Calm trade deadline for the Blues. Despite the hullabaloo regarding Carlo Colaiacovo and Brad Boyes being up for dealing, and the need to unload Paul Kariya’s absurdly large contract, the Blues only made deals today that focused on the Rivermen. And that is exactly what I expected.
The Blues have several UFAs (Carlo, Kariya, Sydor, Weaver, [...]
Cam Janssen is looking at a five game suspension for this late hit on Matt Bradley of the Washington Capitals during their last home game before the Olympic Break on February 13th:
As you can see, the hit was clearly late, regardless on intent to injure. Janssen explained the hit via his Twitter account (@camjanssen55). The [...]
Other than the trade of Steve Wagner to Pittsburgh, the St. Louis Blues were quiet right before the Olympic trade freeze. The team was attached to rumors about acquiring Kari Lehtonen and Ilya Kovalchuk from the Thrashers, but those passed with no movement. That isn’t to say that trade deadline moves won’t be made, though.
A [...]
When word leaked out that the Blues were the Western Conference team who remained in the mix until the bitter end for Ilya Kovalchuk, I was pleasantly shocked. I never would have thought that the Blues’ front office, headed up by John Davidson, would have even remotely entertained the idea of ponying up assets for [...]
John Kincade, yesterday during his radio show, made two decelerations that he seems to feel are as close to fact as they could be: Ilya Kovalchuk will be moved before the Olympic roster freeze, and Kari Lehtonen is the goalie Waddell is shopping. There has been some speculation amongst Thrasher fans about who the odd [...]
… in the East. In the West, St. Louis is still on the outside looking in, plugged in at 13th and five points back. I’ve touched on the differences between Eastern and Western hockey before over on St. Louis Game Time, and another year of “Gosh, if only the Blues were over there” with the [...]
In this last night’s case, literally.
The past few games against the Eastern Conference, and under the leadership of David Payne, have been boons for the Blues. A team that had been offensively hampered as of late scored 4 goals against both the Rangers and the Canadiens. As a whole, the Blues record against the East [...]
Also known as the article where I go back, look at my season preview, and laugh my butt off. Oh, geeze, where to begin?
First off, a disclaimer: I was not one of those individuals who picked the Blues to challenge the Blackhawks or Detroit for the Central Division lead. As a lifelong fan, I’m a [...]
The question here is, will it work? One thing that players, coaches, and fans alike have speculated on is if the home environment makes the team clench up and not play well. Expectations, sell out crowds, last piece of the puzzle… yada yada. All this has lead to a 6-14-3 home record.
Performance anxiety is never [...]
The cries of “fire Andy Murray!” amongst Blues fans apparently resonated more with the management than the “trade the team!” cries did. John Davidson announced this morning that the St. Louis Blues have fired coach Andy Murray and named Peoria Rivermen head coach Davis Payne as the interim head coach.
One can only hope that this [...]
