Jake Neighbours' Ice Time Continues To Decrease As His Struggles For Blues Prolong
St. Louis Blues winger Jake Neighbours has gone 13 games without a goal and recorded just one assist in that period. His ice time has continued to decrease as his play has remained inconsistent. Can Neighbours turn things around in the final 13 games?
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Mike, what do you make of this recent stretch for the Blues?
Should we make anything of it, or is it just kind of a, a little hot streak that happens here?
and, and where do you see Snuggerud as being part of the rebuild that the Blues are expected to go under here?
Well, I was gonna say his name wasn't mentioned along with everybody on the Blues roster in terms of being traded before the deadline, so that must mean that Alex Steen, who's the new general manager taking over from Armstrong, wants to keep Snuggerud.
And I don't blame them because he's a sc- he was a scoring star at the University of Minnesota, came in at the end of last year, even scored two goals in the playoffs for them.
It always takes college players a little bit of time to acclimate themselves to the NHL, and as you said, he, he struggled with some injuries, but he's a very talented scorer, son of a former Buffalo Sabre, Dave Snuggerud, so he's got good bloodlines and I, I think he's a talent, so I think he's a guy- somebody who can score probably 35 to 40 goals in this league eventually, and 15 goals as a rookie is not bad.
