Ryan O’Reilly, unfortunately, is on the Covid-19 protocol list for the next ten days. The soonest fans can expect him back is on November 7th, when they play the Anaheim Ducks in Anaheim. This, of course, poses a significant quandary for coach Craig Berube and the rest of the team’s coaching staff. O’Reilly centers the top line, and has been a fixture along with David Perron. You could point to O’Reilly as the catalyst for Perron’s resurgence the last two years.
What’s a team to do?
For years, the Blues’ organizational depth at center was questioned, but it appears that there’s a fix in the works, and that fix is Dakota Joshua.