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Barret Jackman Will Not Return To The Blues

The long-time blueliner will be a UFA come July 1st.

I would be lying if I didn't say that my initial reaction to the news that the Blues would not be offering Barret Jackman a contract was along the lines of this:

And then I took a second to think about Petteri Lindbohm, and the fact that maybe this means that the Blues will try to retain Zbynek Michalek. If coach Ken Hitchcock wants a looser, more #reckless Blues team next year - which I will translate as "puck moving" because that makes me feel better than "reckless" does - not having Jackman back there makes sense.