St. Louis — “Unlike many professional hockey players, Steen was known throughout his career for his thoughtful responses to interview questions.”
That’s a line from the Wikipedia biography of Thomas Steen, whose son did not inherit the old man’s gift of gab.
In fact, Alex Steen is so reticent, someone mooted the possibility that the missing teeth he now sports may have been from someone trying to extract quotes.
But that’s our problem.
Steen, whose father was quietly one of the greatest players in the history of the Winnipeg Jets, is — in quite different way — the Dallas Stars’ problem, as he was the Chicago Blackhawks’ problem in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.