Looking Back On The 2011 St. Louis Blues Draft Class

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EDMONTON, AB – DECEMBER 29: Ty Rattie #8 of the Edmonton Oilers warms up prior to the game against the San Jose Sharks on December 29, 2018 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Ty Rattie was the creme of the crop for the Blues during the 2011 draft, and St. Louis had very high hopes for the young forward out of the WHL.

Rattie had a promising career with the Portland Winterhawks of the WHL. He played 269 games for the Winterhawks, and he netted 151 goals and 197 assists for a total of 348 points.

A player with this offensive upside was projected to be a major offensive force in the Blues’ top-6 group for years. Instead, he played just 30 games in a Blues sweater.

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Rattie was not the player the Blues imagined when they selected him with the 32 overall pick, and even though he has been on two other teams since leaving St. Louis, Rattie is another prospect to be proclaimed a bust.

2016-17 was the last season Blues fans saw Rattie at the Scottrade Center. He played four games for St. Louis before being picked up by the Carolina Hurricanes to play the rest of the year in Carolina.

His stint in Raliegh was a short one. Appearing in just five games, Rattie netted only two assists and was a plus-minus -2 on the season. His games in St. Louis that year were not fruitful either, as he was held off the scoreboard entirely.

Rattie was picked up by the Edmonton Oilers in 2017, and he has remained in Edmonton for the past two seasons.

The 26-year-old has had much more success with the Oilers than he has had during his entire career. He has played in 64 games for Edmonton, scoring nine goals and 11 assists in his two-year stint with the Oilers.

There is no question that Rattie was a bust, however, with the upcoming picks, the Blues more than made up for the missed pick.

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