The first 12,000 fans to walk through the turnstiles at Enterprise Center on Tuesday night as the Blues host the Stars will receive a Pat Maroon “Big Rig” bobblehead.



In the promotional giveaway, a replica of the 6-foot-3, 225-pound St. Louis native sits in the cab of a pint-size tractor-trailer. He’s wearing the team’s navy blue home sweater, the one he coveted growing up and gushed about after agreeing to a one-year, $1.75 million contract with the team last summer.



The night the Blues honor Maroon, however, the real Big Rig could be parked in the press box. He was a healthy scratch for the third time this season Saturday against the New York Islanders and now has as many of those as he has goals. This scratch, though, unlike the two times he sat out in November, seems like the beginning of the end for him in St. Louis.



The Blues are likely to trade Maroon, a pending unrestricted free agent, before the NHL trade deadline on Feb. 25,...