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Blues’ McDonald on IR, Steen day-to-day after costly practice

St. Louis Blues v Detroit Red Wings

DETROIT, MI - MARCH 30: Andy McDonald #10 of the St. Louis Blues brings the puck up ice while playing the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena on March 30, 2011 in Detroit, Michigan. St. Louis won the game 10-3. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

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Tuesday’s practice proved costly for the St. Louis Blues.

Today, the club announced two key forwards would be lost after suffering injuries during yesterday’s drills -- Andy McDonald is listed as week-to-week with left knee ailment while Alex Steen is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

McDonald, 35, is one of the club’s alternate captains and has 11 points in 18 games this year but has been besieged by injury over the last two seasons, missing 57 games last year with a concussion and bruised right shoulder.

In 2010-11 he missed 24 with concussion issues.

Steen, 28, is also an alternate captain and leads the team in scoring this year with 16 points. Like McDonald, he too has had his fair share of injuries over the last while -- he missed 39 games last year with a concussion and 10 games in 2010-11 with an ankle injury.

How the Blues react to losing two of their top scorers remains to be seen.

Rookie sensation Vladimir Tarasenko, tied for third in goals (six), is still out with a concussion and veteran forward Jamie Langenbrunner is out for the year after undergoing hip surgery in early February.

Earlier today, reports surfaced that GM Doug Armstrong had spoken with Philadelphia about the availability of Daniel Briere.

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