The St. Louis Blues are currently 5 points behind division leader, the Dallas Stars, in the Central. The Blues are weathering the storm of injuries for now, but it’s quite early in the season and the theme so far has been “next man up.”
While fringe players, and young-guns in Scott Gomez, Scottie Upshall, Martin Havlat (for 5 minutes), Magnus Paajarvi, and Jeremy Welsh, have all stepped in when opening day starters went down, it’s not a recipe for long-term success.
Yesterday, Bleedin’ Blue went through possible trade scenarios for the St. Louis Blues. The Blues need forwards.