Blues fans have been clamoring to see Scott Perunovich since Torey Krug and Niko Mikkola wound up on the NHL’s Covid-19 protocol list. Unfortunately for the Blues, they were in some cap pain, and found that calling up Perunovich while also having Joel Hofer, Dakota Joshua, and Calle Rosen up with the NHL club would be difficult.
The Blues appear to have (temporarily) solved that problem by sending Hofer, Joshua, and Rosen back down to the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds. Hofer’s demotion is clearly not play related - he won his first NHL start and performed well against one of the league’s top teams in the Carolina Hurricanes.