Justin Faulk of the St. Louis Blues has been skating and making progress in his recovery from a lower-body injury. Although he has been participating in morning skates and light skating, he has not been available for recent games. Drew Bannister, the coach, mentioned that Faulk is likely to continue skating and may be a full practice player soon, but he still needs to be comfortable with contact drills before returning to the lineup. Faulk's availability for the upcoming game against Boston is uncertain.
Bannister on Faulk: "The short feedback that I got, I think there's strides. I think that he's going to try again with us tomorrow as we practice full. ... I believe today that he felt better than yesterday." #stlblues
Greetings from St. Louis, where the #NYR are holding a well-attended optional morning skate. The guy in red is Tyler Pitlick. https://t.co/b7QsfdCqfW
Optional morning skate for #stlblues but majority aside from a handful are participating, including Justin Faulk.
Bannister on Faulk injury update: "He practiced today. I still don't think he's quite comfortable in contact drills yet, so I would say that for tomorrow, he wouldn't be a player for us." #stlblues
Bannister said until Faulk takes contact, he can't see him being a player. But he feels like he's progressing well. Looks like he's out for at least tomorrow but is a possibility for Saturday vs. Boston. #stlblues
Bannister on Faulk: "Today was a positive for us. He's certainly feeling a lot better. We'll see how he feels tomorrow after today. There's a good possibility if he feels good, he could be a full practice player for us tomorrow. (CONT) #stlblues
Justin Faulk is skating again this morning but Drew Bannister said yesterday he's not available tonight. #stlblues
Drew Bannister said Justin Faulk (lower-body) skated the last two days, and could skate with the Blues tomorrow at morning skate, "but he wouldn't be available for us tomorrow night."
Bannister on Faulk's progress: "Good progress, but it's still kind of day-to-day until we get him on the ice in a full-practice situation." #stlblues
Bannister on Faulk, who has skated on his own the past two days: "He'll probably skate with us in the morning tomorrow, but he wouldn't be available for us tomorrow night (against Florida)." #stlblues
Faulk has skated for two days now, Bannister said he's likely to skate tomorrow too but won't be available for the game against Florida. #stlblues
Faulk did some light skating, shot pucks from the circles for a bit, talked to Ray Barile and Michael Babcock off the ice and has since left. #stlblues https://t.co/bAiAsncGEh
Justin Faulk is on the ice this morning. #stlblues