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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Blues and forward Jaden Schwartz were closing in on a contract extension on Saturday, according to&amp;nbsp;Jeremy Rutherford of the &lt;em&gt;St. Louis Post-Dispatch&lt;/em&gt;.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;MUIR: Should Pens worry about Malkin?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 22-year-old missed the first 10 days of training camp \"awaiting\" an extension, Rutherford reported, adding that the Blues and Schwartz's agent, Wade Arnott, had previously said they were focusing on a short-term deal.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Schwartz, a 2010 first-round pick, had 25 goals and 31 assists last season for the Blues, who lost in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs to the Blackhawks.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The third-year player has 34 goals, 38 assists and a plus-25 plus/minus in 132 career games.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;St. Louis opens its regular season on Oct. 9 at home against the defending Eastern Conference-champion Rangers.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;NHL has toughest division in sports&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Chris Mascaro&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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