Carter Chapley
A Canadian native who found himself covering St Louis sports after graduate school, Carter has a passion for sports (especially hockey) and the minute details that make the games special. After covering the college basketball scene in Missouri for two years, and covering special stories like the NHL All-Star Game and the XFL, Carter is excited to get back to his sporting roots and cover the 2019 Stanley Cup Champions.
Author's Posts
Mike Hoffman Takes the Blues' Power Play From Great to Elite
January 15th, 2021 Mike Hoffman’s arrival in St. Louis is truly a blessing of the stars aligning. The cap-strapped St. Louis Blues and their general manager/architect Doug Armstrong have been able to parlay the financial outlook of the rest of the NHL, their own bargaining power, and a little bit of luck to create enough cap space to not only get all of...
Blues have Plenty of Options to Create Ideal Defense Pairings
January 12th, 2021 Coaches at all levels of hockey will often tell you that depth is a vital key to long-term success in a hockey season. Your stars will win you a game, while your third and fourth liners, or fifth and sixth defensemen, will win you a championship. Depth, though, is a fickle beast in that it can mean many possible things. On one...
Blues Have Difficult Taxi Squad Decisions to Make
December 30th, 2020 With the hectic nature and potential volatility of the 2020-21 season fast approaching, the NHL has already instituted some key new rules to alleviate potential coronavirus effects on rosters and limit the long and short-term potential damage to team line ups. The reintroduction of the Taxi Squad to NHL rosters for the 2020-21 season...
St. Louis Blues Need to Address Their Goalie Depth
December 26th, 2020 With the NHL now set to return to action, fans, pundits, and organizations are starting to settle on the new type of hockey season that will be coming shortly. New division rivals, fewer games, unique scheduling opportunities, and perhaps most importantly; roster implications. The new season is going to have an impact on who...
Steen's Retirement Opens Flexibility, Opportunity for Blues to Bolster Roster
December 20th, 2020 In the wake of the St. Louis Blues great and Stanley Cup champion Alexander Steen’s decision to retire, we certainly must toast a great career but also remember that life goes on. The loss of the winger represents real challenges in filling his role as a first-line forward and as a leader in the locker room. Steen expected to miss...
