If you had told most St. Louis Blues fans that Robert Bortuzzo would set a personal record for ice time during his time in St. Louis, they’d have wondered what you were smoking. However, reality is often stranger than fiction.
The Blues went into the 2017-18 season thinking they had some good depth for their defensive unit. The plan was that Bortuzzo would be a third line defenseman and might be the odd man out on plenty of nights as the Blues looked to their future.
What ended up happening was the Blues had more injuries than anyone cared to dream of.