Most serious fans of the St. Louis Blues are aware of their salary cap conundrum. That conundrum is what to do about all the money tied up in long-term contracts for defensemen.
I looked at the cap situations of the other teams in the league, and the Blues are unique. They have $23.5MM tied up this year and the next two years, for 4 defensemen. Meanwhile:
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I heard a rumor recently in the midst of NHL trade deadline talk. A local sports radio show mentioned the possibility of the Blues trading for Flyers star forward Claude Giroux.
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If you poll the average Blues fan, they would most likely tell you the hero of this season offensively is Jordan Kyrou. That’s a fine answer, of course. The young winger is emerging as not just a legitimate, nightly scoring threat, but as an up-and-coming dynamic young player in all of the NHL. His accolades are recognition are rightly deserved.
But another young player is being overlooked, one who is quietly putting together a career best kind of season. That would be Ivan Barbashev.
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