{"id":40036,"date":"2019-01-11T21:12:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T02:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=40036"},"modified":"2019-01-11T21:12:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T02:12:21","slug":"st-louis-blues-tyler-bozak-on-injured-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/01\/11\/st-louis-blues-tyler-bozak-on-injured-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Blues Place Tyler Bozak On Injured Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blues\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St.Louis Blues<\/a> announced that center <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bozakty01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Bozak<\/a><\/strong> has been placed on injured reserve with a concussion. There is no timeline for his return, but he will not travel with the team for their upcoming road trip. This is the first concussion in his 10-year career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NHL \u2192 IR<br \/>Tyler Bozak (C) | St. Louis Blues<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/STLBlues?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#STLBlues<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JYRMLdrhUV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/JYRMLdrhUV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CapFriendly Transactions (@CF_Transactions) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CF_Transactions\/status\/1083861865053278208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Tyler Bozak Out With Concussion<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>It is likely Bozak suffered the injury on January 5th vs <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/islanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Islanders<\/a>. He played less than 12 minutes in the game. He has not played since.<\/p>\n<p>So far this season,\u00a0Bozak has scored six goals and 12 assists for 18 points to go along with 10 minutes in penalties. His possession numbers were 49.4 percent Corsi\u00a0and a relative Corsi of -0.7 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Over his 10-year NHL career, Bozak has played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> and St.Louis Blues. He has 142 goals and 241 assists for 383 career points in 633 career games. He signed a three year, $15 million deal in July with the Blues.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What This Means For The Future<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This is another loss for a Blues team who is already having a down year. Bozak was the Blues second line center before getting hurt.\u00a0Bozak also provides a lot of veteran experience on a team who is currently rebuilding. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/schenbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brayden Schenn<\/a><\/strong> will continue to center the Blues second line in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues are 2-1 so far without Bozak in the lineup. This record may look good on paper but the effect of losing a solid guy faceoff guy will hurt the team long term. In the three games when Schenn has centered the second line, he has failed to win more than 43% of his draws.<\/p>\n<p>With the Blues possibly being sellers at the deadline, it&#8217;s very unlikely\u00a0Bozak gets dealt as he has a no-trade clause.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Bozak, winger <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/thomaro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Thomas<\/a><\/strong> was also<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2019\/01\/11\/st-louis-blues-rookie-robert-thomas-out-with-upper-body-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> placed on IR today<\/a> after suffering an upper-body injury in last night&#8217;s game vs <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"KO-7rem_RcBbXTPyqWVkzw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1082027598\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'KO-7rem_RcBbXTPyqWVkzw',sig:'sjbHPjhklc-aR0qwrM7jobN9oDeYW7B78f6MIay8u6s=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1082027598',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St.Louis Blues announced that center Tyler Bozak has been placed on injured reserve with a concussion. There is no timeline for his return, but he will not travel with the team for their upcoming road trip. This is the first concussion in his 10-year career. 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