NHL coaches come and go so often, teams should keep a UPS truck parked outside the arena, waiting to haul the discarded gaffer to the recycling plant. There’s an old saying: coaches are hired to be fired. In the NHL, coaches are fired so they can be fired again at...
In reading some of the prognostications from NHL scriveners scattered around North America, I hadn’t realized that the Blues had either gone out of business, or relocated to Saskatoon. OK, so maybe it wasn’t that bad. But most hockey authors have dismissed the Blues...
There was never a reason to worry about Craig Berube and the Blues continuing their relationship with a contract extension for the only coach to win a Stanley Cup in franchise history. This was going to happen, 100 percent. The Blues made it official Wednesday by...
The Blues Review The Blues Bottom Line: A 4-3 loss to Arizona at Enterprise Center on Thursday night. The defeat ended the team’s four-game winning streak, and the smudge put their season record at 7-3-1. The “Reverse Retro” Uniforms: Hideous. Appalling. Bozo the...
Hot start for the Blues this week. Ben Fred talks to us today about Binnington looking like the good ole days and the depth on offense. Even without Hoffman, the team had energy and confidence. What does Ben think about the team moving forward in a tough division?...
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...
Mets making a splash for fans this week by trading for Lindor. What does Ben Fred say about the trade and what it means for baseball in 2021? Did Cardinals miss an opportunity not getting him? Do fans have a reason to worry that the St. Louis team won’t be...
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...
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...
