{"id":83443,"date":"2020-08-18T13:34:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T17:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=83443"},"modified":"2020-08-18T13:34:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T17:34:42","slug":"st-louis-blues-forward-vladimir-tarasenko-out-for-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/08\/18\/st-louis-blues-forward-vladimir-tarasenko-out-for-first-round\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Blues Forward Vladimir Tarasenko Out For First Round"},"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 forward<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tarasvl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vladimir Tarasenko<\/a><\/strong> is heading back to St. Louis to visit with team doctors to look at his surgically repaired shoulder. According to the team, he will be out for the remainder of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vladimir Tarasenko will return to St. Louis to meet with team doctors regarding his surgically-repaired shoulder. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FZyErVX4yB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/FZyErVX4yB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stlblues?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#stlblues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StLouisBlues\/status\/1295762436516016128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Vladimir Tarasenko Heads Back To St. Louis<\/h2>\n<p>After the Blues fell down 2-0 to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, head coach <strong>Craig Berube <\/strong>made some lineup changes. One of which saw Tarasenko out of the lineup. At the time nobody knew exactly the reason other than his team was looking for a spark.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the series is tied at 2-2, after a Blues victory in Game 4, the news comes out that Tarasenko is heading back to St. Louis. In a press release on Tuesday general manager, Doug Armstrong said there will be an update of Tarasenko&#8217;s status as of next Monday. However, these are not the only games he has missed since the NHL has returned. Tarasenko also missed a round-robin game before the playoffs started.<\/p>\n<p>Tarasenko originally injured his shoulder back on October 24, 2019, after being tangled up with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkese01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Walker<\/a><\/strong> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/kings\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a>. He missed 61 games after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2019\/10\/28\/st-louis-blues-vladimir-tarasenko-out-at-least-five-months-after-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">undergoing shoulder surgery<\/a> before returning to the Blues lineup for their exhibition games on July 29 against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>. Prior to getting injured Tarasenko had recorded 10 points (three goals and seven assists) in 10 regular-season games. He had yet to record a point in four games this postseason.<\/p>\n<h3>Going Forward<\/h3>\n<p>The Blues have been in this position before. They played most of the regular season without him. Having Tarasenko back in their lineup was a huge boost because they thought he was gone for the rest of the season if not the first couple rounds of the playoffs. However, with Tarasenko out of the lineup, Berube did some line juggling to get his team going. Berube moved <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/perroda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Perron<\/a><\/strong> into Tarasenko&#8217;s spot on the top line with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/oreilry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan O&#8217;Reilly<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/schwaja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jaden Schwartz<\/a><\/strong>. In addition, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sundqos01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oskar Sundqvist<\/a><\/strong> also moved into the top six.<\/p>\n<p>The news was not all bad for the Blues as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/barbaiv01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ivan Barbashev<\/a><\/strong> has returned to the ice for the Blues. He was cleared to return to play and was skating on his own in St. Louis before joining the team in the Edmonton bubble. This is a huge boost for the Blues who like to play a heavy style of hockey. Barbashev was a key to the Blues success last season.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have done fine without Tarasenko in the lineup but it is always tough to see a player like that get injured.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"eUbZsVd4S0Vyrdhi5bYYog\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1175269114\" 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:'eUbZsVd4S0Vyrdhi5bYYog',sig:'kEa6LeQQgIaq3PnC3K0AFVu0QaAHLcN-twE_6b_tFP4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1175269114',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Blues announced that forward Vladimir Tarasenko is heading back to St. Louis to visit with team doctors to look at his surgically repaired shoulder. According to the team, he will be out for the remainder of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. 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