A FULL COMPLEMENT of picks – nine in total, including five in the first three rounds – has St. Louis well positioned to add to an already stellar prospect pool buoyed by last year’s three first-rounders. Hitting the target with their lone first-round pick this time around could turn one of the league’s most promising cohorts of young talent into one primed for contention in a few years’ time.
IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Not one member of the top four ‘D’ will enter next season under 31, and the best blueline prospect, Theo Lindstein (29th overall in 2023), is at least a year away from NHL duty. There’s opportunity for Scott Perunovich and Matthew Kessel to assume larger roles, but St. Louis must find a defenseman who can raise the club back to…
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