Matthew Mayich's medical crisis has shaken the Blues organization led behind the bench by head coach Jim Montgomery.
The 21-year-old defenseman, drafted by St. Louis in 2023, remains hospitalized in Arizona after collapsing during an outdoor workout with Arizona State University.
Attorney Robert Carey, who represents the Mayich family, has now offered a devastating assessment of the young defenseman's condition. He said Mayich has “zero chance of recovery.”
Carey's concerns extend beyond Mayich's medical condition. He has publicly questioned how Arizona State handled both the workout and the response after Mayich went down.
According to Carey's account, Mayich remained on the ground for several minutes after collapsing rather than being immediately moved to a cooling station or placed in an ice bath.
That detail has become central to the family's questions about what happened during the workout and whether established emergency procedures were available when Mayich showed signs of distress.
Questions grow around the workout response to Matthew Mayich's collapse
Carey said he has spoken with players who were present and described Mayich as struggling before the collapse. The defenseman reportedly had difficulty completing portions of the workout as it continued.
The attorney characterized the session as an extremely demanding, military-style workout. Those descriptions have added more scrutiny to the circumstances surrounding Mayich's collapse and the response that followed.
For the Blues, the story hits well beyond the depth chart. Mayich is a drafted prospect whose development was supposed to remain focused on hockey, not an emergency that has left his family facing an unimaginable medical outlook.
Montgomery and the Blues have no role in the Arizona State workout, but Mayich's connection to the organization makes the situation deeply personal across the hockey community.
Carey has continued pressing for answers while raising questions about the university's handling of its own review. His focus remains on understanding exactly what happened before, during and immediately after the collapse.
Meanwhile, Mayich's family has been surrounded by support, with nightly prayer vigils drawing hundreds of people hoping for a change in his condition.
The hockey side of Mayich's future has become secondary. Right now, the focus is entirely on his condition, his family and the unanswered questions surrounding that workout.
Should Arizona State face a full independent investigation over the Matthew Mayich incident?
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