Ty Rattie has been on a decent run of late, scoring four goals in his past eight games. His play during this run hasn’t been outstanding, but he’s been showing signs of growing and it’s impossible to ignore the goals which have been few and far between for the rest of the St. Louis roster. So, what did the Blues do now that Ryan Reaves is returning from suspension? They sent Rattie down to the AHL.
The Blues actually sent three players down to the AHL on paper (Rattie, Joel Edmundson and Dmitrij Jaskin) so they’d be eligible for the AHL playoffs, but Rattie is the only one actually reporting to the Chicago Wolves.
To recap, the Blues – a team that needs all the help it can get on offense – elected to send down Rattie instead of Jaskin who has only one goal in his last 17 games. Jaskin has been invisible on the ice (future article on this coming later) and the Blues are at the stage where they need every goal they can get. Why not keep the relative hot hand?
Rattie hasn’t panned out as many had hoped, but he’s scoring and the Blues should have recognized that by keeping him up in the NHL.
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