Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsThe most anticapated matchup of the Stanley Cup playoffs is almost upon us. The Los Angeles Kings and the St. Louis Blues square off as the 5 and 4 seeds (respectively), as the Blues try and exact revenge on a Kings team that accomplished what many thought unthinkable: win the Stanley Cup as an 8 ...
Ladies and Gentlemen: this is Barret Jackman. At 6 feet tall, weighing a robust 205 lbs, Jackman is the epitome of the term “defensive-defensemen”. During this current lockout shortened season, Jackman has been, statistically, the Blues best overall defenseman. In fact, Jackman is the only Blues defenseman to have positive numbers in both the HARO ...
The lockout is over and it is time for the St. Louis Blues to pick up where they left off. After seeing his team record one of the best records in franchise history, recently re-signed GM Doug Armstrong has brought nearly the same band back together. With just a few minor changes, the Blues will ...
Being tenured with one team for ten years is a rarity in professional sports nowadays. 10-year veteran Barret Jackman, who has spent his entire NHL career as a St. Louis Blue, agreed to a three-year contract extension Monday morning. Jackman is not only the longest-tenured defenseman in the NHL, but the longest-tenured athlete in St. ...
Playing in a division that stresses defense-first, the St. Louis Blues are on the cusp of losing the only three defensemen on their roster over the age of 29. Kent Huskins, Carlo Colaiacovo and Assistant Captain Barret Jackman will all become unrestricted free-agents on July 1. While there are bound to be some contract talks ...
NHL free agency is quickly approaching and the Toronto Maple Leafs will need to be active in the defence market this summer. There are plenty of defencemen for the Leafs to bid on this summer, but there are five that really stand out. Here they are.
The end of the season brought more joy than anyone in the Blues’ organization could have imagined. It was announced Wednesday morning that the sale of the St. Louis Blues, the Peoria Rivermen of the AHL and a “significant interest” in the Peabody Opera House, which sits just behind Scottrade Center, was approved by the ...
It is safe to say that the St. Louis Blues were missing something in Game 2 of their best-of-7 series with the Los Angeles Kings Monday night. The Blues were on the sour end of a 4-goal first period en route to a 5-2 loss. This included a Mike Richards rebound goal just 31 seconds ...
On April 25, 2002, the St. Louis Blues defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 5 of their Conference Quarterfinal Series. Who knew that this would be the last series-clinching victory for ten years? The Blues finally overcame the playoff-round winless streak, eliminating the San Jose Sharks from the 2012 playoffs Saturday night with a 3-1 ...
Battling back from a 3-1 series deficit is no easy task, but that is exactly what the Sharks will have to do in order to stay in the 2012 NHL playoff picture. After winning the first game of the series, the Sharks have dropped three straight to the surging St. Louis Blues. The Sharks dropped Game ...
