Great things come to those who wait. This is true for Blues management and fans alike, as Russian prospect and 2010 first-round draft choice Vladimir Tarasenko has a signed a three-year entry-level deal with the St. Louis Blues. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the maximum allowed amount that a 2010 draft choice ...
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 ...
Every year, the National Hockey League’s awards are voted upon by the league’s general managers or the Professional Hockey Writers Association. The idea is to get a balanced cross-section of opinions and, hopefully, cancelling out any specific homerish voting patterns. With writers in all 30 NHL cities, some with multiple writers, and several at-large subject ...
It’s hard to find any bright spots after being swept in a playoff series. If one team can, it is the St. Louis Blues. The Blues had their season end Sunday afternoon, as the eighth-seeded Los Angeles Kings took the Semifinal Series, 4-0. The Kings out-scored the Blues 15-6 in the series and the Blues ...
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 ...
Worst to first, and not even a nomination. That’s what the Florida Panthers, Kevin Dineen, and his fans must come to grips with. Florida came in dead last in the eastern conference last season, went through an offseason that saw a virtual complete overhaul of the roster, stuck a rookie head coach behind the bench, ...
This series preview was published by THW St. Louis Blues correspondent Jeff Ponder and THW Los Angeles Kings correspondent Ramesh Shanmugam. Regular Season Series Winner Los Angeles Kings (3-1-0) Regular Season Series Top Offensive Performer Simon Gagne (2G-2A–4P) Regular Season Series Top Goaltender Jonathan Quick (.989 save percentage, 0.50 GAA and 2 shutouts; stopped 94 of 95 ...
Seventy-nine. In mathematics, it represents an emirp, as its reverse (97) is also a prime number. In music, the number of cumulative weeks Elvis Presley spent at #1 on the Billboard charts. It’s also the atomic number of gold. Alas, it also denotes the number of days it took a golden season by San Jose ...
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 ...
David Perron knows all about expectations. Drafted 26th overall in an admittedly sub-par 2007 draft class, he nevertheless made the Blues straight out of the Juniors, scoring 13 goals and 27 points in 62 games. In the 2008-09 season, he cracked the 50 point plateau, notching 35 assists in the process and becoming noteworthy for ...
