The St. Louis Blues have added defenseman Robert Bortuzzo to the injured reserve and recalled blue-liner Brad Hunt from the AHL's Chicago Wolves, the team announced Wednesday.
The 28-year-old Hunt has appeared in eight games with the Wolves this season, recording three goals and seven assists.
The loss of Bortuzzo (lower-body injury) is another shot to an already ailing St. Louis blue line. On Tuesday versus the New York Rangers, captain Alex Pietrangelo left briefly after colliding with New York's J.T. Miller.
On the injury, Pietrangelo said: "I don't want to talk about it."
— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) November 2, 2016
Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said Pietrangelo will be re-evaluated Thursday morning, prior to the team's game against the Dallas Stars.
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