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Some of the top Blues prospects, including No. 19 pick Justin Carbonneau, will take the ice this week at Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights for the team鈥檚 development camp.

The camp will be four days of on-ice work, beginning each day at noon and concluding with a three-on-three scrimmage session. It is free and open to the public.

It will be Carbonneau鈥檚 introduction to 最新杏吧原创 after the Blues picked the winger out of the QMJHL in the first round of the NHL draft on Friday night. Carbonneau will be one of two 2025 draft picks in attendance this week, as he鈥檒l be joined by Russian winger Mikhail Fyodorov. Swedish goaltender Love Harenstam will not be at camp.

What can fans expect out of Carbonneau?

鈥淭he goal-scoring ability, the passion that he plays with, the will to score,鈥� Blues director of amateur scouring Tony Feltrin said. 鈥淗e鈥檒l run over top of players to take it to the net. He can score from distance with a tremendous shot. Good hands, strong compete. Lots of things to like.鈥�

Carbonneau was second in the QMJHL in both points and goals last year and checks in at 6-foot-1 and 205 pounds. He will play next year either at Boston College or back in the QMJHL with Blainville-Boisbriand.

There will be two other previous first-round picks among the returnees for 最新杏吧原创.

Defenseman Theo Lindstein was taken in the first round in 2023 with the 29th pick and will make the jump to North America this fall after playing last year in the SHL in Sweden. Playing for Brynas, he had nine points in 44 games.

Defenseman Adam Jiricek (No. 16 pick in 2024) will also be in town. Last year, he was unable to participate in development camp due to a knee injury. He was also limited to just 27 games with Brandford in the OHL due to injuries.

鈥淗e is all ready to go,鈥� Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said. 鈥淗e needs to put a solid, healthy year together. We鈥檝e talked about that in the past. It鈥檚 hard to make the club from the tub. He needs to put some health in behind him. Sometimes, you just can鈥檛 control it. I鈥檓 not saying he can control these injuries that he has, but you have to be able to play. You have to be on the ice. He needs to do that for himself; we need to see it. He needs to see it. It鈥檚 reality.鈥�

Armstrong also mentioned that Jiricek, 19, could try and push for an NHL roster spot.

Blues fans will also notice who will not be in town this week: Dalibor Dvorsky and Otto Stenberg.

Dvorsky (No. 10) and Stenberg (No. 25) were both part of the 2023 draft class with five other members coming into town this week, but they will not be after finishing the season with AHL affiliate Springfield (Massachusetts). Dvorsky spent the whole season in Springfield, piling up 21 goals and 24 assists in 61 games.

Stenberg, meanwhile, made the jump to the AHL midseason after opening the year in Sweden. He had 17 points in 38 games with Springfield.

鈥淚 think they鈥檝e just graduated past it (with) North American experience,鈥� Armstrong said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 no rhyme or reason to why we do some of these things. I leave it up to the development group. They tell me who they think would benefit from it.鈥�

• There will be three Russian prospects in attendance, as Fyodorov (2025 draft, fifth round) will be joined by Nikita Susuyev (2023, seventh round) and Arseniy Koromyslev (2022, fourth round). The only Russian in the pipeline that won鈥檛 be on the ice is Matvei Korotky (2024, seventh round).
• Marcus Broberg, the younger brother of Blues defenseman Philip Broberg, will be on the ice as an invite to camp. Like his brother, Marcus is a defenseman. He just finished his first season at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
• Three goaltenders 鈥� Connor Androlewicz, Owen Bartoszkiewicz and Jacob Steinman 鈥� are invitees to camp, though Connor Androlewicz is from 最新杏吧原创. He just finished his college career at Stonehill after four years at Maine.