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Keep An Eye On Berglund
by Paul on 09/18/07 at 08:36 AM ET
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from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Blues coach Andy Murray thinks 19-year-old center Patrik Berglund has a chance to make the NHL roster. Berglund believes it, too. So will he be with the team when it opens the season Oct. 4 in Phoenix?
“He just has to be above one centerman we have in our lineup right now,” Blues coach Andy Murray said….
“I’m very happy about it,” said Berglund, the 25th pick in the 2006 NHL draft. “They show a lot of interest in me and they give me a chance to play with the best players in the world and that means a lot to me.”
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Erik Johnson Keeping It Simple In St. Louis
by Paul on 09/16/07 at 09:51 AM ET
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from the News-Democrat,
While his progress has been watched intensely by Blues fans since being selected first overall in the 2006 draft, the 19-year-old Johnson tries to let others worry about things he can’t control.
“I’m not a guy that really puts pressure on myself too much,” he said. “I feel really good out there, I haven’t been nervous at all. I’ve been happy with how I’ve been playing and I’ve really been trying to keep things simple, so that’s helping me out a lot.”
Johnson is staying at the former Blues star’s family home in St. Louis, following a recent trend that saw Blues winger David Backes living with Keith Tkachuk for a time last season and Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby once sharing a house with Mario Lemieux.
“I usually talk to him a little bit every day, he’s a great guy to have around and he’s a great mentor,” Johnson said of MacInnis, now a Blues vice president. “It’s good because you get home-cooked meals and you don’t have to pay rent, so that’s nice.”
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Blues Sweaters
by Paul on 09/15/07 at 05:06 PM ET
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What do you think?
View a slide show of the jerseys and read about them here.
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The Coaching Road Of Andy Murray
by Paul on 09/13/07 at 09:44 AM ET
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from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
In the winter of 1998-99, Andy Murray coached a prep hockey team in Minnesota during the week and on weekends flew to Koln, Germany, to be general manager of a team there.
And that’s only one of the zany details of his hockey odyssey. In a three-year span, Murray went from coaching the Canadian National Team to Shattuck-St. Mary’s School to the Los Angeles Kings.
“If you look at the script of my coaching career, you kind of say, ‘Did he have a plan?’” Murray said.
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Blues Owner Goal- Not To Lose Money
by Paul on 09/09/07 at 10:40 AM ET
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from the Belleville News-Democrat,
Can NHL teams make money with such a relatively small national television contract in comparison to the NFL or Major League Baseball?
“There’s a lot of teams in the league now that are making money, especially the teams that are in the big markets with access to big local television revenues and big season ticket prices,” said Checketts, mentioning Philadelphia, Boston, Toronto, the New York Rangers and Montreal as examples.
“I want to get to the point where we’re not losing money, that would be the best thing for me,” he said. “People are supportive, they want to see us do well. They know that a good team and a good organization is important to the community.”
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McKee Well Rested
by Paul on 09/04/07 at 07:32 AM ET
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from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
On the bright side, the pelvic injury allowed McKee to skate only a handful of times from January to July. And as a 10-year NHL veteran, that rest might be beneficial.
He’ll re-join a Blues’ defensive core that looks formidable, with Jackman, Eric Brewer, Bryce Salvador, Christian Backman, Erik Johnson, Matt Walker, Jeff Woywitka and Roman Polak.
“It’s definitely one of the top defensive groups in the league,” McKee said. “We’re in a situation where we’ve got a couple of high-level NHL defensemen that aren’t going to be able to dress some nights.”
more on McKee…
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Blues- A Team On The Rise
by Paul on 08/23/07 at 11:44 AM ET
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from Adam Proteau of the Hockey News,
It’s hard to believe that, less than 18 months after stumbling to their worst record in 27 years and third-worst in franchise history, the St. Louis Blues have as much going for them as they do.
But they do, and Western Conference playoff bubble teams – I’m looking at you, Dallas, Minnesota and Nashville – should realize this particular object in their rearview mirror is definitely closer than it appears.
I’ll admit, I had my doubts about how quickly the Blues could turn things around.
James Mirtle pointed out this story to me from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
The Blues reported selling 450 new season tickets in the week after signing Kariya, and 1,600 of their 2,500 new tickets have been sold since he joined the team. Also since the signing, the team has sold an average of 40 new season tickets per weekday and 200 per week. On that pace, with seven weeks left before the home opener Oct. 10, the ticket base could grow by 1,400. That would more than eclipse the 9,100 season-ticket holders in 2003-04, when the Blues had a record of 39-30-11-2 for 91 points.
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The Blues Want You
by Paul on 08/21/07 at 03:16 PM ET
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J.D. says (wmp video) they will do whatever it takes…
Read about the Blues new marketing campaign.
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Breaking Down The Central
by Paul on 07/29/07 at 04:36 PM ET
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Wes Goldstein of CBS Sportsline is passing out summer grades to the NHL teams in the Central Division.
Nashville and Columbus fans, you won’t be happy.
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Stempniak Signs With Blues
by Paul on 07/24/07 at 07:38 PM ET
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via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
The Blues re-signed forward Lee Stempniak to a multi-year contract today.
Terms of the deal haven’t been released.
Stempniak, 24, led the Blues with 27 goals and had 52 points in 2006-07, when he played all 82 games. In 139 NHL games, he has posted 41 goals and 79 points.
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