Last summer, the Canucks and Blues over restricted free agents.

Vancouver signed restricted free agent David Backes to an offer sheet, even though Blues president John Davidson made it very clear that Backes was a big piece of this team’s foundation.

The…

Injuries forced the Blues to really push their young defensemen this season - the results have been most impressive.

Let’s look at the progress made:

Roman Polak, 22: He’s about to return from the injured list, which is very good news for the…

The Blues keep grinding away, despite losing one key player after another to a string of devastating injuries. The guys keep going all out for coach Andy Murray, despite the difficult circumstances.

So Saturday night’s 4-2 victory over the Wild was…

After two periods, look at these numbers:

Roman Polak: 16 shifts, 14:10

Alex Pietrangelo, 13 shifts, 9:13

T.J. Oshie. 17 shifts, 9:57

Chris Porter, 16 shifts, 9:29

Patrik Berglund, 13 shifts, 8:39.

David Perron, 12 shifts, 8:32.

This is on-the-job training at its finest.

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