8:43 PM: Colorado has indeed recalled Jost, the team announced via Twitter.
6:53PM: The Avalanche are considering recalling center Tyson Jost from San Antonio of the AHL in advance of their next game on Wednesday, Mike Chambers of the Denver Post reports (Twitter link). Jost cracked Colorado’s opening roster but didn’t have too much of an impact early on. He played in six games before sustaining a lower-body injury and upon being activated off IR, the team opted to send him down to the minors for more playing time. Jost hasn’t been particularly productive in his limited action with the Rampage, posting a single assist in four games. Unless he takes on an important role in the next few weeks, Jost could still wind up being a candidate to play at the World Juniors.
Elsewhere in the Central:
- Still with the Avalanche, winger Gabriel Landeskog will have a disciplinary hearing on Monday for a cross-checking incident on Saturday against Calgary’s Matthew Tkachuk, the league announced. A minor penalty was assessed on the play. What may work against Landeskog here is that he will be viewed as a repeat offender as he received a three-game suspension for cross-checking on March of 2016.
- Jets goaltender Steve Mason was pulled from Saturday’s game with an upper-body injury that that may wind up being a concussion, notes Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun. If he is going to miss time, the scribe suggests it may make more sense to recall veteran Michael Hutchinson over top prospect Eric Comrie as Winnipeg’s schedule is fairly light over the next couple of weeks so there won’t be many opportunities for playing time.
- While Blues center Patrik Berglund started skating with the team a little while ago, he has yet to get the green light to return to the lineup. He told Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that getting strength back in his shoulder is the key to his return and that the process is getting closer by the day. He was originally expected to return at the beginning of December and he remains on pace to do so.