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THE BLUES HAVEN’T
graduated a draft pick to the NHL since Robert Thomas from the 2017 class, and that may not change this season unless they need emergency call-ups. That said, the assets are there. Scott Perunovich is an offensive D-man who won back-to-back NCAA titles with Minnesota-Duluth, while two-way center Nikita Alexandrov’s pro career started nicely with Utica. St. Louis only had four picks in 2021 but landed two-way center Zach Bolduc.