Blues Eye The 11th Pick As Trade-Deadline Mystery Deepens

St. Louis is working through draft-board math, and the 11th pick has become the kind of asset that can tempt a team to get creative. At the same time, a deadline twist involving Thomas suggests somebody in the league was willing to play with fire and walk away from a real offer. That is how these windows go - one hand on the future, one hand on the panic button. The Blues have decisions to make, and the answers could say a lot about how aggressive they want to be.