Blues' Fabbri gets medical clearance after losing season to ACL injury

After taking all of last season to rehab an ACL injury, St. Louis Blues forward Robby Fabbri has finally received medical clearance, the team announced Tuesday.

"He's doing very well," Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said in a statement. "He is up in Toronto working very hard and time is going to tell on this one. It's very difficult, you feel for Robby. He was projecting to be such a good player and then these two injuries kept him out a year and a half."

Fabbri missed the entire 2017-18 campaign after he aggravated his surgically repaired left knee in training camp. The injury had sidelined him for the final 30 games of the previous season and the subsequent playoffs.

"We want to make sure we're not putting him in a position to fail when he comes (to training camp)," Armstrong added. "He'll come back in and be hoping for the best, but expecting a little bit of readjustment. But health-wise, he's doing good."

Across two seasons with the Blues, Fabbri's notched 29 goals and 37 assists in 123 games. He was drafted 21st overall in 2014.

The news of Fabbri's return follows a steady stream of offseason additions by St. Louis, including forwards Ryan O'Reilly, Tyler Bozak, and David Perron.

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