Jeff Gordon | Post-Dispatch

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The Blues head into training camp with their roster largely set. There will be no need to rush their top prospects to fill voids this season.

But this will be a critical year for many aspiring Blues, especially skilled forwards Dalibor Dvorsky and Justin Carbonneau and defensemen Adam Jiricek and Theo Lindstein.

To get back into the Stanley Cup chase, the Blues will need these prospects to grow into key NHL roles during the next two to four years and join the long-term nucleus of Robert Thomas, Jordan Kyrou, Jake Neighbours, Dylan Holloway, Philip Broberg, Logan Mailloux and Jimmy Snuggerud.

How are these next-generation Blues shaping up? The hockey operation will gain a much better idea by the weekend after these prospects work with the team’

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