Last year was not his highest point total but it was his best year ever on skates. And strangely coincidental, that's the Year the Blues won the Cup. The Blues won the Cup with guys precisely like Vlad. Not a super star one but a lot of very good hustling hockey players who came through when it mattered most.
He is a steal for what they are paying him. There is not one single team in the league who would not take him on their top 6.
And the team will miss him on the ice, because all those teams who some say would never want him spend half their night trying to contain him leaving others open to do damage.
He's out. Now it's up to a bunch of guys to fill the gap. For one, I'd like to see Thomas plopped at center out of all this and let's see what he can do.
Right now Blues have a lot of chit to work on. This doesn't help any that's for dam sure but get on with it.
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