BREAKING: Top Trade Deadline Player Available Endures Troubling Injury

The New Year is here, which means the NHL Trade Deadline is just months away from taking place on March third, according to many analysts, team's are in search to make early moves so they can get their roster set in stone before the trade deadline festivities kick in.

As described from Bladesofsteel.com, they is clearly different groups of players in each skill level heading into the trade deadline.

Group A clearly consist of Patrick Kane, Bo Horvat, Ryan O'Reilly and Timo Meier.

Group B consists of Jonathan Toews, Tyler Bertuzzi and the St.Louis Blues sniper Vladimir Tarasenko.


Trade discussions surrounding the Blues' star player Tarasenko aren't just new, but have been circulating from quite some time as it appears the organization is ready to move on from the 31-year old Russian.

Tarasenko's name has picked up in trade talks a lot and continues to do so as we approach March third, but a serious issue has recently surfaced, Tarasenko endured a hand injury after blocking a shot.

Tarasenko left the game entirely and didn't return, he is now listed as ''day-to-day'' and will be further evaluated.


This injury will surely affect the trade value surrounding Tarasenko, if there even if any left due to this being his third injury suffered in recent years.