On February 12th of this year, which seems like a decade ago, The game between the Blues and Anaheim Ducks was forced to be postponed due to Jay Bouwmeester collapsing on the ice. Bouwmeester had a cardiac episode that necessitated a defib implant in his chest to regulate heartbeat; unfortunately, while successful, the ICD doesn’t exactly take well to contact sports. Bouwmeester has been out since that night in Anaheim.
His contract is on LTIR, obviously, while he ponders his next move. It appears highly unlikely that he will be returning to on-ice action, but Blues GM Doug Armstrong still has plans for Bouwmeester in the organization.