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Chris Stewart Wants Avs to Regret Trade

VANCOUVER – Chris Stewart is out to prove Peter Stastny right. Stastny, the former Quebec Nordiques and St. Louis star was highly critical of the Colorado Avalanche for trading Stewart -- one of the NHL's emerging elite power forwards -- to the Blues in a blockbuster deal. In no uncertain terms, Stastny said the...

NHL Trade Deadline: St. Louis Blues

By landing last year's Stanley Cup hero, goaltender Jaroslav Halak, in a deal with the Montreal Canadiens in the offseason, the Blues had hoped for a better year than the previous one which saw them finish ninth in the West. But, alas, some of their key players have been battered by injuries during 2010-11, making their...

Ales Hemsky, Patrik Elias, David Backes Candidates for Last NHL All-Star Picked

Patrik Elias, David Backes and Ales Hemsky could be the final three players fidgeting and fretting as the NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft winds down on Jan. 28, two days before the exhibition at RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. Just like the last one picked in a grade school dodgeball game, the captains of each team under...

David Backes Signs 5-Year Extension With Blues

The St. Louis Blues have been one of the best teams in the NHL this season, racing out to a 9-2-1 start and entering this weekend tied for first place in the NHL's toughest division (the Central). The Blues have plenty of young talent and a nice mix of skill and the type of gritty, two-way players that a cup contender...

Blues Score 2 Goals in 6 Seconds, Dominate Anaheim in Fight-Filled Game

File this under things we already knew, but apparently Scott Niedermayer was pretty important to the Anaheim Ducks. In three games this season the Ducks have been outscored 13-2, which includes Monday's 5-1 beatdown at the hands of the St. Louis Blues. Jonas Hiller was subjected to 53 shots on goal (compared to the 14 that...

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05/15/12 Grading the Blues forwards Source: CBS - KMOV - St. Louis MO The 34 year old defenseman is particularly hard to grade this season considering he missed 57 games due to injuries.
05/12/12 Eight highlights as playoffs reach midway point Source: NHL Four teams left, eight wins to go, but before we go in that direction let's take a look back at the Conference Semifinals.
05/08/12 Blues second-round playoff exit causes pain, but also... Source: Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville IL And while the Blues' euphoria over the team's first playoff win in 10 years didn't last long, coming to a dull thud in a second-round sweep by the Los Angeles Kings, Backes believes a solid foundation has been laid for future success.
05/06/12 The Better Team Won Source: Kukla's Korner The St. Louis Blues didn't want to use injuries as an excuse for their second-round elimination.
05/06/12 #LAKings Kings, Blues have perfect playoff leaders in... Source: LetsGoKings.com If hockey were only about will, and a team exactly mirrored its captain, there might be nothing left of the Los Angeles Kings or St. Louis Blues to go on from here.