St. Louis Blues' Defenceman Has Surgery, Expected To Miss Significant Time
The St. Louis Blues will be without the services of Marco Scandella for most of this upcoming season. Scandella will undergo hip surgery later today and is set to be re-evaluated in six months. The veteran defenseman was injured in late August while training.
Scandella's $3.275MM can be moved to long-term injured reserve, giving the team a bit more cap flexibility for at least the first part of the year.
More importantly, perhaps, is how this will impact the last part of Scandella's career. The 32-year-old is signed through the 2022-23 season but has already seen a steady decline in minutes since arriving in St. Louis, averaging just barely over 18 minutes last season.
Hopefully he can have a full recovery and get back into the Blues lineup, bringing that defensive awareness that has helped him play 699 NHL games so far in his career.
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