Loktionov up; Sturm on I.R.

Marco Sturm has been placed on injured reserve, retroactive to yesterday, with knee tendinitis — the other knee, not the one most recently repaired surgically — and Andrei Loktionov has been officially called up. Presumably, Loktionov will play tonight — he’s on the ice right now for the morning skate — but we’ll find that out shortly. Wayne Simmonds and Ryan Smyth are both participating in the skate as well. More updates to come…

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