This month of December is going to push this St. Louis Blues team to the brink. After Jimmy Snuggerud, Pius Suter and Alexey Toropchenko go out with injuries, another regular has landed on the Injured Reserve.
Nathan Walker has sustained an upper-body injury, and will be re-evaluated in eight weeks time. This is a huge blow to the bottom of the lineup, as Walker is a force down there. In limited minutes, nobody on this squad makes the same kind of impact on the game as No. 26.
With three goals and six assists on the year, he was rapidly approaching and about to eclipse his point total from last season in just 25 games of play.