Jaden Schwartz is emerging as the player the Blues expected at 14th overall in 2010. Jake Allen posts Peoria's first SO of 2012-13; Joel Edmundson's offense wakes up in Kamloops; Mark Cundari, Ryan Tesink also shine in this week's "Fab Five."
Evgeny Grachev and Jaden Schwartz lead the way with two game-winners apiece, and are just two of the players catching fire as the streaking Peoria Rivermen make their move in the Midwest Division. Hensick, Andronov, Cole, Allen also playing well.
1. Don't look now, but the Peoria Rivermen are just one win out of a share of first place in the AHL's Midwest Division. The Euro leagues are almost all shut down until after Christmas; major...
All the scoring, penalty, and goaltending stats that a fan of the Blues' organization could want... right here every week on the Monday Edition of "Prospect Sunday."
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country... and two prospects who are bound to represent their countries in the upcoming World Junior Championships make the cut this week. Also appearing: a Dog, a Cat, and a Man.
The Blues' organization will be well-represented at the upcoming World Junior Championships, with five prospects having a strong shot at a place on their country's entry. Tarasenko's performance matching the Russian weather. Joel Edmundson traded.
As Roger Waters once asked, "is there anybody... out there?" The flu bug bites in Peoria even as injured players begin to return. Jordan Binnington and Niklas Lundström could very well be the Blues' version of the Lone Ranger and Tonto in 2013-14.
All the scoring, penalty, and goaltending stats that a fan of the Blues' organization could want... right here every week on "Prospect Sunday."
It's a mixture of the old and the new as some first-time picks appear beside some of the same old faces in our weekly review of the players who stepped forward in the Blues' organization during the last seven days.
Both the Peoria RiverMEN and the Evansville IceMEN have stumbled out of the gate in 2012-13, but there are good reasons to think that business will be picking up soon... reasons named McRae, Cole, Cundari, Peluso, Andronov, Wännström and Karpowich.
