Reaves was hurt after taking a puck to the ankle in yesterday’s practice. He is not on anyone’s fantasy radars.
Ryan Reaves News
Reaves was ruled out for tonight on Monday, but he was at the morning skate today and head coach Ken Hitchcock said that Reaves is feeling better and feels good enough to play tonight.
The Blues have been hit by a flu bug that has gone around the locker-room. Reaves will not play tomorrow because of the illness. He is day-to-day.
Reaves, 26, is in his fourth season with the Central-leading Blues and in 26 games, he's tallied two goals, three assists and 65 minutes in penalties. Reaves was drafted in the fifth round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
Reaves has not played since November 23 because of a broken hand. His role on the Blues squad is not that of a player with fantasy relevance. He has two goals and two assists in 22 games.
Reaves has been more known as the energy guy who pumps up home crowd with bone-crunching hits and dropping the gloves than his scoring ability. He had started carving out a permanent role in the Blues lineup, but will now sit for a month and give way to Magnus Paajarvi.
Reaves also drawing in for the Blues in place of Crombeen in favour of more size and speed.
Expect Reaves to rotate out of the lineup. He scored three goals and four points with 124 PIM in 59 games.
Look for Reaves to draw back in on the fourth line. The pugilist has three goals and an assist with 109 PIM.
Reaves draws back out for tonight's game. The enforcer has three goals and four points with 109 PIM in 56 games.
Look for Reaves to play on the fourth line. He has one assist and 69 PIM in 39 games.
The pugilist has one assist and 69 PIm in 39 games.
Reaves draws out in tonight since the Penguins dress some fighters. He has 60 PIM through 31 games.
The Red Wings don't dress an enforcer so Reaves won't be needed on the fourth line. He has 60 PIM through 30 games.
Reaves is a very serviceable enforcer for the Blues. He has 48 PIM through 25 games.
Reaves could drop the glove with Shane O'Brien or Cody McLeod.
Turns out Reaves is actually injured and not just scratched. He has no points through 24 games with 36 PIM.
The Red Wings don't dress an enforcer so playing Reaves is relatively pointless.
No word on whether Reaves will play tonight. If he can't look for Evgeny Grachev to reenter the lineup.
Expect Reaves to remain in the lineup with D'Agostini out. He has 29 PIM through 19 games.