The Blues are on break until returning to game action on Feb. 11. They’re having a good rest, which kind of describes the intensity of their effort in recent weeks. The Note is 23-25-3 for a points percentage (.480) that ranks 25th among the 32 NHL teams. They swerved...
All hail David Perron. His empty-net goal put a lid on the Blues’ impressive 5-2 win at Washington on Wednesday night. He’s blazing, having scored a goal in seven consecutive games. Perron has the most goals (13) in the NHL since Feb. 27, scoring on an absurd 27.7...
No St. Louis Blue cared more or worked harder than David Backes. I’m not saying Backes was more dedicated than the Plagers, Brian Sutter, Bernie Federko, Al MacInnis, Chris Pronger, Ryan O’Reilly or Alex Pietrangelo. I’m not saying Backes had a bigger heart than...
Five Minutes For Scribing: The Blues stayed down, and were kept down, by the Los Angeles Kings in two consecutive losses at Enterprise Center. After a 7-2-1 record in their first 10 games of the season, the Blues came out of the next 10 games with a 3-6-1 record....
As a new NHL season begins, let us first pause and declare: The St. Louis Blues have become the standard-setting franchise in our town. It isn’t that the Cardinals are terrible, or mediocre, or just merely average. Despite the disproportionate level of whining on...
BERNIE BITS It would be crazily premature to declare that we’re safe and free from the deadly virus that plagued the world this year. We’re not there yet; the availability of the vaccines is extremely limited by the predictable but incomprehensible lack of...
By striking a creative and convenient deal with free-agent winger Mike Hoffman, the Blues’ Doug Armstrong reaffirmed his place among the top NHL general managers. And if you think about it, Armstrong deserves to be recognized as the best GM in Blues’ franchise...
Not exactly breaking news, but Major League Baseball has a problem: not enough action or entertainment. Too many swings and misses and strikeouts. Too many walks. Too much standing around. And not enough batted balls in play to get fielders chasing and base runners...
Sorry to hear that Alex Steen is retiring at age 35 because of chronic back problems — specifically degenerative herniated discs on his lumbar spine. And no wonder. It’s not that Steen was an undersized guy; at 210 pounds, he wasn’t. But he was physical, and...
