The St. Louis Blues made it clear over the offseason that they were ready to play hardball with the rest of the NHL if it meant a return to the Stanley Cup Play
O’Reilly has three years left on his contract and has a cap hit of $4.5 per season. The Blues currently have just over $3.5 million in available cap. Simple math tells us the Blues have to shed some salary if an O’Reilly reunion is to happen.
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Jimmy Snuggerud, the Blues' 2022 first-round pick, has done exactly what he wanted to when he returned to the University of Minnesota.
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Thanks to Schenn’s two goals, Kyrou’s goal of his own and Holloway’s pair of assists, the line combined for five points in another important win over Calgary on Thursday night.
On Thursday night, for the second time in three days, the Calgary Flames faced the St. Louis Blues on the road. For the second time in three days, they were held to just a single goal and just couldn’t muster enough offence to overcome their mistakes.
Once again, the seventh-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft was on the outside looking in as far as the Blues’ depth chart was concerned. He was literally ninth on the list, behind the likes of Scott Perunovich and newly-signed Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
The Blues are 14th in SOG goals allowed and while they don't take a ton of penalties, they struggle to stop opposing power plays when they do, operating at a 73.87% success rate (7th-worst in the NHL). Kadri, who skates on the top PP unit, will be hungry to help Calgary bounce back here.
St. Louis earned a hard-fought 2-1 win over Calgary, keeping the Blues close to the Flames in the standings, with a rematch coming Thursday.
In addition, KMOV will produce a half-hour St. Louis Blues Hall of Fame special airing on Friday, Jan. 31, at 6:30 p.m. on First Alert 4. The St. Louis Blues Hall of Fame is inducting its third class in 2025, featuring Wayne Babych, Curtis Joseph and Jim Roberts while Bruce Affleck will be receiving the True Blue Award.