Here's today's NHL Nugget – this edition of Shinny or Nothing looks at St. Louis Blues center Robert Thomas.

Before becoming an elite playmaker in The Show, he was trying to recreate big goals outdoors with friends, as he told the Canadian Press this past winter. Watch the video for more.

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