The Calgary Flames placed Matt Stajan on IR on Wednesday, estimating that he’ll miss about six weeks with a knee injury.
Stajan suffered the issue thanks to a knee-on-knee hit by Montreal Canadiens defenseman Jarred Tinordi on Tuesday:
Tinordi, 22, received a two-minute minor kneeing penalty for the infraction.
With Stajan on the shelf, the Flames’ injury list is growing rapidly. Calgary also recently placed key forward Mason Raymond on IR while Joe Colborne is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. The team recalled Markus Granlund from the AHL in light of all of these issues.
With #Flames Stajan out until mid-December, don’t be surprised if Granlund is here for good. Very good player at both ends.
— Randy Sportak (@RandySportak) October 29, 2014
Stajan, 30, hasn’t had the greatest start to the 2014-15 season. He has one goal and one assist through 11 games, yet with some ailments to other key parts of this team’s offense, this is a challenging loss.
The Flames’ next game is against the Nashville Predators on Friday.