The St. Louis Blues have plenty of quality players, including one Vladimir Tarasenko. However, as much as we love him and know how good he could be, the truth is he is not as good as he could be and national media picked up on that.
The NHL Network has been running down lists of the top 20 players at each general position. Many were upset about Ryan O’Reilly being left out of the top-10. That discussion had merit. O’Reilly proved he was one of the best in the league the way he single-handedly kept the Blues alive to start 2018-19 and then propelled them in the playoffs.