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When the Blues’ Logan Mailloux was originally drafted by Montreal, even Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau spoke publicly against the selection. And it had nothing to do with Mailloux’s hockey ability.

“As a lifelong Habs fan, I am deeply disappointed by the decision,” Trudeau said during a 2021 news conference. “I think it was a lack of judgment by the Canadiens organization. I think they have a lot of explaining to do to Montrealers and fans across the country.”

Pius Suter changed teams and immediately has a new job.

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Read the full transcript of our weekly Blues chat.

Matthew DeFranks: Good afternoon. Blues training camp is about a week old. The regular season starts in two weeks. Let's get to your questions.

On the fifth day of training camp, the Blues presented a first look at what could be molded into an NHL lineup on opening night in less than three weeks.

During practice Tuesday morning, the Blues ran out forward lines and defensive pairings that could — with some slight adjustments — become the ones that face the Wild on Oct. 9. Here were the NHL-relevant combinations:

The thin man with a gray mustache in a dark suit paced in the middle of the locker room while addressing his soldiers in skates. On the whiteboard nearby, written words screamed in all capital letters: WE ARE A TEAM OF DESTINY!

“Short, unselfish shifts!” said Shawn Walsh, the University of Maine men’s hockey coach, in pregame footage before the 1993 national semifinals (now known as the “Frozen Four”). “Shoot low — you goal scorers are going to snipe, get low. We’re all humans; we’re all going to make mistakes, myself included. Don’t even worry about it. Let’s stay positive. Let’s win the 60-minute war. We don’t care who’s going to win the little battles. ... James, it’s your team, it’s your locker room. I’ll leave you alone.”

Tyler Tucker doesn’t remember the chants.

He was just focused on getting off the ice.

The Blues trimmed their training camp roster by five on Monday morning when they returned a handful of players to their junior teams.

They assigned forwards Antoine Dorion (Quebec in the QMJHL) and Adam Jecho (Edmonton in the WHL), and defensemen Lukas Fischer (Sarnia in the OHL) and Will McIsaac (Spokane in the WHL) to their junior clubs. The Blues also released goaltender Matthew Koprowski from his amateur tryout and returned him to Owen Sound in the OHL.

Nikita Alexandrov scored the lone goal for the Blues as they dropped their second game to open the preseason with a 4-1 loss in Columbus on Sunday night.

Alexandrov deflected Justin Carbonneau's shot from the top of the circle in the second period to cut the Blue Jackets lead to 2-1. Columbus scored twice in the third period to seal the game.

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Thirteen months after joining the Blues via splashy offer sheets targeting himself and fellow former Oiler Dylan Holloway, Broberg is more comfortable in his surroundings.