Stop me if you’ve heard this before: one of the Blues is injured.
Robert Thomas missed practice today, and will also miss Tuesday’s game against the Panthers. According to head coach Craig Berube, it’s a “lingering thing:”
“(It’s) been going on for a little bit but he’s fought through it. Now it’s time he needs some rest.”
That’s not something that you want to hear from a team who had Vladimir Tarasenko question their medical team, and who had Colton Parayko possibly playing through a back injury much of last season. With Thomas fighting through this out of necessity or a sense of personal responsibility or whatever, you run the risk of further exacerbating an injury to a key player.