When the St. Louis Blues drafted Klim Kostin, it was not front page news. It did not make the headlines and, even in the moment, most fans did not care.
It was not so much anything against Kostin. Most of it had to do with the trade that brought the pick back.
The Blues traded Ryan Reaves to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a late first-round pick and Oskar Sundqvist. Most fans were crying in their beer over the loss of Reaves.
Reaves was the longest tenured Blues player and a personality that will be hard for anyone to match.