Blues’ Torey Krug diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle, could miss the season
Blues’ Torey Krug diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle, could miss the season
FILE - St. Louis Blues’ Torey Krug in action during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres on Nov. 30, 2023, in St. Louis. Krug is in danger of missing the entire 2024-25 NHL season after being diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle. The team announced Tuesday, July 16, 2024 that Krug will work to rehabilitate the injury without surgery over the next 6-8 weeks before being re-evaluated. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, file)
FILE - Then-Boston Bruins defenseman Torey Krug stands on the ice during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Florida Panthers, March 15, 2018, in Sunrise, Fla. Krug is in danger of missing the entire 2024-25 NHL season after being diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle. The St. Louis Blues announced Tuesday, July 16, 2024 that he will work to rehabilitate the injury without surgery over the next 6-8 weeks before being re-evaluated. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, file)
FILE - St. Louis Blues’ Torey Krug in action during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres on Nov. 30, 2023, in St. Louis. Krug is in danger of missing the entire 2024-25 NHL season after being diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle. The team announced Tuesday, July 16, 2024 that Krug will work to rehabilitate the injury without surgery over the next 6-8 weeks before being re-evaluated. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, file)
FILE - St. Louis Blues’ Torey Krug in action during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres on Nov. 30, 2023, in St. Louis. Krug is in danger of missing the entire 2024-25 NHL season after being diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle. The team announced Tuesday, July 16, 2024 that Krug will work to rehabilitate the injury without surgery over the next 6-8 weeks before being re-evaluated. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, file)
FILE - Then-Boston Bruins defenseman Torey Krug stands on the ice during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Florida Panthers, March 15, 2018, in Sunrise, Fla. Krug is in danger of missing the entire 2024-25 NHL season after being diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle. The St. Louis Blues announced Tuesday, July 16, 2024 that he will work to rehabilitate the injury without surgery over the next 6-8 weeks before being re-evaluated. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, file)
FILE - Then-Boston Bruins defenseman Torey Krug stands on the ice during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Florida Panthers, March 15, 2018, in Sunrise, Fla. Krug is in danger of missing the entire 2024-25 NHL season after being diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle. The St. Louis Blues announced Tuesday, July 16, 2024 that he will work to rehabilitate the injury without surgery over the next 6-8 weeks before being re-evaluated. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, file)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Blues defenseman Torey Krug is in danger of missing the entire 2024-25 NHL season after being diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle.
The team announced Tuesday that Krug will work to rehabilitate the injury without surgery over the next six to eight weeks before being re-evaluated. If an operation is needed, the 33-year-old would be out for the season.
Krug is considered out indefinitely.
The team says the diagnosis is a cumulative result of a bone fracture earlier in his career. Krug injured his left ankle in a preseason game in 2018 while playing for Boston.
Krug, who was with the Bruins when they lost the Stanley Cup Final to the Blues in seven games in 2019, signed a seven-year contract worth $45.5 million with St. Louis in 2020. The Livonia, Michigan, native has since put up 151 points in 262 regular-season and playoff games.
___
AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/NHL