As the calendar sneaks closer to the October 9th start of free agency, the Blues don’t appear much closer to working out a deal with pending UFA defenseman Alex Pietrangelo.
How do the Blues replace their captain? The short answer is that he’s irreplaceable. Sure, a new captain can be named easily, but how do you replace a player whose time on ice is one of the highest in the league for defensemen? How do you replace 16 goals and 36 assists? How do you replace leadership and experience?
Replacement probably isn’t the right word here.