Your Blues returned to St. Louis on a wave of kinetic energy. That’s a fancy-pants way of saying they have the momentum in their first-round series against the Minnesota Wild. After being counted out more prematurely than Missouri’s own Harry S Truman in the 1948...
The Blues are hockey historians. The boys went into Minnesota on Monday evening and brought 2019 with them, blanking the Wild 4-0 in Game 1 of the first-round Stanley Cup playoff series. The four goals were scored by David Perron (3) and Ryan O’Reilly (1) – two key...
I don’t know if Tuesday’s game Colorado was a test run for the postseason, or just a look at how the Blues would measure up against the best team in the Western Conference. The Avalanche prevailed, sending the Blues home with a 5-3 loss. But the game had something for...
The Blues muscled their way to the Stanley Cup in 2019. They were big and brawny and left bruises. They dominated possession at five on five by turning into human bumper cars. On many occasions when the Blues set up in the offensive zone, they wouldn’t leave. Their...
The Blues are more like an NBA team now, picking their spots to try hard. Picking their spots to try and win a game.Taking other nights off by barely showing up to play. It’s called “load management” in the NBA. But this is hockey, where it’s unacceptable to steal a...
BERNIE BITS 1) Our Town’s Jayson Tatum is playing the best basketball in the NBA these days. With Tatum averaging 32.6 points, his Boston Celtics have won 11 of their last 13 games. But let’s go back two months. With Tatum averaging 30 points, the Celtics are 22-4...
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...
It’s trade-deadline day in the National Hockey League, but a lot of teams dashed into the market early to beat the rush and fill needs. Desperate general managers lost control and made delirious overpays in trades for defensemen. And there’s still time for GMs to leap...
The homeward-bound Blues returned to the Enterprise Center on Tuesday after traveling through an extensive stretch of road games. Unfortunately the boys must have misplaced their offense along the way. They could not find it in the baggage claim. Playing in only their...
