With the St. Louis Blues officially in shambles this season, odd rumors have started to float around the NHL. Alex Pietrangelo to Toronto has made the rounds, as has an interesting tidbit about the availability of Vladimir Tarasenko. The money quote comes from GM Doug Armstrong, courtesy of The Athletic’s Jeremy Rutherford. Armstrong, you see, “is in a situation where all bets are off.”
If that truly is the case, there is absolutely no excuse for general manager Jim Nill to move heaven and earth for the talented Russian winger. His name is out there, and is not being preceded by “hands off.