Note: This is the first of 10 installments of a pre-training camp series asking the most important questions facing the Blues this season.

It was a shock to many Blues fans this summer when the club shipped away promising young forward Zack Bolduc for an unproven defenseman in Logan Mailloux, but Mailloux now will get his chance to play meaningful NHL minutes upon his arrival in St. Louis.

Mailloux, the No. 31 pick in the 2021 draft, arrives with the Blues after spending most of the last two seasons with Montreal's AHL affiliate in Laval. He was an AHL All-Star twice and was named to the AHL's All-Prospect team after posting 12 goals and 21 assists in 63 games.

In the NHL, he's totaled just seven games, all last season with the Canadiens.

Now, he'll be counted on every day for the Blue

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