The St. Louis Blues have a lot of talented prospects coming through their ranks. They’re minor league and junior prospects have been ranked anywhere from seventh to third best and a couple individuals have been ranked in the top 30 of all prospects.
Despite this, you cannot depend on talent alone as evidenced by the Blues first game at the 2018 Traverse City Prospects Tournament. The Blues dropped a disappointing result, bowing to the Carolina Hurricanes by a score of 4-1.
The one bright spot was Jake Walman scoring the Blues lone goal. His goal was set up by heavily touted Robert Thomas about halfway through the third period.