Off-season training has claimed the start of the season for St. Louis Blues forward Patrik Berglund, who suffered a shoulder injury in training and the team announced that he'll undergo surgery on Friday to correct the problem.
The expected recovery time is around four months, which would have him back around Christmas time, around Week Twelve or so. For us poolies, that would make him into a very good candidate for the second Waiver Draft of the season, where he'll have a month of action, getting his timing back.
Last season, Berglund scored 12 goals and 27 points in 77 games, making him more of a fringe player, according to last year's numbers. Initially, I had him working his way back into pool-worthiness with a 30-point projection, but that now gets cut in half for the coming year.
On a side note, this will now open up a spot in the lineup for a young winger to step up and try and earn some 2nd or 3rd line minutes this year. Ty Rattie, Robbie Fabbri and/or Ivan Barbashev will now likely get some longer looks in camp.
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