The 26-year-old winger went to Buffalo from St. Louis as part of the deal that sent goaltender Ryan Miller to the Blues, which has to be very discouraging given the fact that St. Louis has taken control of the Central Division and just one point shy of the best record in the National Hockey League and Buffalo is far and away the worst team in the league...
...so while his former teammates in St. Louis have the opportunity to gain home ice advantage for the playoffs, Stewart will be relegated to the status of a spectator in the post-season - a status that he is mired in now, as the team announced that he is part of a trio of players that will miss at least a week.
Girgensons, Mitchell, Stewart all out for at least a week, #Sabres Interim Coach Ted Nolan says.
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) March 9, 2014
A knee injury is the speculation, which would be considered a given with the point of contact, but the team isn't saying at this point.
Stewart is a bit of an enigma in that he is a capable scorer but tends to go long stretches without point - and during those time periods he tends to collect penalty minutes in bunches - so it's no surprise that in 60 games played this season that Stewart has just 26 points on 15 goals and 11 helpers, but also a whopping 116 penalty minutes.
With St. Louis for three full years and most of 2013/14, and in Colorado for two season before that, Stewart's best seasons were 2009/10 and 2010/11 when he went for 64 and 53 points respectively while potting 28 goals in each campaign.
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