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March 2010
A Tough Deadline Day for the Blues
The feeling I had this morning, crawling out of bed after tracking the late night chatter, was that of a kid on Christmas. You’ve asked for things you think you can get, even though it might be hard for mom and dad to swing it. You’ve been good enough to deserve the coming gifts. You...
Yan Stastny To Vancouver
The Blues will acquire Pierre-Cedric Labrie, 23, who is currently playing for the Manitoba Moose. 6-foot-2, 212 pounds forward has seven fighting majors, 69PIM and five goals, one assist through 45 games thus far with the Moose. In I’ll have more on this deal later in the day but this looks to be strictly an...
Blues Acquire Matt D’Agostini from Montreal
Late night reports from Blues Insider Andy Strickland indicate that the Blues have traded former 2nd Rd Pick Aaron Palushaj to Montreal in exchange for Matt D’Agostini. The deal is also being confirmed by KMOX Blues announcer Chris Kerber. In Palushaj’s first professional season with the Blues AHL affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen, Aaron has 5...
Who to follow for deadline deals?
Everyone you need to be checking in to on Twitter is on this list. http://twitter.com/BlueNoteZone/nhl-trade-deadline Of course, we woudl love fo you to keep track of all the info from the trade deadline on BNZ, but we understand if you want to go peruse Twitter as well. Hey, we do it too.
Trade Deadline Blog
The point of this blog will be pretty simple. From “now” till the deadline on Wednesday BNZ will keep you up to date on all the trade happenings. Be sure to also check out our Blues buddies over at Frozen Notes, they have a Live Deadline Blog as well. Hockey Independent also has a Live...
Trade Deadline 2010: Buyers or Sellers? The Balance Between Winning Now and Building for the Future.
It’s that time of year again – trade deadline season. The official deadline to complete trades is 2 p.m. Central time on Wednesday afternoon. The main question on many Blues fans minds is likely, should the Blues be buyers or sellers at the deadline? Or should they simply stand pat? It’s an intriguing question as...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Coyotes 3-2-10
Well . . . welcome back. It was a long, exhausting Winter Olympic break, but we’ve all finally made it through the horror that is the NHL break. Congratulations to David Backes and Erik Johnson in doing your mightiest to help the United States defend Her honor in Vancouver and for helping give us a...
Blues Trade Targets
As the clock ticks down to 3pm Eastern on March 3rd, teams are scrambling to finalize deals coming out of the Olympic break. The Blues are no different. They are looking to pander off UFA parts for long term assets. In a previous blog we looked at Kariya and then revisited his options. For now...
Thoughts on Olympic Hockey Tournament
First off, what a tournament! The best players in the world on the biggest stage, what else do you expect. A lot of surprises and a lot of nail biting moments. Team USA coming within a bounce of winning the gold medal is about as close as most Blues hockey fans have been to any...
Blues Trade Hannu Toivonen
The St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks announced a trade today. Pretty strange. Yes, I know. The teams agreed to swamp AHL goalies and move a defensemen. Here is how it shakes out. To Chicago’s AHL Affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs: Goalie – Hannu Toivonen Defenseman – Danny Richmond To St. Louis’ AHL Affiliate, the Peoria...
