St. Louis Blues Having Difficulty Overcoming Injuries
Over their last five games, the St. Louis Blues are 1-4-0. They have stayed afloat at sixth in the Central Division but fell to 13th in the Western Conference. Many things are to blame for their lackluster play recently, but injuries may be the number-one issue that is the root of all of thei...
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Blues Trading for Ducks’ Defenseman Cam Fowler Would Be a Mistake
The St. Louis Blues have started the 2024-25 regular season with a 2-2-0 record, but it has not been easy. In both victories, the team had to rally from slow starts, showcasing resilience but also raising concerns about their inability to find ...
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5 Defensemen the Oilers Should Target in Trade
The Edmonton Oilers' blue line is among the weakest in the NHL. It's no secret.
Buoyed by the team's overall play during the 2023-24 season, the Oilers' blue line was routinely exposed by their opposing teams' top players. Their core often found themselves trapped bel...
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St. Louis Blues Get Creative With ‘Contract Tracker’ Feature
In June, the salary cap/contract tracking website known as CapFriendly was agreed upon to be sold to the Washington Capitals in July after the 2024 NHL Draft and free agency had been completed. It was one of the biggest cap-tracking web...
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St. Louis Blues Must Consider Buyout This Summer
On July 1, Doug Armstrong will have been general manager of the St. Louis Blues for 14 years. In that nearly decade and a half, he has found his way out of many difficult contracts, like the bad deals for Patrik Berglund and Vladimir Sobotka that he traded for Ryan O'Reilly,...
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Blues’ Defense is Preventing Any True Rebuild
It's not official yet, but it seems certain that the St. Louis Blues are set to miss the playoffs for the second season in a row, which will. be the first time the franchise has failed to make two consecutive postseasons since the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons. For gen...
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Blues Defense Could Be Wildly Different Next Season
Over the past few seasons, the most maligned part of the St. Louis Blues has been their defensive unit, and rightly so. General manager Doug Armstrong has struggled to fix the unit since the departure of Alex Pietrangelo before the 2020-21 season. Losing players like P...
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Mistakes Made by Blues’ Doug Armstrong Since 2019 Stanley Cup
The current state of the St. Louis Blues franchise is all the doing of general manager and president of hockey operations Doug Armstrong. He's called the shots for the franchise since the 2010-11 season. Overall, it's been a phenomena...
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Blues’ Defensive Structures Still Have Lingering Issues
After a six-game second-round exit in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, provided by the eventual Stanley Cup champions in the Colorado Avalanche, the St. Louis Blues approached October of the same year with play...
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Blues 2022-23 Report Cards: Nick Leddy
The St. Louis Blues’ 2022-23 season was a shocking disappointment for fans and management alike, leading to the team becoming sellers at the trade deadline and ultimately finishing in a draft lottery position outside the playoffs. So, who bears the blames for the team’s failings? And who succeeded despite the team...
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