Longtime NHL defenseman Bobby Plager died after a car crash in St. Louis at the age of 78 on Wednesday.
Plager spent 14 years in the NHL—11 of them with the St. Louis Blues and another three with the New York Rangers—recording 20 goals, 121 assists and 141 points over 616 games while earning 760 penalty minutes.
In a statement remembering Plager, the Blues once again shared the love for the man whose No. 5 was retired in 2017:
"It is unimaginable to imagine the St.