Blues forward Jaden Schwartz suffered a leg injury at practice on Friday and ominous preliminary reports were confirmed this morning, as St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Jeremy Rutherford indicates that Schwartz had ankle surgery and will be lost for three months.
This is another significant injury for St. Louis, who lost center Paul Stastny earlier in the week with a broken foot and Patrik Berglund for the first half of the season with a shoulder injury.
Schwartz has scored 20+ goals the last two seasons and is part of their most effective offensive line with Jori Lehtera and Vladimir Tarasenko. The Blues will now have to rely more on David Backes, Alex Steen and veteran depth players like Steve Ott, Scott Gomez and Scottie Upshall to pick up some of the scoring slack or could pursue a trade if they struggle.
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