{"id":711425,"date":"2017-07-02T19:56:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T23:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=711425"},"modified":"2017-07-02T19:56:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T23:56:14","slug":"chris-thorburn-says-hes-not-trying-to-replace-ryan-reaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/chris-thorburn-says-hes-not-trying-to-replace-ryan-reaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Thorburn says he’s not “trying to replace” Ryan Reaves"},"content":{"rendered":"
After trading away Ryan Reaves, the St. Louis Blues made it known that they were looking for a new tough player who could help fill the enforcer role vacated by Reaves. The answer came through Chris Thorburn who signed a two-year deal<\/a> worth an affordable annual cap hit of $900,000 per year.<\/p>\n Some may be quick to point at Thorburn as a direct replacement for Reaves, but that’s not very accurate and not a comparison Thorburn is looking to make.<\/p>\n Thorburn is well aware of the impact and respect Reaves carried with the team and he’s not trying to replicate or mimic what Reaves accomplished.<\/p>\n