Losers of five straight, the Blues have also lost David Backes, T.J. Oshie, Vladimir Tarasenko, Derek Roy, Brenden Morrow and Vladimir Sobotka - and now they can add centerman Patrik Berglund to the growing list, as the second-line dish man left Friday night's loss to the Dallas Stars in the third period with an upper-body injury.
Of course, the Blues are being cryptic with the injury, but sources suspect either a shoulder or collarbone could be the issue.
It's sounding as if Berglund's injury is serious, and the #stlblues will be without seven of their top 12 forwards Sunday.
— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) April 12, 2014
The 25-year-old has played in 78 games for the Blues this season, earning a plus-ten rating and scoring 32 points on 14 goals and 18 dimes while averaging 16:10 of ice time. The injury means that Berglund almost certainly will not play in Sunday's season finale against Detroit, and may not be ready for the start of the post-season.
The Blues were until very recently considered the class of the Western Conference and were the favorites to win the President's Trophy, but now may not even win the Central Division title if the Colorado Avalanche beat the Ducks in Anaheim on Sunday - a tall task considering the Ducks must take at least one point to clinch the top seed in the West.
Should Colorado win in Anaheim, the surprising Avalanche will take the top seed - not bad for a team that many thought would be lucky to just make the playoffs when the season began.
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