Brodziak returned to the Blues' lineup after being a healthy scratch the previous game and scored a goal on three shots over 13:04 of ice time in Sunday's 3-0 blanking of the Avalanche.

EDGE Analysis

When Brodziak popped up as a healthy scratch for the first time this season last Friday, we wondered whether the decision was fueled by a desire to evaluate the team's younger talent over the final five weeks of the season. But apparently not. Ivan Barbashev and Zach Sanford were scratched Sunday in favor of Brodziak and Nail Yakupov. Ultimately, these are third and fourth liners, so there's little fantasy value to be gleaned from these players, but we are curious about the direction of the organization. St. Louis currently sits in eighth place in the Western Conference and are one losing streak away from irrelevance.