Tarasenko out with lower-body injury - STLtoday.com
Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko will miss some time with a lower-body injury, but the club says he will be ready to return for the playoffs. "Lower-body, day to day, that's what you're going to get for the next four months — get used to it," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. Hitchcock did acknowledge that Tarasenko would not play in Thursday's game against Calgary at Scottrade Center. His reference "that's what you're going to get for the next four months" was a reminder that regardless of the extent of a player's injury from here on out, they will be deemed simply "day to day. "So everybody is day to day, and certainly everybody is going to be ready for Game 1 of the playoffs. That would include Alexander Steen , who has missed one game with an lower-body injury. "Everybody is day to day, everybody will be ready for the playoffs," Hitchcock said. The Blues are now without two of their top point producers: Tarasenko (71) and Steen (62). Tarasenko left in the third period of Tuesday's game against Vancouver. Source: www.stltoday.com
