Greater Long Island coverage is funded in part by Toresco & Simonelli, a boutique injury and family law firm in West Islip. They fight for their clients. Click here to learn more and to get in touch.
The New York Islanders acquired Robert Bortuzzo in a trade with the St. Louis Blues on Friday that gives the Eastern Conference playoff contenders some much-needed size and depth on the blue line amid injuries.
The Islanders sent a seventh-round pick in the 2024 draft to the Blues for the veteran defenseman who has only gotten into four games this season while mostly sitting out as a healthy scratch.
The addition of the 6-foot-4, 217-pound Bortuzzo was finalized after New York put defenseman Ryan Pulock on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. Adam Pelech and Sebastian Aho are the other Islanders D-men on IR.
Bortuzzo, 34, had been with the Blues since 2015. He scored two goals in 17 games during their Stanley Cup run in 2019.
A native of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Bortuzzo has played in 592 regular-season and playoff games for Pittsburgh and St. Louis since making his debut with the Penguins in 2011.
Top: St. Louis Blues defenseman Robert Bortuzzo looks over during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Anaheim Ducks in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
