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Marcus Ashpaugh

Marcus Ashpaugh is a team writer at THW, focusing on the St. Louis Blues organization. He enjoys writing about the team at the NHL level as well as the prospects within the organization.

St. Louis Blues’ 3 Keys to Success for 2023-24

Marcus Ashpaugh | August 15, 2023

A lot went wrong for the St. Louis Blues during the 2022-23 season. Although there were a few high points, the lows seemed to be the deepest the organization has…

Categories Season Previews, St Louis Blues

Blues Top 10 Prospects for 2023-24

Marcus Ashpaugh | August 2, 2023

Heading into the 2023 NHL Draft, the St. Louis Blues had a middle-of-the-pack farm system. They’ve done well recently in drafting high-end forwards like Jimmy Snuggerud (2022), Zachary Bolduc (2021),…

Categories Blues Prospects, Season Previews, St Louis Blues

3 Blues Prospects Who Can Make 2023-24 Opening Night Roster

Marcus Ashpaugh | July 19, 2023

After agreeing to a two-year, $2.5 million deal with restricted free agent (RFA) Alexey Toropchenko, the St. Louis Blues now have only $293,571 of available cap space. To go along…

Categories Blues Prospects, Season Previews, St Louis Blues

Blues’ Full Roster Leads to Quiet 2023 Free Agency

Marcus Ashpaugh | July 5, 2023

Heading into the free agency phase of the offseason, the St. Louis Blues opted to extend qualifying offers to three restricted free agents (RFA), forwards Alexey Toropchenko and Hugh McGing,…

Categories Editor's Choice, St Louis Blues

Blues 2023 Draft Deep Dive: Juraj Pekarcik

Marcus Ashpaugh | June 30, 2023

After selecting defenseman Quinton Burns with pick no. 74, the St. Louis Blues followed that up by selecting left winger Juraj Pekarcik out of Slovakia at 76th overall. He spent…

Categories Blues Prospects, NHL Entry Draft, St Louis Blues

Blues 2023 Draft Deep Dive: Otto Stenberg

Marcus Ashpaugh | June 29, 2023

With pick 25 in the 2023 NHL Draft, the St. Louis Blues selected forward Otto Stenberg. He played with Frölunda HK J20 (J20 Nationell) in 2022-23 and will spend the…

Categories Blues Prospects, NHL Entry Draft, St Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues 2023 First-Round Mock Draft

Marcus Ashpaugh | June 27, 2023

Heading into the 2023 NHL Draft, the St. Louis Blues own nine draft picks, three of which are in the first round: 10 (their own), 25 (from the Toronto Maple…

Categories NHL Entry Draft, St Louis Blues

Blues 2023 First-Round Draft Targets: David Reinbacher

Marcus Ashpaugh | June 19, 2023

For the first time in over a decade, the St. Louis Blues have a top-10 pick. Their last top-10 selection was right-handed defenseman Alex Pietrangelo who was selected fourth overall…

Categories NHL Entry Draft, St Louis Blues

Blues 2023 First-Round Draft Targets: Matvei Michkov

Marcus Ashpaugh | June 16, 2023

There have been rumors recently that there’s a possibility that the San Jose Sharks could be talked into moving out of the fourth overall pick. With the St. Louis Blues…

Categories NHL Entry Draft, St Louis Blues

Blues: 3 Free-Agent Centers to Target This Offseason

Marcus Ashpaugh | June 13, 2023

Right now, the St. Louis Blues‘ top-six is fairly set, between Robert Thomas, Jordan Kyrou, Pavel Buchnevich, Brayden Schenn, Brandon Saad, and Jakub Vrana. However, only two of those players…

Categories Free Agents, St Louis Blues

Blues’ 2023 NHL Draft Trade Block

Marcus Ashpaugh | June 9, 2023

Outside of nailing the 10th-overall pick in the upcoming 2023 NHL Entry Draft, moving one (or multiple) high-priced poor performers should be the highest priority for the St. Louis Blues…

Categories NHL Entry Draft, St Louis Blues

Blues 2022-23 Report Cards: Robert Thomas

Marcus Ashpaugh | May 17, 2023

The St. Louis Blues’ 2022-23 season was a shocking disappointment for fans and management alike, leading to the team becoming sellers at the trade deadline and ultimately finishing in a…

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