The St. Louis Blues and Detroit Red Wings played a tight battle on Tuesday night, eventually requiring a four-round shootout that ended with a Detroit victory at Enterprise Center. Detroit saw goals from Alex Chiasson and Filip Zadina, with David Perron recording an assist for the Red Wings in his emotional return to St. Louis.
When the St. Louis Blues decided to move on from their top pending unrestricted free agents before the 2023 Trade Deadline, the public opinion was that the remainder of the season would be that of doom and gloom. With three first-round draft picks in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, this year is set to become a year that could help restock a mediocre prospect pool and help nudge it in the right direction. The players brought into the fold after moving on from franchise icons like Ryan O'Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko flew under the radar with Blues general manager (GM) Doug Armstrong taking a chance on project-type players Jakub Vrána and Kasperi Kapanen, along with a reunion with former Blue, Sammy Blais.
St. Louis is not to American soccer what Cooperstown, New York, is to baseball or Springfield, Massachusetts, is to basketball. The sport had already gained a foothold in the northeastern U.S. decades before a St. Louisan named Thomas W. Cahill became the primary force for the sport's American emergence. But Cahill did more than just about anyone in the U.S. to popularize the game — and St. Louis became one of its most significant, and longstanding, hotbeds. Without Cahill, we wouldn't have soccer as we know it today.
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
50 | G | |
79 | LW | |
41 | D | |
22 | C | |
89 | LW | |
72 | D | |
1 | G | |
30 | G | |
42 | RW | |
47 | D | |
25 | C | |
4 | D | |
17 | LW | |
63 | LW | |
55 | D | |
9 | C | |
43 | D | |
20 | LW | |
6 | D | |
10 | C | |
18 | C | |
13 | RW | |
15 | LW | |
26 | LW |