had to choose injuries for them to suffer, broken bones with a recovery timeline in February would be a better choice than most of the serious injuries you can get playing hockey.

But good lord it had to be both?

 

[TheDizee]

Obviously simultaneous injuries to two members of the top 6 and your best two potential trade assets sucks.

With that said, the timing could absolutely be worse. The injury timelines should have them back in the lineup before the trade deadline. But more importantly, they should be fully recovered by playoffs.

This is much better than if they had both suffered these injuries a month from now. This is much better than Tarasenko suffering a shoulder injury and broken bones typically heal mid-season better than knees/shoulders/hips. If you had to choose injuries for them to suffer, broken bones with a recovery timeline in February would be a better choice than most of the serious injuries you can get playing hockey.

But good lord it had to be both?

or he could have traded them a month ago, not like this team has shown they are anything different than what they showed in october and november. armstrong has mishandled the entire offseason starting with his obsession to resign leddy and keeping mikkola. Then he shafted perron and chuckie.

now he holds onto people and hopes his team will magically flip a switch when we all see what our eyes are watching every game. this team is pathetic and hopeless and the trades should have been flying after the 2nd long losing streak.

i bet both of these people take longer than the 4/6 weeks for each respectively. and with our luck, they will hold on to barbashev and he will get hurt in late Feb. this dude just f***ed our short and long term outlooks in the matter of 6 months. He has downgraded EVERY position this offseason.

the worst thing of all is our high 2nd round pick is going to detroit now too because he just had to get Leddy for a second and resign him with Perron's money. If he had half a brain he would have moved these guys out a month ago and try to tank for a top 3 pick. Now we will get nothing for them and slow our rebuild by another 2 or 3 years. Armstrong is a overrated clown.

 

[PJJJP]

or he could have traded them a month ago, not like this team has shown they are anything different than what they showed in october and november. armstrong has mishandled the entire offseason starting with his obsession to resign leddy and keeping mikkola. Then he shafted perron and chuckie.

now he holds onto people and hopes his team will magically flip a switch when we all see what our eyes are watching every game. this team is pathetic and hopeless and the trades should have been flying after the 2nd long losing streak.

i bet both of these people take longer than the 4/6 weeks for each respectively. and with our luck, they will hold on to barbashev and he will get hurt in late Feb. this dude just f***ed our short and long term outlooks in the matter of 6 months. He has downgraded EVERY position this offseason

No one has the cap space to take them on right now. That's why most trades are done at the deadline where teams will have more sap space

 

[TheDizee]

No one has the cap space to take them on right now. That's why most trades are done at the deadline where teams will have more sap space

So absorb the cap yourself? If all you want is picks back, you can eat some cap. This team is going nowhere and everyone knew it and now their top 2 returns are banged up. The Blues could easily absorb 50% of these cap hits and it would likely bring back an even bigger haul by doing so. If Stillman truly wants to be a good owner he needs to look at the bigger picture and that bigger picture means limiting how long a rebuild/tool takes. This dumb decision by Armstrong has just potentially added 2 or 3 more years to a retool because of his pathetic hope of this garbage team turning things around.

This season was over as soon as they went on a second prolonged losing streak. They look terrible almost every night, they find ways to lose, even win they win its hard to watch because they play such lousy hockey and are extremely unlikeable. It is like trying to root for a awful heel in WWF. I truly dislike this roster and team more than any other in Blues history and I blame Armstrong for gutting all the chemistry and likeability they had.

 

[MissouriMook]

Now that I have had a few minutes for this to sink in, I can find at least a couple of ”glass half full” takeaways to this situation.

First, having these two out of the lineup for at least a month gives us an opportunity to extend the tank and improve the value of our pick.

Finally, as Brian alluded to, these are far from catastrophic injuries and keeping them out of the lineup for the next few weeks will prevent them from getting hurt even worse.

 

[Stealth JD]

Will be hilarious to see the Blues win ten of twelve with 90 and 91 now sidelined. You'd think removing talent would aid the tank, but removing malcontents may just inspire the guys who want to be here to get used to the idea that this is their team now. If either guy has played their last game as Blues, so be it.

 

[TheDizee]

Will be hilarious to see the Blues win ten of twelve with 90 and 91 now sidelined. You'd think removing talent would aid the tank, but removing malcontents may just inspire the guys who want to be here to get used to the idea that this is their team now. If either guy has played their last game as Blues, so be it.

The Blues played their best hockey last season during the covid stretch but that was only because of Chuckie coming in and changing the mindset and work ethic of the team. Husso then came in and relieved Chuckie for the majority of the season after that.

If the Blues are going to play better hockey and pick up points in the next 2 months (LOL), it starts with their goaltenders playing superb (AKA not leaving the net and giving a team 2 free goals in crucial divisional games) and strong PK/PP. You win with a crappy AHL roster by checking the other team hard 24/7 and having your special teams and goaltender be the difference.

None of those things will be happening as Binner checked out as we all saw last game. Their PK is the worst in the league and their PP is just OK and just OK is not good enough when you have as many issues as this team does.