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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

Here are some comments from Thorburn, via STLToday<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not going in there trying to replace Ryan Reaves. I know how much he meant to the organization. He\u2019s got a great personality just from the little bit that I know about him. The game has gone away from the old-school fighting, but sticking up for your teammates is important and that\u2019s something that I\u2019m always willing to do.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m just going in there to be my own person and hopefully I get accepted right away and no comparisons to Ryan Reaves because I know how good of a player he is as well as how tough he really is. For me, it\u2019s just an opportunity that opened up and I\u2019m looking forward to it.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thorburn also expressed that he was “humbled” by the interest shown his way by the Blues.<\/p>\n

So far, those are the exact type of comments you’d hope to hear from a new player taking on a similar (though different) role left behind by a player fans loved. Reaves wasn’t just an enforcer and that’s a fact Thorburn appears to recognize.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, if the Blues are lucky, Thorburn won’t be just an enforcer either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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