Bortuzzo (lower-body) will not play Sunday in Minnesota.
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Robert Bortuzzo has been activated from the injured reserve Wednesday (Upper Body).
Bortuzzo will be available to return Wednesday after being activated from the injured reserve due to an upper-body injury. The 33-year-old has yet to pick up a point through ten games this season but has been his usual stay-at-home, steady self averaging only 12:03 TOI.
Robert Bortuzzo has been placed on the injured reserve (upper-body).
Bortuzzo left the Blues' previous game vs. Philadelphia after 9:08 TOI with an upper-body injury. Through 10 games, Bortuzzo has 10 games played he has zero points and nine PIMs with only five SOG. He heads to the injured reserve to make room for Tyler Tucker.
Yandle announced his retirement from the NHL.
Yandle was a fourth-round pick of the Coyotes in 2005 and holds the NHL ironman streak, playing 989 consecutive games. He finishes his career with 619 points (103G / 516A) in 1109 career NHL games.
Bortuzzo (upper-body) will be back in the Blues lineup for Game 5.
Bortuzzo has been out since Game 2 but will return to the lineup for Game 5 vs. the Wild. Bortuzzo has no points and a minus-1 rating while playing under 12 minutes per game in his first two games of the series.
Bortuzzo (upper-body) will not play in Game 3.
Bortuzzo suffered an upper-body injury in Game 2 and will miss Game 3 as a result. Steven Santini will make his season debut if Marco Scandella (game-time decision) can't play.
Bortuzzo (undisclosed) will draw back into the Blues lineup on Friday.
Bortuzzo missed Tuesday's game in Colorado due to an undisclosed injury but is set to return to the lineup on Friday. Bortuzzo will replace Calle Rosen in the lineup vs. Vegas.
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Yandle will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
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Yandle will draw back into the Flyers lineup on Tuesday.
Yandle was a healthy scratch for the last two games but he will suit up on the third pairing on Tuesday. Yandle will start a new ironman streak, replacing Kevin Connauton in the lineup.
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Yandle will be a healthy scratch on Saturday.
Scratching Yandle snaps his ironman streak at 989 games and makes room for the recently signed Ronnie Attard to make his NHL debut against the Maple Leafs. The Flyers are prioritizing getting their young players minutes over Yandle's streak.
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Bortuzzo will be scratched Monday vs. the Canucks.
Bortuzzo will be replaced by Calle Rosen in the Blues lineup on Monday. Bortuzzo, who was a minus-2 in 11:20 TOI on Saturday, has just four points (1G / 3A) in 57 games this season.
The Blues are reportedly signing Robert Bortuzzo to a two-year contract extension worth $1.9 million ($950K AAV).
Bortuzzo was set to become a UFA at the end of the season but gets $950K AAV on his new two-year contract. Bortuzzo doesn't provide a lot of offence but is a rugged, penalty-killing defenseman for the Blues. Bortuzzo leads the team in Hits/60 (7.91) and is second in Blk/60 (5.04) in 37 games this season.
Bortuzzo (maintenance) will not play on Monday.
Bortuzzo took the morning off and will sit out Monday vs. Vegas. With Bortuzzo out, Niko Mikkola will suit up for his third game of the season.
The Flyers have signed Keith Yandle to a one-year deal worth $900K.
The Panthers have bought out the final two years of Keith Yandle's contract.
Yandle had two years left on a seven-year contract that carried a $6.35M AAV cap-hit. Buying out his contract will save the Panthers just over $4.0M in cap-space in 2021-22, $958.3K in 2022-23 and cost them $1.242M in 2024 and 2025 (per PuckPedia). The 34-year-old defenseman has not missed a regular-season game since 2009 and sits second on the all-time Consecutive Games Played in NHL History list at 922 games.
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Yandle will be scratched for Game 6 vs. the Lightning.
Bortuzzo (upper-body) will not play in Game 3 vs. Colorado.
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Yandle will be a healthy scratch for Game 3 in Tampa Bay.
The Blues activated Robert Bortuzzo (upper-body) from IR.
Bortuzzo has been out since the second game of the season but was activated from IR on Sunday and should be back in the lineup on Monday. Bortuzzo will likely replace Jake Walman vs. the Coyotes.
The Blues have placed Robert Bortuzzo (upper-body) on IR.
Bortuzzo was forced to leave Friday’s blowout loss to the Avalanche after a hit from Valeri Nichushkin. Moving Bortuzzo to IR means he will miss at least seven days and Carl Gunnarsson will likely draw into the lineup on Monday.