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Read the full transcript of our weekly Blues chat.

Matthew DeFranks: Good afternoon. The Blues snapped a seven-game losing streak with a win on Monday. They are 4-7-2, on pace for 63 points. Let's get to questions.

Perhaps the next step in Philip Broberg’s development is happening right now.

During Monday’s 3-2 win over the Oilers, the Blues entrusted Broberg (and partner Colton Parayko) with the assignment of slowing down Edmonton superstar Connor McDavid. It worked — sort of. McDavid still had two assists (though one was on the power play) but was held without a shot on goal for the 28th time in his career and second straight game vs. the Blues.

It’s a wink. A little reminder of what’s in his arsenal, like a dragon-breathing pitcher’s curveball or a dramatic actor’s comedic chops.

Colton Parayko doesn’t offer it up often — it’s not always an easy exercise — but when he does, like Monday at Enterprise Center, it shows how he can change a game with this wink — and in a blink.

It’s a young season, but the most important goal by a Blues player this fall may belong to a 20-year-old rookie.

When Dalibor Dvorsky uncorked a one-timer on the power play during Monday’s 3-2 win over the Oilers, he ignited Enterprise Center and helped spark a Blues comeback from down 2-0 to snap a seven-game losing streak. Dvorsky’s goal led the way back, and it was a result the Blues desperately needed after going 0-5-2 in their previous seven games.

Forward Milan Lucic will take another step in his attempted NHL comeback, as he signed a professional tryout with AHL affiliate Springfield (Massachusetts) on Tuesday morning.

Lucic, who attended Blues training camp on a PTO and has been rehabbing a groin injury in 51ºÚÁÏ since preseason ended, played in four preseason games but has not played meaningful professional hockey in more than two years.

So much about Monday’s game probably felt familiar to the Blues.

They had their chances. They couldn’t score.