St. Louis — St. Louis Blues defenseman Torey Krug (Livonia) has been diagnosed with pre-arthritis in his left ankle and could miss the entire 2024-25 NHL season.
The team announced Tuesday that Krug will spend the next six to eight weeks rehabbing the injury without surgery and then be re-evaluated. If surgery is required, the 33-year-old would be out for the season.
Krug played junior hockey for Honeybaked, Belle Tire and Compuware before spending three years at Michigan State University and is expected to be out indefinitely.
The team said the diagnosis was the cumulative result of fractures suffered earlier in Krug's career, when he injured his left ankle in a 2018 preseason game with Boston.
Krug was with the Bruins when they lost to the Blues in seven games in the Stanley Cup Final in 2019, but signed a seven-year, $45.5 million contract with St. Louis in 2020. Since then, Krug has scored 151 points in 262 regular-season and playoff games.
Carter is a member of the Michigan State University Class of 2024.
Former NHL player Anson Carter is one of six players and two pioneering teams selected for the 2024 class of the Michigan State University Athletics Hall of Fame.
Jessica (Beach) Bograkos (softball), Darcaze Dennard (football), Laura (Quenie) Smith (women's golf), Beth (Role) Saylors (women's track and field) and Paul Telek (men's track and field) join the 1965-1966 football team as the first group inducted into the Hall of Fame.
A native of Scarborough, Ontario, Carter was selected in the 10th round (220th overall) by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft and attended Michigan State University.
He remains MSU's all-time scoring leader and ranks sixth in goals (106), fourth in power-play goals (40) and third in shorthanded goals (11). His 178 career points are 22nd all-time.
Carter currently serves as one of the studio analysts for the NHL on TNT and is a founding member of the NHL's Player Inclusion Coalition, which works to accelerate the growth of the inclusion movement throughout the hockey community, educating and engaging at all levels of the game.
The induction ceremony and celebration will take place on Friday, Sept. 13. There will also be a special recognition of the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2024 during the Michigan State vs. Prairie View A&M University football game on Saturday, Sept. 14 at Spartan Stadium.
Mr. Parekh, one of the Saginaw guests
Saginaw's Zain Parekh, Michael Misa and Dima Zilkin have each been invited to Hockey Canada's Excellence Program summer camps for their respective age groups.
▶ Parekh, 18, will take part in the National Junior Team Summer Showcase in Plymouth from July 28 to August 3.
▶ Misa, 17, was invited to the U-18 camp ahead of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
▶ Zilkin, 15, will be attending the camp in preparation for the U-17 World Hockey Challenge.
Byfield signs five-year, $31.25 million contract extension
Forward Quinton Byfield agreed to a five-year, $31.25 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Kings.
The Kings announced the signing of Byfield, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft, on Monday. The deal runs through the 2028-29 season.
The 21-year-old Byfield came into his own last season with the Kings, recording a career-high 20 goals and 35 assists in 80 games. He became the first Los Angeles player of his age to record 20 goals in a season since captain Anze Kopitar in 2007-08.
The 6-foot-5 power forward got off to a slow start in his NHL career as a teenager but has blossomed into a key role with the Kings, especially on special teams. Byfield scored a career-high 14 points on the power play last season, scored four game-winning goals and finished with a plus-19 rating.
Los Angeles reached the playoffs for the third straight year but lost in the first round to Edmonton for the third straight season.
Byfield, a restricted free agent, will become the Kings' fifth forward next season and the eighth player with an average salary of more than $5 million.
Islanders retain free agent Holmstrom
The New York Islanders signed forward Simon Holmstrom to a one-year contract.
The Islanders announced the signing of the 23-year-old restricted free agent from Sweden on Tuesday.
Holmstrom appeared in 75 games for the Islanders last season, recording 15 goals and 10 assists. His five shorthanded goals and seven shorthanded points were team-leading and ranked second overall in the National Hockey League.
The Islanders selected him 23rd overall in the 2019 NHL Draft. He has 21 goals and 13 assists in 125 NHL games and 27 goals and 43 assists in 154 games with the Islanders' American Hockey League affiliate, Connecticut.
Holmstrom averaged more than a goal per game over two seasons in the Super Elite League and won a gold medal with Sweden at the 2018 U-18 World Junior Championship, scoring a goal in the final against Russia.
