St. Louis Blues Dylan Holloway is expected to be ready for next season after undergoing surgery.
Blues general manager Doug Armstrong revealed the news Tuesday at a press conference after they were eliminated Sunday by the Winnipeg Jets, but didn’t disclose the nature of the injury.
He did say, however, that Holloway would be ready for the start of next season.
The 23-year-old arrived in St. Louis last August after Armstrong executed duelling offer sheets for Holloway, then with the Oilers, as well as defenceman Phillip Broberg.
The pair both had career years in significantly expanded roles. Holloway scored 26 goals and 63 points in 77 games, but was injured in early April, keeping him out of the lineup for the Blues’ final five regular season games, and the entirety of the first round.

After landing the first overall pick, could the Islanders trade it?

Things are on the up and up for the New York Islanders after winning the 2025 NHL draft lottery on Monday night.
Entering with the 10th best odds to move up (3.5 percent), they earned the right to select whoever they wanted for the third time in franchise history. They infamously drafted Rick DiPietro first overall in 2000, hitting on John Tavares when they took him with the No. 1 spot in 2009.
And while the Islanders were able to skyrocket up the draft board, essentially playing with house money, Daily Faceoff’s Tyler Yaremchuk and Steven Ellis pondered Tuesday about those on Long Island trading the selection.
Tyler Yaremchuk: It’s a fantasy GM exercise to talk about trading down or moving a pick. When you look at the teams in the top five, are there any teams that based at where they’re at in the process, whether they’re trending down or trending up, that you look and think maybe it does make sense to get something to help now and slide down in the first round?
Steven Ellis: Maybe it’s the Islanders. They’ve got house money here, since they were a team that wasn’t projected to pick in the top five, so they’re going to get a significantly better prospect. The San Jose Sharks and the Chicago Blackhawks are two teams that are probably going to want to take steps forward, so maybe they move up? But I doubt it. We just don’t see trades this high up in the draft, it’s such a rare thing. People think it happens a lot more than it does.
If I’m the Islanders, you can draft sixth, seventh or eighth and you’re still getting an upgrade over what you thought you were getting. That could be a situation where teams like the Philadelphia have three first rounders, Nashville has a lot of high picks, do they move up?
I’m still thinking no one moves, but the Islanders are an interesting one.

Other news and notes…

  • Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett won’t be disciplined by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety after he elbowed Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz Monday night, according to The Athletic’s Chris Johnston. . The incident happened halfway through the second period of Game 1 between the two sides, when Bennett drove to the net, catching the side of Stolarz’ head. He was down on the ice but remained in the game, but vomited on the Leafs bench shortly thereafter and was later stretchered out of Scotiabank Arena, Johnston added.
Zach Laing is Oilersnation’s associate editor, senior columnist, and The Nation Network’s news director. He also makes up one-half of the DFO DFS Report. He can be followed on Twitter, currently known as X, at @zjlaing, or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.

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