Blues assign Neighbours to WHL

The St. Louis Blues have re-assigned forward Jake Neighbours to the WHL's Edmonton Oil Kings, the team announced Wednesday.

The club won't have the option to call Neighbours up for the remainder of the regular season.

"I think there's been games that I really liked him. He's done some real good things," head coach Craig Berube said. "You have to look at a lot of the games and the score and the time of the game and just a lot of things played into how much ice time he got. It's not easy.

"But overall, I think he did really well. He's a smart player like I've always said, he's killed penalties for us in these games, done a great job, he's scored a goal, he's around the puck all the time, has a nose for the puck. (This is all) going to be a learning process for him, a kid that young coming into the league."

St. Louis selected the 19-year-old with the 26th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft. He skated in nine games with the Blues this campaign, recording one goal and one assist while averaging 9:21 minutes per game.