Right off the bat, I’ll admit to being wrong about including Dmitrij Jaskin in the St. Louis Blues lineup for Game 5. It wasn’t anything against Jaskin, but more how he has meshed with the fourth line in the past and also feeling guys like Ryan Reaves or Steve Ott fit better.
Jaskin is a good player with a lot of potential still in front of him. In a rare moment of being up front about his feelings, Ken Hitchcock may have actually built up expectations on Jaskin too highly with his high praise when he first came into the NHL.