World Championships

ST.LOUIS - The Blues obviously will not be making the playoffs this year unless they decide to go on a tear winning the last bunch of games, followed by the Jackets losing a bunch of games, a highly unlikely scenario following a trade deadline that saw them rent their veterans off to contenders in return for some future prospects and players.

Some of the Blues will start their golf season early, while others will continue playing hockey a bit longer as they are called to represent their countries in the World Championships. Some notables will be John Tavares, Sam Gagner, Alex Tanguay for Canada, Patrik Elias for Czech and Niklas Backstrom for Finland (pending how the farm team does in their playoffs if any). Marion Gaborik would have played for Slovakia but got cut in the leg trying to jump over Glass (no pun intended) who was making a save during a shootout drill in practice.

Chuck D Bich