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Alex Steen On IR With Fractured Wrist

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Blues President John Davidson announced today that the club has placed center Alex Steen on injured reserve.

Steen injured his right wrist Thursday night in the Blues 3-2 overtime loss in Phoenix.  After being examined by Dr. Richard Gelberman, it has been determined that Steen fractured his right wrist and will be out approximately six to eight weeks.

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Trying To Understand The Blues Trade

from Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

Winger Lee Stempniak was the rarest of commodities, a real offensive threat drafted and developed by the Blues.

So his departure for underachieving Maple Leafs Alex Steen, a versatile forward, and Carlo Colaiacovo, a rangy defenseman, is a bit of a head scratcher....

How could the Blues give up on a home-grown shooter who scored 27 goals two years ago and was producing at a point-per-game pace this season?

We’ll need some convincing in this corner of cyberspace. This deal sounds suspiciously like a Ron Caron trade, moving a potential standout for depth.

We’re not saying Colaiacovo is Murray Baron and Steen is Ron Sutter, but . . .

read on

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