Yeah, from what I’ve seen I think he’s been pretty solid this season, too. One of the issues — and the local paper goes into this more today — is their “top” D take up a lot of payroll and each have extraneous issues that amplify the pressure.

Fans are absolutely not sold on Brewer (he’s been inconsistent, there was widespread shock when he was named captain, and he unfairly represents the Pronger deal and the idiotic former ownership that dumped Pronger to "increase the attractiveness of the club to potential buyers). Jackman is strong but not nearly as effective as he was before shoulder surgery and before the NHL decided to enforce the letter of the rulebook. McKee has had constant bad-luck injuries, and now he looks like bad payroll weight, but at the time he was signed, the Blues had to overpay someone just to get reliable bodies on board.