Robert Thomas sits in a spot that doesn’t come around often for a player: he has a real path to the top of the St. Louis Blues’ scoring list, if he stays in town long enough to chase it.
That “if” matters, because Thomas is still floating through the trade-rumor churn that follows just about every notable NHL player these days. For now, though, the numbers are starting to stack up in a way that makes his place in Blues history impossible to ignore.
Thomas is already tied with David Backes for 11th on the franchise scoring chart at 460 points, and he got there in 530 games. Backes needed 727 to reach the same total. That kind of pace is what makes Thomas’ climb so interesting.
The next targets are right in front of him. Brayden Schenn and David Perron are both sitting at 465 points, a mark Thomas could realistically pass early next season.
Keep the production rolling, and he could keep moving fast. A strong year could even vault him all the way to sixth, a spot currently held by Blues general manager Alex Steen, who finished his 12-year run in St.
Louis with 496 points.
And if Thomas really catches fire? A 100-point season would push him past Vladimir Tarasenko for fifth on the club’s all-time list.
That’s the short-term picture. The bigger one is even more eye-catching.
Bernie Federko sits atop the Blues’ scoring mountain with 352 goals and 1,073 points, a total that still looks enormous from Thomas’ current perch. But Thomas is under contract for five more seasons, and if he avoids a major injury or a sharp drop-off, reaching 1,100 career points doesn’t sound far-fetched.
He’s 27 now, which puts him right in the heart of what should be the best stretch of his career. The concern is durability.
In eight seasons with the Blues, Thomas has played a full 82-game schedule only once, in 2023-24. He appeared in 70 games in 2024-25, then 64 last season.
Expecting him to play all 84 games this year would be a stretch. But something in the 70-to-75 range would be a strong step, and it’s the kind of workload he’d need to keep this chase alive.
Federko is still a long way off. But if Thomas stays healthy and stays with the Blues, he has a legitimate shot to put himself in the conversation for the greatest player in franchise history.
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