Like Perron, the 19-year-old Neighbours is a 26th overall pick and he’s starting to take on the feel of a late first-round steal.
Louis after being drafted 26th overall by the club in 2007 - but it was also highlighted by Jake Neighbours notching his first NHL goal and Ivan Barbashev scoring a wicked shorthanded backhander to give the Blues a 2-1 lead late in the first.
Yes, the victory was keyed by a hat trick from David Perron - the man who keeps finding his way back to St. Louis surged past the Los Angeles Kings in its home opener with a 7-3 victory. That was certainly the case on Saturday night as - after three straight road wins to kick off the campaign - St. Given that, maybe the most invigorating thing about the team’s 4-0-0 start is that young and fresh faces are in the centre of the frame. And, as 32 Thoughts: The Podcast touched on last week, there was an unmistakable sense things were growing stale in Missouri.
Louis’s 2019 title, the Blues have absorbed some body blows the past couple seasons. The last time we had a full 82, the Blues won their first Stanley Cup, hanging the only skin on the wall for a franchise that’s been very good for most of its nearly 55 years in the league.īut while it has barely been a minute since the glory days of Gloria providing the soundtrack for St. Louis Blues are still firmly in the grace period that comes with championship afterglow.
