2008–09 St. Louis Blues season

2008–09 St. Louis Blues
2008–09 St. Louis Blues
Division	3rd Central
Conference	6th Western
2008–09 record	41–31–10
Home record	23–13–5
Road record	18–18–5
Goals for	233
Goals against	233
Team information
General manager	Larry Pleau
Coach	Andy Murray
Captain	Eric Brewer
Alternate captains	Barret Jackman; Paul Kariya; Keith Tkachuk
Arena	Scottrade Center
Average attendance	18,554 (96.9%) [41 games; 760,732] (19,150 max.)
Team leaders
Goals	Brad Boyes (33)
Assists	Brad Boyes (39)
Points	Brad Boyes (72)
Penalty minutes	David Backes (165)
Plus/minus	Patrik Berglund (+19)
Wins	Chris Mason (27)
Goals against average	Chris Mason (2.41)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 St. Louis Blues season, the 42nd season for the NHL franchise in St. Louis, Missouri, resulted in the team returning to the NHL Playoffs for the first time since 2004.

Pre-season

Schedule and results

2008 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	St Louis	1–2	Los Angeles		Mason	11,603	0–1–0	[1]
2	September 23	Dallas	2–3	St Louis		Legace	10,796	1–1–0	[2]
3	September 26	Atlanta	4–9	St Louis		Legace	12,526	2–1–0	[3]
4	September 27	St Louis	3–4	Dallas		Mason	17,191	2–2–0	[4]
5	September 29	St Louis	3–4	Toronto	SO	Legace	18,581	2–2–1	[5]
6	October 1	Toronto	3–7	St Louis		Mason	12,636	3–2–1	[6]
7	October 4	St Louis	4–1	Atlanta		Legace	7,648	4–2–1	[7]

Regular season

Summary

Before the regular season, started the Blues were hit hard with an injury to defenseman Erik Johnson. Johnson suffered a leg injury in a golfing accident that put him out for the season. Despite this the Blues had a good start to the regular season, winning their first opening day game in years, and going 5–3–0, before injuries to Manny Legace and Andy McDonald, coupled with poor defensive play, placed the team in last place in their division at 5–8–1. The Blues would win three games in a row to make their record 9–8–1. On November 24, 2008, Blues President John Davidson announced the Blues had traded Lee Stempniak to the Toronto Maple Leafs for defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo and center Alexander Steen.^[1] On November 30, Keith Tkachuk became the sixth American-born hockey player, and 72nd overall, to score 1,000 points in a career. The point came on a goal scored in his 1,077th game. He now has 511 goals and 489 assists. The goal helped the Blues to a 4–2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers. It was his 362nd point in a Blues' uniform, ranking him eighth all-time.^[2] The Blues would lose their next three games before winning 4–3 over the Phoenix Coyotes. St. Louis would then lose three straight games against teams on the West Coast. The Blues would follow up by losing their next two games to extend their losing streak to five. In that period, defenseman Jay McKee would become another victim of unfortunate injuries for the Blues. The Blues ended the month of December with a poor 4–10–1 record. Just before the All-Star Game break (January 22 to 28), the team gained seven points in their last four games. On February 6, two days after his 36th birthday, goaltender Manny Legace was placed on waivers, and the Blues recalled Chris Holt.^[3]

Andy McDonald returned to active status on February 10 after almost three months out with a broken left leg (since November 16) and promptly made his presence felt with an assist on the Blues' first goal, and then later added a goal of his own, against the Vancouver Canucks, although they ultimately lost the game.

A 6–2–4 surge in February pushed the Blues (60 points on Feb. 24) to an even 26–26 (eight overtime loses) record, and to within five points of the eighth and final playoff spot.

In a dramatic and wild 3–1 win, with the final two goals from the youngsters T. J. Oshie and Patrik Berglund late in the wide-open third period, plus 41 saves from Chris Mason, against the Dallas Stars on February 26, pushed the Blues into 12th place in the Western Conference, only three points from a playoff spot and over .500 for the first time since December 8.^[4]

A crucial 6–1 run from March 20 to April 2 pushed the Blues into eighth place, capped off by a stunning 5–4 win on April 2 over the Detroit Red Wings, their first victory over Detroit all season. The game was highlighted by David Backes' career-high four-goal night.^[5] It was the first four-goal night by any Blues' player since Scott Mellanby did it on March 6, 2003.

A key player in the team's late-season surge was the play of fan favorite T. J. Oshie, who was named NHL Rookie of the Month for March (April 2) after earning 13 points (four goals and nine assists) in 14 games, with the Blues going 9–4–1 in the month.^[6] From January 1 through the game on March 29, Oshie scored 11 goals and recorded 20 assists for 31 points in 37 games, leading all rookies, save for Bobby Ryan of the Anaheim Ducks, in that span. His play garnered praise from several Blues veterans, including goaltender Chris Mason: "T. J. is such a tenacious player. In every game he seems to create scoring chances out of nothing."^[7] Oshie was also listed #8 on "Hockey's Future Top 50 prospects."^[8]

The Blues clinched a playoff spot in their second-to-last game of the season (#81), and their last home game, on April 10, in front of a raucous, standing-room-only crowd of 19,250, beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 in their 40th win of the season. The defense was superb, giving up only 17 shots, their lowest of the season. This is the first season since 2003–04 the Blues have made the playoffs. In the 2005–06 season, the Blues were in last place overall, and in 2007–08, they were tied for the fourth-worst record in the NHL.^[9] The Blues completed one of the greatest late-season playoff surges in NHL history.^[10]

On the same day the Blues clinched a playoff spot, their first-round draft pick in 2008, Alex Pietrangelo, 19, was assigned from the Niagara IceDogs in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) to the Blues' top minor-league affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League (AHL).^[11]

Divisional standings

Standings

Central Division
		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Detroit Red Wings	82	51	21	10	295	244	112
2	Chicago Blackhawks	82	46	24	12	264	216	104
3	St. Louis Blues	82	41	31	10	233	233	92
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	41	31	10	226	230	92
5	Nashville Predators	82	40	34	8	213	233	88

Conference standings

Standings

Western Conference
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	53	18	11	257	204	117
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	51	21	10	295	244	112
3	y – Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	45	27	10	246	220	100
4	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	46	24	12	264	216	104
5	Calgary Flames	NW	82	46	30	6	254	248	98
6	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	41	31	10	233	233	92
7	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	41	31	10	226	230	92
8	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	42	33	7	245	238	91
8.5
9	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	40	33	9	219	200	89
10	Nashville Predators	CE	82	40	34	8	213	233	88
11	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	38	35	9	234	248	85
12	Dallas Stars	PA	82	36	35	11	230	257	83
13	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	36	39	7	208	252	79
14	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	34	37	11	207	234	79
15	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	32	45	5	199	257	69

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner
CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

Schedule and results

Green background indicates win (2 points).
Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

2008–09 Game Log

October: 5–4–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Goaltender	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 10	Nashville	2–5	St Louis		Legace	19,150	1–0–0	2	[8]
2	October 11	St Louis	2–5	NY Islanders		Mason	16,234	1–1–0	2	[9]
3	October 13	St Louis	5–4	Toronto	SO	Legace	19,045	2–1–0	4	[10]
4	October 16	Dallas	1–6	St Louis		Legace	18,550	3–1–0	6	[11]
5	October 18	Chicago	3–4	St Louis	SO	Legace	19,150	4–1–0	8	[12]
6	October 22	Detroit	4–3	St Louis		Legace	19,150	4–2–0	8	[13]
7	October 24	Los Angeles	4–0	St Louis		Legace	19,150	4–3–0	8	[14]
8	October 25	Florida	0–4	St Louis		Bishop	19,150	5–3–0	10	[15]
9	October 30	Carolina	1–0	St Louis		Mason	17,860	5–4–0	10	[16]

November: 5–6–2 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 4–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Goaltender	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
10	November 1	Pittsburgh	6–3	St Louis		Mason	19,150	5–5–0	10	[17]
11	November 5	St Louis	2–5	Anaheim		Mason	16,144	5–6–0	10	[18]
12	November 6	St Louis	4–5	San Jose	SO	Bishop	17,496	5–6–1	11	[19]
13	November 8	St Louis	3–5	Los Angeles		Legace	17,182	5–7–1	11	[20]
14	November 12	St Louis	3–4	Buffalo		Mason	18,690	5–8–1	11	[21]
15	November 14	St Louis	4–3	Chicago	OT	Legace	22,260	6–8–1	13	[22]
16	November 16	Montreal	3–2	St Louis	SO	Legace	19,150	6–8–2	14	[23]
17	November 21	Anaheim	2–3	St Louis	OT	Legace	19,150	7–8–2	16	[24]
18	November 22	St Louis	2–1	Minnesota		Mason	18,568	8–8–2	18	[25]
19	November 25	St Louis	1–0	Nashville	SO	Mason	13,825	9–8–2	20	[26]
20	November 26	St Louis	1–3	Colorado		Legace	14,568	9–9–2	20	[27]
21	November 29	Edmonton	4–2	St Louis		Legace	19,150	9–10–2	20	[28]
22	November 30	St Louis	4–2	Atlanta		Mason	14,078	10–10–2	22	[29]

December: 4–10–1 (Home: 4–4–1 ; Road: 0–6–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Goaltender	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
23	December 3	St Louis	0–4	Minnesota		Mason	18,568	10–11–2	22	[30]
24	December 5	Calgary	4–3	St Louis	OT	Mason	17,365	10–11–3	23	[31]
25	December 6	Phoenix	3–4	St Louis		Legace	19,150	11–11–3	25	[32]
26	December 8	Nashville	3–6	St Louis		Legace	14,537	12–11–3	27	[33]
27	December 10	St Louis	2–4	Anaheim		Mason	16,058	12–12–3	27	[34]
28	December 11	St Louis	2–6	Los Angeles		Mason	13,851	12–13–3	27	[35]
29	December 13	St Louis	4–5	San Jose		Mason	17,496	12–14–3	27	[36]
30	December 16	Calgary	6–3	St Louis		Mason	16,426	12–15–3	27	[37]
31	December 18	St Louis	2–4	Washington		Bishop	18,277	12–16–3	27	[38]
32	December 20	Minnesota	2–4	St Louis		Legace	19,150	13–16–3	29	[39]
33	December 21	Boston	6–3	St Louis		Legace	19,150	13–17–3	29	[40]
34	December 23	St Louis	1–4	Detroit		Legace	20,066	13–18–3	29	[41]
35	December 27	San Jose	2–3	St Louis	SO	Legace	19,150	14–18–3	31	[42]
36	December 28	Anaheim	4–3	St Louis		Mason	19,150	14–19–3	31	[43]
37	December 30	New Jersey	4–3	St Louis		Legace	19,150	14–20–3	31	[44]

January: 6–4–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Goaltender	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
38	January 2	St Louis	1–2	Carolina		Mason	17,092	14–21–3	31	[45]
39	January 3	Columbus	2–5	St Louis		Legace	19,150	15–21–3	33	[46]
40	January 9	St Louis	6–4	Vancouver		Legace	18,630	16–21–3	35	[47]
41	January 11	St Louis	1–2	Edmonton		Legace	16,839	16–22–3	35	[48]
42	January 13	St Louis	1–3	Calgary		Mason	19,289	16–23–3	35	[49]
43	January 15	Colorado	2–5	St Louis		Legace	17,545	17–23–3	37	[50]
44	January 17	Chicago	2–1	St Louis	OT	Legace	19,250	17–23–4	38	[51]
45	January 19	St Louis	5–4	Boston	SO	Mason	17,565	18–23–4	40	[52]
46	January 21	St Louis	2–0	Chicago		Mason	22,299	19–23–4	42	[53]
47	January 29	Ottawa	3–1	St Louis		Mason	18,639	19–24–4	42	[54]
48	January 31	Philadelphia	0–4	St Louis		Mason	19,150	20–24–4	44	[55]

February: 8–2–4 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 4–1–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Goaltender	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
49	February 2	St Louis	3–4	Detroit	SO	Mason	19,384	20–24–5	45	[56]
50	February 3	St Louis	4–2	Columbus		Mason	13,560	21–24–5	47	[57]
51	February 5	Edmonton	2–1	St Louis	SO	Mason	15,668	21–24–6	48	[58]
52	February 7	Colorado	1–4	St Louis		Mason	19,250	22–24–6	50	[59]
53	February 10	Vancouver	6–4	St Louis		Mason	16,431	22–25–6	50	[60]
54	February 12	St Louis	3–4	Nashville	SO	Mason	14,307	22–25–7	51	[61]
55	February 13	Chicago	0–1	St Louis		Mason	19,150	23–25–7	53	[62]
56	February 16	NY Rangers	1–2	St Louis		Mason	16,341	24–25–7	55	[63]
57	February 18	St Louis	3–4	Columbus		Mason	14,305	24–26–7	55	[64]
58	February 19	St Louis	2–1	Nashville	OT	Mason	15,037	25–26–7	57	[65]
59	February 21	Nashville	1–0	St Louis	OT	Mason	19,250	25–26–8	58	[66]
60	February 24	Phoenix	1–2	St Louis		Mason	17,512	26–26–8	60	[67]
61	February 26	St Louis	3–1	Dallas		Mason	17,603	27–26–8	62	[68]
62	February 28	St Louis	3–1	Phoenix		Mason	15,893	28–26–8	64	[69]

March: 9–4–1 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Goaltender	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 3	Detroit	5–0	St Louis		Mason	19,250	28–27–8	64	[70]
64	March 6	St Louis	4–3	Tampa Bay	OT	Mason	13,831	29–27–8	66	[71]
65	March 7	St Louis	3–5	Florida		Mason	17,591	29–28–8	66	[72]
66	March 10	Dallas	2–5	St Louis		Mason	17,708	30–28–8	68	[73]
67	March 12	San Jose	1–3	St Louis		Mason	19,150	31–28–8	70	[74]
68	March 14	Detroit	5–2	St Louis		Mason	19,250	31–29–8	70	[75]
69	March 15	Minnesota	3–5	St Louis		Mason	19,150	32–29–8	72	[76]
70	March 17	St Louis	1–2	Edmonton	SO	Mason	16,839	32–29–9	73	[77]
71	March 19	St Louis	0–3	Vancouver		Mason	18,630	32–30–9	73	[78]
72	March 20	St Louis	3–2	Calgary		Mason	19,289	33–30–9	75	[79]
73	March 24	Los Angeles	0–2	St Louis		Mason	19,150	34–30–9	77	[80]
74	March 26	Vancouver	2–4	St Louis		Mason	19,250	35–30–9	79	[81]
75	March 28	Columbus	3–4	St Louis	SO	Mason	19,250	36–30–9	81	[82]
76	March 29	St Louis	5–2	Columbus		Mason	17,095	37–30–9	83	[83]

April: 4–1–1 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Goaltender	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
77	April 1	St Louis	1–3	Chicago		Mason	21,548	37–31–9	83	[84]
78	April 2	St Louis	5–4	Detroit		Mason	19,935	38–31–9	85	[85]
79	April 4	St Louis	4–5	Dallas	OT	Mason	18,532	38–31–10	86	[86]
80	April 7	St Louis	5–1	Phoenix		Mason	13,761	39–31–10	88	[87]
81	April 10	Columbus	1–3	St Louis		Mason	19,250	40–31–10	90	[88]
82	April 12	St Louis	1–0	Colorado		Mason	13,661	41–31–10	92	[89]

Playoffs

The St. Louis Blues returned to the NHL Playoffs for the first time since 2004 with a sixth-place finish in the Western Conference. They were swept in four straight games in the first round by the Vancouver Canucks in large part due to the goaltending of Roberto Luongo. It was the first time the Blues were swept in a playoff series since the Dallas Stars did it to them in 1994^[12]

2009 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference quarter-final vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks: Vancouver won 4–0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Goaltender	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 15	St. Louis	1 – 2	Vancouver		Mason	18,630	0–1	[90]
2	April 17	St. Louis	0 – 3	Vancouver		Mason	18,630	0–2	[91]
3	April 19	Vancouver	3 - 2	St. Louis		Mason	19,500	0-3	[92]
4	April 21	Vancouver	3 - 2	St. Louis	OT (19:41)	Mason	19,250	0-4	[93]

Legend: Win Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Brad Boyes	82	33	39	72	-20	26
David Backes	82	31	23	54	-3	165
David Perron	81	15	35	50	+13	50
Keith Tkachuk	79	25	24	49	-11	61
Patrik Berglund	76	21	26	47	+19	16
Andy McDonald	46	15	29	44	-13	24
T. J. Oshie	57	14	25	39	+16	30
Carlo Colaiacovo^†	63	3	26	29	+2	29
Jay McClement	82	12	14	26	-10	29
Alexander Steen^†	61	6	18	24	-6	24
Barret Jackman	82	4	17	21	-17	86
Brad Winchester	64	13	8	21	-1	89
Jeff Woywitka	65	3	15	18	+8	57
B. J. Crombeen^†	66	11	6	17	-8	122
Paul Kariya	11	2	13	15	+1	2
Roman Polak	69	1	14	15	-15	45
Lee Stempniak^‡	14	3	10	13	-3	2
Jay McKee	69	1	7	8	+11	44
Mike Weaver	58	0	7	7	-3	12
Yan Stastny	34	3	4	7	-14	20
Eric Brewer	28	1	5	6	-14	24
Dan Hinote	51	1	4	5	-7	64
Cam Janssen	56	1	3	4	-5	131
Steve Regier	8	3	1	4	-1	4
Steven Wagner	22	2	2	4	-5	18
Cam Paddock	16	2	1	3	-4	0
Tyson Strachan	30	0	3	3	+8	39
Chris Porter	6	1	1	2	-1	0
Trent Whitfield	3	0	1	1	+2	0
D. J. King	1	0	1	1	0	0
Alex Pietrangelo	8	0	1	1	0	2
David Koci^‡	4	0	0	0	-2	9
Andy Wozniewski^‡	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jonas Junland	1	0	0	0	0	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Andy McDonald	4	1	3	4	+1	0
Brad Boyes	4	2	1	3	-1	0
David Backes	4	1	2	3	+1	10
David Perron	4	1	1	2	+3	4
Barret Jackman	4	0	1	1	-2	5
Alexander Steen	4	0	1	1	-3	0
Dan Hinote	3	0	0	0	-1	4
Jay McKee	4	0	0	0	0	4
Keith Tkachuk	4	0	0	0	-1	2
Mike Weaver	4	0	0	0	+1	0
Jeff Woywitka	4	0	0	0	-1	0
Carlo Colaiacovo	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jay McClement	4	0	0	0	-4	4
Brad Winchester	4	0	0	0	-4	10
Cam Janssen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roman Polak	4	0	0	0	-3	0
Patrik Berglund	4	0	0	0	0	2
T. J. Oshie	4	0	0	0	0	2
B. J. Crombeen	4	0	0	0	-2	12

Goaltenders

Note: Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Regular season

Player	GP	Min	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV	Sv%	SO
Chris Mason	57	3,214	27	21	7	129	2.41	1,544	1,415	.916	6
Manny Legace	29	1,452	13	9	2	77	3.18	669	592	.885	0
Ben Bishop	6	244	1	1	1	12	2.94	112	100	.893	0
Marek Schwarz	2	15	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	5	1.000	0
Chris Holt	1	18	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	1.000	0
TOTALS	82	4,943	41	31	10	218	2.65	2,333	2,115	.907	6

Playoffs

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	Sv%	SO
Chris Mason	4	256	0	4	10	2.34	119	109	.916	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Blues. Stats reflect time with Blues only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Blues only.

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Player	Milestone	Reached
Regular season
Alex Pietrangelo	1st NHL Game	October 10, 2008^[13]
Patrik Berglund	1st NHL Goal	October 13, 2008^[14]
Keith Tkachuk	1,000th NHL Point (511th Goal)	November 30, 2008^[2]
Tyson Strachan	1st NHL Game	December 18, 2008^[15]
Jonas Junland	1st NHL Game	December 18, 2008^[16]
Roman Polak	1st NHL Goal	December 20, 2008^[17]
Tyson Strachan	1st NHL Point (Assist)	December 21, 2008^[18]
Keith Tkachuk	500th NHL Assist (#16)	January 19, 2009^[19]
Andy Murray (coach)	300th NHL Win	February 19, 2009^[20]^[21]
Andy Murray (coach)	100th Blues Win	April 10, 2009^[22]

Transactions

Trades

June 4, 2008	To St. Louis Blues T. J. Fast (D)	To Los Angeles Kings 5th round draft pick in 2009
June 19, 2008	To St. Louis Blues 3rd round draft pick (#70) in 2008	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jamal Mayers (RW)
June 20, 2008	To St. Louis Blues Chris Mason (G)^{[citation needed]}	To Nashville Predators 4th round draft pick in 2008
November 24, 2008	To St. Louis Blues Alexander Steen (C), Carlo Colaiacovo (D)^[23]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Lee Stempniak (RW)
December 19, 2008	To St. Louis Blues Jonathan Filewich (RW)^[24]	To Pittsburgh Penguins 6th round draft pick in 2010
March 4, 2009	To St. Louis Blues Danny Richmond (D)^[25]	To Pittsburgh Penguins Andy Wozniewski (D)

Free agents

Player	Former team	Contract Terms
Mike Weaver	Vancouver Canucks	($ unknown) Blues Sign Defenseman Mike Weaver (July 10)
Matt Foy	Minnesota Wild	($ unknown) Blues Sign Forward Matt Foy (July 14)
Cam Paddock	San Antonio Rampage (AHL)	($ unknown) Blues Sign Forwards Paddock, Regier (July 15)
Steve Regier	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	($ unknown) Blues Sign Forwards Paddock, Regier (July 15)
Brad Winchester	Dallas Stars	($ unknown) Blues Ink Forward Brad Winchester (July 16)
Andy Wozniewski	Toronto Maple Leafs	($ unknown) Blues Sign Defenseman Andy Wozniewski (July 17)
Tyson Strachan (D)	Peoria Rivermen (AHL)	($ unknown) Blues Sign Free Agent Tyson Strachan (Oct. 9)
Chris Holt	New York Rangers	($ unknown) Blues Add Depth, Sign Goalie Chris Holt (Oct. 30)

Player	New team
Ryan Johnson	Vancouver Canucks (July 2)
Matt Walker	Chicago Blackhawks (July 7)
Mike Glumac	Montreal Canadiens (July 16)

Claimed from waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
David Koci (LW)	Tampa Bay Lightning	October 21^[26]
B. J. Crombeen (RW)	Dallas Stars	November 18^[27]

Placed on waivers

Player	Waiver Date
Manny Legace	February 6^[28]

Signed prospects

Player	Signing Date
Philip McRae (F)	March 12^[29]
Anthony Peluso (F)	March 12^[29]
Brett Sonne (F)	March 12^[29]
Aaron Palushaj (F)	April 3^[30]

Contract renewals

Player	Contract Terms (yrs, $/yr.)
Yan Stastny	2 yrs. ($ unknown) Blues Sign Stastny to 2-Year Deal (July 3, 2008)
Andy McDonald	4 yrs. ($4.7 mil./yr.) Blues Ink McDonald to 4-Year Extension Blues sign center Andy McDonald to 4-year, $18.8 million contract extension (February 9)
Jay McClement	3 yrs. ($ $1.45 mil./yr.) McClement signs 3-year extension McClement Signs Multi-Year Contract (May 26)
Keith Tkachuk	1 yr. ($2.15 mil.) St. Louis Blues sign Keith Tkachuk to one-year, $2.15 million deal (June 19) Blues Re-Sign Keith Tkachuk: 5-Time All-Star returns for 18th NHL season, wanted to remain a Blue

Draft picks

St. Louis's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, June 20-June 21, 2008.^[31]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Shoots	Nationality	League	Birthplace, Date	Height, Weight
1	4	Alex Pietrangelo^[8]^[32]	D	R	Canada	Ontario Hockey League	King City, ON January 18, 1990	6' 3", 206 lbs.
2 (from ATL)	33	Philip McRae	C	L	United States	Ontario Hockey League	Minneapolis, MN March 15, 1990	6' 2", 189 lbs.
2	34	Jake Allen	G	L (gloves)	Canada	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League	Fredericton, NB August 7, 1990	6' 2", 175 lbs.
3	65	Jori Lehtera	C	L	Finland	SM-liiga	Helsinki, Finland December 23, 1987	6' 2", 191 lbs.
3 (from FL)	70	James Livingston	RW	R	Canada	Ontario Hockey League	Halifax, NS March 8, 1990	6' 1", 200 lbs.
3 (from SJ)	87	Ian Schultz	RW	R	Canada	Western Hockey League	Calgary, AB March 8, 1990	6' 1", 179 lbs.
4	95	David Warsofsky	D	L	United States	US National Team Development Program U-18	Marshfield, MA May 30, 1990	5' 8", 160 lbs.
5	125	Kristoffer Berglund	D	L	Sweden	Sweden-2 League	Umeå, Sweden August 12, 1988	5' 10", 180 lbs.
6	155	Anthony Nigro	C	L	Canada	Ontario Hockey League	Vaughan, ON January 11, 1990	6' 0", 189 lbs.
7	185	Paul Karpowich	G	L (gloves)	Canada	Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League	Thunder Bay, ON October 25, 1988	6' 0", 160 lbs.

Farm teams

Peoria Rivermen

The Peoria Rivermen are the Blues American Hockey League affiliate in 2008–09.

Alaska Aces

The Alaska Aces are the Blues affiliate in the ECHL.

References

^ StlBlues.com
^ ^a ^b Tkachuk Reaches Another New Milestone Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, St. Louis Blues, November 30, 2008
^ "St. Louis Blues place goalie Manny Legace on waivers". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 7, 2009. Archived from the original on March 13, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
^ "St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Dallas, Blues 3, Stars 1 (February 26, 2009)". Archived from the original on March 5, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
^ "St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Detroit, Blues 5, Red Wings 4 (April 2, 2009)". Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
^ Oshie Named NHL Rookie of the Month: Blues' rookie helped spark Playoff surge with 13 points in 14 games (Apr. 2) Archived April 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Young Blues on Cusp of Playoffs (Apr. 1)". Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Hockey's Future Top 50 prospects, Spring 2009 1-10, (Apr. 9, 2009)
^ "St. Louis Blues - Recap: Columbus @ St. Louis - 04/10/2009". Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
^ Blues Go Marchin' In: St. Louis is back in the playoffs for the first time since 2004 Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, (Apr. 11, 2009)
^ Blues Assign Pietrangelo to Peoria, (Apr. 10) Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
^ "St. Louis Blues - Recap: Vancouver @ St. Louis - 04/21/2009". Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
^ Rookie will start season on blue line Archived 2008-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 7, 2008
^ Blues 5, Maple Leafs 4, SO Archived 2009-02-23 at the Wayback Machine, St. Louis Blues, October 13, 2008
^ "Recap Capitals 4, Blues 2". Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
^ "Blues Assign Bishop, Junland to Peoria". Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
^ St. Louis Blues - Recap: Minnesota @ St. Louis (Dec. 20, 2008) Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ "St. Louis Blues - Recap: Boston @ St. Louis (Dec. 21, 2008)". Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
^ "St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Boston (Jan. 19, 2009)". Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2009.
^ "St. Louis Blues - Team - Andy Murray". Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
^ "St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Nashville (Feb. 19, 2009)". Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
^ "St. Louis Blues - Recap: Columbus @ St. Louis (Apr. 10, 2009)". Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
^ "NHL.com - Blues Acquire Steen, Colaiacovo". Archived from the original on November 29, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
^ "NHL.com - Blues Acquire Filewich from Pittsburgh". Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
^ "NHL.com - Blues Acquire Richmond from Penguins: Pittsburgh gets defenseman Andy Wozniewski from St. Louis". Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
^ "Blues Claim David Koci from Waivers". Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2008.
^ "Blues Claim B.J. Crombeen from Waivers". Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2008.
^ St. Louis Blues place goalie Manny Legace on waivers Archived March 13, 2009, at archive.today
^ ^a ^b ^c "Blues Sign 3 Prospects to Pro Contracts: Philip McRae, Anthony Peluso & Brett Sonne signed contracts on Thursday". Archived from the original on March 16, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
^ Blues Sign Aaron Palushaj Archived 2009-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ 2008 NHL Entry Draft Results Blues Draft History Archived 2008-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Pietrangelo Named Top Prospect: Blues' rookie T.J. Oshie makes Top 10 Prospects at Hockey's Future, (Apr. 9, 2009)". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2009.

External links

[1] StlBlues.com

[blues.nhl.com-2] Tkachuk Reaches Another New Milestone Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, St. Louis Blues, November 30, 2008

[3] "St. Louis Blues place goalie Manny Legace on waivers". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 7, 2009. Archived from the original on March 13, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2009.

[4] "St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Dallas, Blues 3, Stars 1 (February 26, 2009)". Archived from the original on March 5, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2009.

[5] "St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Detroit, Blues 5, Red Wings 4 (April 2, 2009)". Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2009.

[6] Oshie Named NHL Rookie of the Month: Blues' rookie helped spark Playoff surge with 13 points in 14 games (Apr. 2) Archived April 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[7] "Young Blues on Cusp of Playoffs (Apr. 1)". Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2009.

[hockeysfuture.com-8] Hockey's Future Top 50 prospects, Spring 2009 1-10, (Apr. 9, 2009)

[9] "St. Louis Blues - Recap: Columbus @ St. Louis - 04/10/2009". Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2009.

[10] Blues Go Marchin' In: St. Louis is back in the playoffs for the first time since 2004 Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, (Apr. 11, 2009)

[11] Blues Assign Pietrangelo to Peoria, (Apr. 10) Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine

[12] "St. Louis Blues - Recap: Vancouver @ St. Louis - 04/21/2009". Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009.

[13] Rookie will start season on blue line Archived 2008-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 7, 2008

[14] Blues 5, Maple Leafs 4, SO Archived 2009-02-23 at the Wayback Machine, St. Louis Blues, October 13, 2008

[15] "Recap Capitals 4, Blues 2". Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2008.

[16] "Blues Assign Bishop, Junland to Peoria". Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2008.

[17] St. Louis Blues - Recap: Minnesota @ St. Louis (Dec. 20, 2008) Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine

[18] "St. Louis Blues - Recap: Boston @ St. Louis (Dec. 21, 2008)". Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2008.

[19] "St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Boston (Jan. 19, 2009)". Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2009.

[20] "St. Louis Blues - Team - Andy Murray". Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2009.

[21] "St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Nashville (Feb. 19, 2009)". Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2009.

[22] "St. Louis Blues - Recap: Columbus @ St. Louis (Apr. 10, 2009)". Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2009.

[23] "NHL.com - Blues Acquire Steen, Colaiacovo". Archived from the original on November 29, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2008.

[24] "NHL.com - Blues Acquire Filewich from Pittsburgh". Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2008.

[25] "NHL.com - Blues Acquire Richmond from Penguins: Pittsburgh gets defenseman Andy Wozniewski from St. Louis". Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2009.

[26] "Blues Claim David Koci from Waivers". Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2008.

[27] "Blues Claim B.J. Crombeen from Waivers". Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2008.

[28] St. Louis Blues place goalie Manny Legace on waivers Archived March 13, 2009, at archive.today

[McRae-Peluso-Sonne-29] "Blues Sign 3 Prospects to Pro Contracts: Philip McRae, Anthony Peluso & Brett Sonne signed contracts on Thursday". Archived from the original on March 16, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2009.

[30] Blues Sign Aaron Palushaj Archived 2009-04-05 at the Wayback Machine

[31] 2008 NHL Entry Draft Results Blues Draft History Archived 2008-06-20 at the Wayback Machine

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