from Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic,

The Blues are looking at every avenue in terms of how to part ways with Vrana, including the possibility of a trade.

“He was informed this morning (that he was being placed on waivers), and I guess they changed their minds,” said J.P. Barry of CAA Hockey, Vrana’s agent, after Monday’s waiver wire was announced and the player’s name wasn’t on it. “They must have got phone calls between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. (ET). I’m sure they just got into some discussions, or some follow-up discussions.”

The Blues practiced Monday at 11 a.m. CT at Centene Community Ice Center, but Vrana was not on the ice.

Afterward, coach Craig Berube told reporters that general manager “Doug (Armstrong) just said he’s not practicing today and if there’s any more questions, talk to Doug about that.”

Armstrong wasn’t immediately available for comment, per a team spokesman.

The situation between the Blues and Vrana was coming to a head at some point, and it became increasingly obvious that it would be soon. He had been a healthy scratch in four consecutive games, and when he returned to the lineup for back-to-back games at Columbus and Chicago last week, he had no points and was a combined minus-4 in a total of 22 minutes, 37 seconds of ice time.

For the season, Vrana has two goals and six points in 19 games. Overall, he’s been a healthy scratch in eight of the team’s 27 games.

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