{"id":8434,"date":"2026-02-26T01:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/blues-f-robert-thomas-on-leave-for-personal-matter\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T01:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:44:42","slug":"blues-f-robert-thomas-on-leave-for-personal-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/blues-f-robert-thomas-on-leave-for-personal-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues F Robert Thomas on leave for personal matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<section id=\"0\" class=\"w-full\">\n<div class=\"xl:container mx-0 !px-4 py-0 pb-4 !mx-0 !px-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/27912859.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/27912859.jpg\" alt=\"NHL: St. Louis Blues at Colorado Avalanche\" class=\"w-full\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/><span class=\"text-0.8 leading-tight\">Dec 31, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; St. Louis Blues center Robert Thomas (18) before the game against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images<!-- --> <!-- --> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">\n<p>St. Louis Blues forward Robert Thomas is taking a brief leave of absence due to a personal matter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">\n<p>General manager Doug Armstrong announced the news Wednesday, adding Thomas is expected back Friday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-3\">\n<p>The Blues (20-28-9) return from the Olympics break on Thursday night against the visiting Seattle Kraken.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-4\">\n<p>Thomas, 26, ranks second on the team with 33 points (11 goals, 22 assists) in 42 games this season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">\n<p>The Ontario native has 429 points (118 goals, 311 assists) in 508 games with the Blues since they drafted him in the first round (20th overall) in 2017. He was an All-Star in the 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-6\">\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/blues-f-robert-thomas-on-leave-for-personal-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dec 31, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; St. Louis Blues center Robert Thomas (18) before the game against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images St. Louis Blues forward Robert Thomas is taking a brief leave of absence due to a personal matter. General manager Doug Armstrong announced the news Wednesday, [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}