This is the first one-way contract of Walker's career. The 28-year-old set career-highs in games played (30), goals (8), assists (4) and points (12) in 2022. In 2022-23, he'll be a fringe roster player yet again for the Blues.
Toropchenko will miss the start of the 2022-23 season after undergoing offseason shoulder surgery. Toropchenko will "probably be out until early December." Blues GM Doug Armstrong said that "it's one of those (injuries) where he could have potentially played with it and got injured again, then you're looking at a four- to five-month surgery." Toropchenko had two goals and two assists in 40 combined regular season and playoff games during his first NHL season.
Walker had no points and just one shot on goal in the first two games of the season, averaging just 7:49 TOI/gm. He'll be replaced by Dakota Joshua in the Blues' bottom-6.
Krug has missed the last three games with an upper-body injury but will play Tuesday in Colorado. Krug will replace Robert Bortuzzo on the blueline and comes in with 12 points (3G / 9A) in his last 13 games.
