ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Blues Forward Jordan Kyrou has, to be frank, has had a rough season so far.
Kyrou, who is in the first year of a eight year, $65 million contract, has no doubt seen the most struggles during this season compared to anyone else on the roster, only scoring five goals through 28 games this season and only one goal in his last 14 games.
Meanwhile his teammate Robert Thomas, who has the exact same contract as Kyrou, has scored 27 points in 28 games, and tied for the team lead in goals.
Kyrou has seen his fair share of struggles under now-former Blues head coach Craig Berube this season and he hopes to get a fresh start under interim head coach Drew Bannister.
"It kind of feels like a little bit of a fresh start kind of thing," Kyrou told The Athletics' Jeremy Rutherford. "Yeah, we're all excited here. We want to turn the ship around right now and get our culture back a little bit and get back to how we know how to play hockey."
Asked on his relationship of Berube, who was fired Tuesday night, Kyrou had a rather blunt answer.
"I've got no comment. He's not my coach anymore," Kyrou said.
Kyrou's statement, or rather lack of one, falls in contrast to other players in the locker room, with Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington and captain Brayden Schenn spoke speaking highly of Berube after Wednesday's morning skate.
"(Berube's firing) stings for me personally," said Schenn Wednesday. "He's been so good to me throughout my career and what he means to the organization and a lot of the players. It's tough hearing the news."
Kyrou and Berube has never seemed to have seen eye-to-eye, with Berube having publicly asking for more from Kyrou on the ice on more than one occasion.
Berube and Kyrou, most notably, had a dust-up late last season in Nashville as they were headed to the locker room, according to Rutherford.
Berube also called out Kyrou during the team's overtime loss to the Vancouver Canucks last season.
"Our best players don't play with any passion, no emotion and no inspiration at all," Berube said at the time. "They don't play inspired hockey. You cannot play in this league without emotion, grit, being inspired. They're getting paid lots of money and they're not doing the job. End of story."