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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1803171" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-alexey-toropchenko-is-a-torpedo-blues-forward-is-sure-fun-to-watch/article_6fe4c235-acb8-5102-96a4-02a91dc3b594.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Benjamin%20Hochman" target="_blank">Benjamin Hochman</a></p><p>The Blues scored five times in their first game of the season, and by Towel Man’s fifth arm-pumping, socket-shifting celebration, one wondered if he’d soon need to see Alexey Toropchenko’s shoulder doctor.</p><p>That doc seems to know how to handle things. Toropchenko’s shoulder sure shouldered the load in last Saturday’s opener, as Alexey executed five hits in his first game since summertime surgery.</p><p>Coach Craig Berube thought Toropchenko would be back in December. The guy made it back even before November.</p><p>It was a fun surprise and enhances the Blues’ chances to make a tone-setting start to the season. To me, Toropchenko is must-see hockey because he plays the game with a boy-like passion and a man-like intensity. Yes, he’s a fourth-line player — he isn’t the next Vladimir Tarasenko. But he’s an emerging impact player who plays above his age (now 23) and experience level.</p><p></p><p>Last postseason, time and again, he made a hustle play or a heady play that maybe didn’t make it on the scoresheet, but made it in a reporter’s notebook.</p><p>“He anticipates the game,” said Berube, whose Blues begin a three-game trip Wednesday in Seattle. “And speed. Has great speed. But he’s moving — he’s skating and working and he anticipates where the puck is going to go. He’s always on time and makes contact.”</p><p>Toropchenko is a torpedo.</p><p>He’s a forechecking force with his effortless strides and 6-foot-6 frame (the same height as Colton Parayko). And he can occasionally play-make. There he was in the clincher against the Wild last postseason, unleashing a power move a la his fellow Russian Blue Tarasenko. While Toropchenko didn’t score, it led to an assist on a Tyler Bozak goal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1803171, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-alexey-toropchenko-is-a-torpedo-blues-forward-is-sure-fun-to-watch/article_6fe4c235-acb8-5102-96a4-02a91dc3b594.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Benjamin%20Hochman']Benjamin Hochman[/URL] The Blues scored five times in their first game of the season, and by Towel Man’s fifth arm-pumping, socket-shifting celebration, one wondered if he’d soon need to see Alexey Toropchenko’s shoulder doctor. That doc seems to know how to handle things. Toropchenko’s shoulder sure shouldered the load in last Saturday’s opener, as Alexey executed five hits in his first game since summertime surgery. Coach Craig Berube thought Toropchenko would be back in December. The guy made it back even before November. It was a fun surprise and enhances the Blues’ chances to make a tone-setting start to the season. To me, Toropchenko is must-see hockey because he plays the game with a boy-like passion and a man-like intensity. Yes, he’s a fourth-line player — he isn’t the next Vladimir Tarasenko. But he’s an emerging impact player who plays above his age (now 23) and experience level. Last postseason, time and again, he made a hustle play or a heady play that maybe didn’t make it on the scoresheet, but made it in a reporter’s notebook. “He anticipates the game,” said Berube, whose Blues begin a three-game trip Wednesday in Seattle. “And speed. Has great speed. But he’s moving — he’s skating and working and he anticipates where the puck is going to go. He’s always on time and makes contact.” Toropchenko is a torpedo. He’s a forechecking force with his effortless strides and 6-foot-6 frame (the same height as Colton Parayko). And he can occasionally play-make. There he was in the clincher against the Wild last postseason, unleashing a power move a la his fellow Russian Blue Tarasenko. While Toropchenko didn’t score, it led to an assist on a Tyler Bozak goal. [/QUOTE]
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