Blues Hockey Podcast

It's a Dunn Deal! A new season is just around the corner and training camp is under way. The St. Louis Blues are still putting the final touches on their roster. They have brought in Mike Hoffman on a PTO, reassigned some prospects to leagues around the world and signed Vince Dunn to a new contract. Doug Armstrong has been finding new and creative ways to fit this team under the cap. Jason and Chr...

It's official! Not only to do we have a new NHL season, the St. Louis Blues have a new captain! The Blues also lost a player to retirement after 12 years with the organization. We didn't plan on another episode but we couldn't wait to talk about all of the news that happened this week. Alexander Steen called it a career, the NHL announced official start date and other critical dates for the new se...

When hope of a new season was fading, the owners and players agreed on the revenue portion for a new season. Now, the dawn of a new NHL season is upon us! It looks like hockey is back in the form of a 56 game season starting in mid January. On this week's show, Jason and Chris break down the latest news on when the next hockey season will start, where the St. Louis Blues may play and how much did...

Flip it and reverse it, you got to know how to work it. Who knew I would be quoting a Missy Elliott song as a podcast title but here we are. 2020 is a strange year for sure. Speaking of strange, we discussed the latest jersey release from the St. Louis Blues which is a reverse of the infamous 1990s jersey. Chris was a big fan while Jason was a little less impressed. We also discussed some of our f...

Oh Captain, my former captain. It's official Alex Pietrangelo is an ex-St. Louis Blue. He has signed with the Vegas Golden Knights. The Blues will be searching for a new captain before the 2020-2021 season begins (whenever that may be). Jason and Chris break down what happened in the Alex Pietrangelo contract negotiations, how the Blues look going forward and what are their chances of another Stan...

It is a dawn of a new era for the St. Louis Blues. They have moved on from captain Alex Pietrangelo who is leaving via free agency. The first ever St. Louis Blues player to hoist the Stanley Cup is leaving. It is a sad time for sure but there are many things to talk about besides that. They participated in the first ever virtual NHL draft and added one of the top free agents available. The NHL ope...

Chris and Jason recorded a bit of a different episode this week. We had our usual St. Louis Blues news and an interesting trade rumor making the rounds invovling a St. Louis Blues defenseman along with an updated look at the NHL playoffs. Next, we felt it was important to talk about the NHL stoppage of play this week due to the violence that occured this week in Kenosha and what steps the NHL is t...

Well that didn't go the way we wanted. The Blues bubble bursted early as they were eliminated by the Vancouver Canucks in six games in the first round of the NHL playoffs. So the St. Louis Blues season is over until December. What a wild and weird season it was. We had the highs of a banner raising, lows of an early playoff exit and the scary with the sudden in game cardiac event involving Jay Bou...

It's finally time! The NHL 2020 Qualifying Rounds & Round Robin games are here. It's been a long wait since the last time we got to see a St. Louis Blues game and they set off to the NHL Bubble on July 26th. Before we break down both the Eastern and Western conference series, we have a little bit of Blues news to get into that includes another award nomination for Ryan O'Reilly, the team final...

The St. Louis Blues are back on the ice for the first time since March as the open up training camp version 2.0 at the Centene Community Ice Center. Well almost everyone was back. Chris and Jason talk about the Blues training camp, which St. Louis Blue was a finalist for an NHL award, and when we wil start seeing live hockey again on Fox Sports Midwest. (Hint: it's before the end of July!) Finally...

We're back! Chris and Jason had a chance to record in person (socially distanced of course) for the first time since March. There was plenty of NHL and St. Louis Blues news to talk about including the return to the Enterprise Center ice for some St. Louis Blues players, the potential annoucement of the Return to Play hub cities, and even a return of Olympic participation for NHL players. Finally,...

We have a little bit different of a podcast this week. Jason got a chance to chat with our newest sponsor from Upcycle Hockey, Eric. We discussed a little NHL news first before getting to know Eric. We discussed his St. Louis Blues fandom, what he experienced during the 2019 playoff run, and the mission of Upcycle Hockey. Upcycle Hockey makes use of broken hockey sticks and turns them into chairs,...

First off, I hope everyone is doing well during these times, Both Chris and myself truly hope everyone is doing ok. We haven't had much to talk in the ways of the St. Louis Blues hockey besides remembering the one year anniversaries of last year's amazing playoff games. Well, finally we got some news this week! The NHL outlined their Return to Play guidelines and gave us what the rest of the seaso...

Well with no hockey still due to the global pandemic, we have been waiting for any kind of hockey news to talk about. This week Doug Armstrong gave us plenty to talk about. Doug Armstrong resigned not one, not two but three pending free agents! Chris and Jason discuss these signings along withthe rumors of how the NHL may be planning to finish the 2019-2020 season. It was a shorter podcast but it...

On this week's podcast, Chris and I had the pleasure of talking to former St. Louis Blue, Craig Janney . Craig had a long NHL career  that spanned over 12 seasons including 4 seasons with the St. Louis Blues. Chris and I got to talk Craig about variety of topics including growing up a Whalers fan, his famous overtime goal against the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1993 playoffs, Mike Keenan, his t...

First off, i hope everyone is doing ok during these weird, crazy times. Since the NHL season is still on pause due to the global pandemic of COVID-19, Jason had a chance to chat with the Athletic's Jeremy Rutherford . JR was kind enough to spend a few minutes chatting about the St. Louis Blues season so far, what the Blues may do in the offseason, prospects signings, and JR gives us some insight o...

There's more in the world than hockey and we are finding that out now. The world is going through the cornavirus pandemic and it is affecting the NHL. The National Hockey League, along with many other major sports leagues, has paused their season. They're shutting the studio down as Dave Chappelle once said.  The St. Louis Blues got in three games this week before the NHL paused the season. C...

Keeping it Reel! With Chris on assignment this week, I got to bring in a special guest host. Luckily, Joe from Reel Spoilers agreed to come on and co-host the show this week. We got to talk about a variety of topics including Joe's love of the St. Louis Blues, a breakdown of this week's games, some of our favorite hockey memories and about the St. Louis Blues third 7 game win streak. We even got i...

The St. Louis Blues are back on the winning track and got their groove back. Teams are closing in on the Blues and there is little room for error. This week there was just as much going on off the ice as there was on the ice. The NHL trade deadline came and went with the Blues making a trade days before the deadline. There was a record amount of deals on the trade deadline day! That wasn't the onl...

Hockey took a break for awhile this week. Jay Bouwmeester had a cardiac episode after a shift during the St. Louis Blues game against the Anaheim Ducks. It was such a scary moment for all of the Blues players and it brought back memories for Chris and Jason whe Chris Pronger collasped during a playoff game against Detroit. Chris and Jason will give you the latest update on Jay Bouwmeester (he's do...

The St. Louis Blues come stumbling out of the All Star break dropping three of four games this week. Have the Blues finally hit the Mid Season hangover or is this just a small bump in a long season? Chris and Jason answer this question along with this week's game recaps and Blues news segment. There was a good amount of Blues news this week that included players returning from injury, another play...

When the Stars come out in St. Louis, St. Louis knows how to be a great host. The St. Louis Blues get a bye week going ino All Star weekend and St. Louis  was hopping all weekend. It started on Thursday with the St. Louis Blues Alumni vs. NHL Alumni and it culminated on Sunday with the last day of the NHL Fan Fair. What a great weekend it was. St. Louis rolled out the red carpet to the NHL and I t...

We’ll do it live!!! That’s right. We have a special edition of this week’s podcast. We had a live podcast with Arch City Media and we had a special co-host, Danya Artmisi. We talked about Danya’s life long love of the St. Louis Blues including her favorite player and moment. Next, we discussed the Blues dominance this week during thier homestand last week, which St. Louis Blues got into the All-St...

The St. Louis Blues finish 2019 on top of the Western Conference . Finishing on top is a huge accomplishment considering where they were at the end of 2018. This week Jason and Chris recap the last games of 2019 and bring you the latest Blues news including which St. Louis Blues players were selected to the 2020 NHL All-Star game which will be held in St. Louis and another player who can still be...

Pardon the pun but it’s been a banner year for the St. Louis Blues. The Blues fit a decades worth of storylines into the last season and a half while winning the club’s first ever Stanley Cup. It’s been a fun ride for sure. Before we recap the season, Chris and Jason talk a bout this week’s clean sweep homestand along with Blues news and notes. Finally, Chris and Jason read some of our listeners f...