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...
After spending more time with their comfy-home pillows and catching some rest, the Blues put on their boots Thursday night and returned for a 5-1 victory over the Calgary Flames at Enterprise Center. Let’s roll four lines … FIRST LINE: After getting truncheoned in...
Before I explain why I’m fired up by the offseason additions of wingers Brandon Saad and Pavel Buchnevich, let’s go back in time and trace the Blues’ odyssey to this moment in time. The Blues won the Stanley Cup in 2019 with a rugged and relentless 5-on-5 style of...
The Blues are safe at home, at least for a while, until the next rockslide rumbles in their direction. The Colorado Avalanche are in town. After losing the first two games of their first-round series against the Avalanche the Blues will be searching for positives...
In trying to make a case for the Blues staging a stunning first-round upset to bring down the Colorado Avalanche, we spend a lot of time talking about the essential need to prevent the Avs from scoring. The Blues must slow Colorado’s high-speed rail of an offense and...
About the Blues … A 4-0-1 record against Minnesota in five meetings since April 9 was a timely boost for a team of coaches and players were searching for a better version of themselves. Not only did the success put the Blues in commanding position to draw clear and...
THE BERNIE BITS The Blues are full of surprises this season, often to their own detriment. But this was not the case on Saturday at Enterprise Center, when the home team recovered for a 5-3 win over Colorado after getting zapped for two goals in the game’s first...
BERNIE BITS Let’s begin by checking in on a some former Cardinals: Albert Pujols, 41, is moving deeper into the unavoidable decline phase that’s part of the unforgiving aging process for athletes. In his 41 plate appearances for the Angels, Pujols is batting .231,...
BERNIE BITS In a Saturday showdown billed as their most important game of the season, the Blues seized a 2-0 lead at Arizona and retched it away over the final two periods, withdrawing from the competition for an incomprehensible 3-2 loss in another dismal day. After...
