Last season, when roster regulars kept being bitten by the injury bug, the Blues had to call on their taxi squad often. By the time that the team worked its way down to Dakota Joshua, the best fans could do to cope was really the only way Blues fans know how to cope*: with sarcasm.
You cannot convince me that “Dakota Joshua” is an actual, living person and not just a placeholder name in a video game that doesn’t have rights to use actual names
— Brian LeBlanc (@bdleblanc) March 21, 2021
Little did anyone know that Joshua’d endear himself to Blues fans by being an effective fourth-line guy.