peaches5 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Quote Vladimir Tarasenko is expected to miss the start of next season after the St. Louis Blues forward has shoulder surgery next week. The 28-year-old will be re-evaluated in five months. The start of the 2020-21 NHL season has yet to be determined but is tentatively scheduled for Dec. 1. Tarasenko had shoulder surgery Oct. 29 after being injured in a game against the Los Angeles Kings five days earlier. Prior to the injury, he scored 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in 10 games. He did not play again until an exhibition game against the Chicago Blackhawks at Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Western Conference hub city, on July 29 but sat out the second of three round-robin games during the Stanley Cup Qualifiers. Tarasenko played Games 1 and 2 for the Blues in the Western Conference First Round against the Vancouver Canucks, but did not play the rest of the series, which defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis lost in six games. He had zero points in four postseason games. "He had shoulder surgery, obviously, at the start of the season," Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said Wednesday. "He rehabbed, he came back, we had to do another MRI. He wasn't feeling good. That surgery didn't take the way we had hoped. It wasn't successful. He's going to go back in and have more surgery next week and it's serious in the sense that he won't be with us and he won't be reevaluated for five months after the date of surgery. "It's the third surgery. We're hoping he gets back to the level that he was at before. I'm not concerned about the work ethic and the approach he's going to take to put himself in a great spot, but time is going to tell on how quickly and the impact he can have when he gets back." Tarasenko has scored 428 points (214 goals, 214 assists) in 507 games through eight seasons, including five straight seasons with at least 33 goals from 2014-19, and 49 points (33 goals, 16 assists) in 74 playoff games. He scored 17 points (11 goals, six assists) in 26 playoff games, while helping the Blues win their first Stanley Cup last season. "I think he can have the same impact as before," Armstrong said, "but it's really irrelevant what I think or what I feel. It's going to be how he does when he gets back." https://www.nhl.com/news/st-louis-blues-forward-vladimir-tarasenko-status-to-return/c-318760474 Sucks his shoulder surgery was unsuccessful another 5 months to see if this one works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Lots of rumors indicating he shouldn't have come back for the 'return to play' in the first place. He could've had a thorough recovery period instead but.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarcore Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 After how the Blues were.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Rough for the Blues, we're fortunate he wasn't healthy against us though. Hopefully he recovers and things go well this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 53 minutes ago, Coconuts said: Rough for the Blues, we're fortunate he wasn't healthy against us though. Hopefully he recovers and things go well this time. They should also consider it fortunate that we didn't have Toffoli in the line up vs them. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Hoping he recovers fully; he's a hell of a player. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Sad part is he may never be the same. We were worried about one shoulder injury with Jake. Tarasenko has had two or three now. So he may never quite be that prolific scorer he was. Unless he finds other ways to score. With his size and speed he may still score a good amount of goals. But his shot is likely never gonna be quite as good. Which sucks, without these injuries he has all the tools and skill to be a 50+ goal scorer. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwags Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 3rd shoulder surgery in a year. Not a good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Damn, get well Vlady Fun player to watch and kept the Bruins from winning a cup. Respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakrami Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Great talent, hope he recovers fully and keep on pulling out those highlight reels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorvatToBaertschi Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Big time player that will hopefully bounce back! Wish him all the best in his recovery. Shoulders are weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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