When the Blues announced their season roster - and after they recalled Jake Neighbours and Josh Leivo to wrap up the procedure to get Marco Scandella and Scott Perunovich onto LTIR - Alexey Toropchenko was on it but assumed to be a ways away from returning.
Scratch that assumption.
Jim Thomas of the Post-Dispatch threw what water was left onto any lingering doubts regarding Toropchenko’s return in an interview with Craig Berube. Toropchenko was a full participant in some pretty rough and tumble practice while the team was on their team building trip this past week in Charleston.