Teams and fans would love for their franchise player, a player they drafted, to play for the team their entire career. The truth is that it has become a rarity in sports. There are too many factors that get in the way. Whether it is a player wanting more money, a team feeling the player is on the decline, a player/team relationship going sour, the list goes on.
St. Louis Blues fans are all too familiar with seeing their franchise player leave too soon. Bernie Federko should have retired as a one-franchise man. The same could be said about Alex Pietrangelo, Vladimir Tarasenko, and David Backes.