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The Blues went 139:38 without a goal, lost 2-0 to Montreal despite 46 shots, and then Jim Montgomery blew up his forward lines. Two games later they have beaten Boston 4-1 and rallied past Detroit 5-4, scoring nine goals on 33 shots. Luke and Nick break down whether the lines did it or the luck turned.

Justin Barron is the story on the back end. He has 7 points in his last 5 games, including a goal and an assist in Detroit, and tied that game 4-4 in the third. But four of those points came in one night, and he has...

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The Blues are 5-5-1. They beat Vegas 6-2, then got shut out 4-0 by Carolina. Luke and Nick break down which team is the real one.

Plus: Justin Barron, claimed off waivers a month ago, just had the first 4-point night by a Blues defenseman since Philip Broberg in March 2025.

On today's episode:
🏒 Vegas and Winnipeg vs. Minnesota, Nashville and Carolina: two Blues teams, one roster
🏒 Justin Barron’s 4-point night and where it ranks in Blues history
🏒 Mason McTavish: 10 points in 11 games and 6 goals
🏒 Holloway and Snuggerud...

Mason McTavish has 7 points in six games and leads the Blues. The Ducks scratched him in the playoffs last spring. Now the line he centers, with Connor McMichael and Jonatan Berggren, is the best thing the Blues have going. Luke and Nick break down what’s real through six games.

Then the problem. The power play is 2-for-14, tied for 25th in the NHL, while the penalty kill is 17-for-19 and tied for 7th. Montgomery told us special teams have to be top 10 combined. We do the math on how far off they are.

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The Blues' preseason is over, and it wasn't pretty. They went 1-3 and scored 5 goals on 122 shots. The power play went 0-for-18. None of the projected top-six forwards scored. Luke and Nick dig into what's wrong with the offense and whether any of it should worry you before opening night in Dallas.

Then the headline: the Adam Jiricek era begins. Jim Montgomery compared the 20-year-old to Cale Makar and Quinn Hughes, and he was sent to Springfield anyway. Two days later he was back, after Logan Mailloux got hurt fighting for a teammate in Chicago. We talk...

The Blues finished last season as the hottest team in hockey and watched the playoffs from home. Luke and Nick break down what's changed.

We start with the top line. Thomas, Holloway and Snuggerud put up 92 points in 25 games after the Olympic break, and Montgomery hasn't touched the combination in camp. How high does it go?

Then the money line: Mason McTavish and Connor McMichael cost two first-rounders and Jordan Kyrou, and they're skating with Pavel Buchnevich. We get into the third line, which might be the shakiest group on the roster, and a fourth...

Jim Montgomery has been a Blue three times: an undrafted rookie in 1993-94, an assistant on Craig Berube's staff, and now the man running the bench. Days before training camp opens, he sat down with Luke and Nick.

He explains why Robert Thomas was "the easy choice" to become the 25th captain in franchise history. He takes apart the slow starts that have cost the Blues two seasons in a row, and tells us what camp looks like because of them. He talks about what the new additions of Mason McTavish and Connor McMichael give a second...

Kevin Shattenkirk played 14 seasons across six NHL organizations, including 425 games in a Blues sweater, good for fifth all-time in scoring among Blues defensemen. He won a Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay in the 2020 bubble. Now he's a Divisional Player Representative for the NHLPA.

Luke and Nick talk with Shattenkirk about his playing career: the 2011 trade that brought him to St. Louis, life under Ken Hitchcock, the 2016 Western Conference Final run, and what it felt like watching two former teams win Cups without him. Then the conversation goes somewhere almost nobody covering the Blues beat gets to: inside...

Last place on January 3rd. Champions on June 12th.

Seven years later we still can't explain it, so we stopped trying and made an episode about it instead. No grades, no cap talk — just Luke and Nick back in the 2019 vault, picking out the moments from the Cup run that still get us.

A bar in Philadelphia and a song nobody saw coming. A rookie goalie named Binnington. The streak that turned a dead season into a playoff team. Maroon in double OT. The hand pass. Game 7 in Boston, and what the room you watched it...

Alex Pietrangelo walked for nothing. Tage Thompson became a 40-goal scorer somewhere else. And we still can't talk about the Bolduc trade without raising our voices.

Luke and Nick put ten years of St. Louis Blues front-office decisions on trial — eleven moves, no rankings, no mercy — and then run a live snake draft to decide which FIVE were the worst of the worst. The Cup Amnesty Clause is on the table, but does it apply?

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Three years ago, Doug Armstrong pulled the trigger. Today, we're grading everything that's happened since.

Nick and Luke break the Blues rebuild into four acts and debate the effects of each one.

Act I — The Sell-Off: The O'Reilly and Tarasenko trades that kicked it all off, and the 2023 draft trio (Dvorsky, Stenberg, Lindstein) built in their wake
Act II — The Retool: Three coaches in three years, the Broberg/Holloway offer sheet gamble, the Fowler heist, and the 12-game streak that saved 2025
Act III — The 2026 Deadline: Schenn to the Islanders, Faulk to Detroit, two first...

Everybody's arguing about the current roster. We're more interested in who replaces it.

Snuggerud and Dvorsky have graduated. So who's next? We go through the Blues' prospect pipeline — Justin Carbonneau after a 51-goal QMJHL year and the jump to pro, Adam Jiricek and his 59 points in Brantford, Tynan Lawrence heading to BU, and the rest of the 2026 class.

Then the segment we've been waiting to do: the sleepers. Colin Ralph — 6'4", 230, ELC signed out of Michigan State — is the defenseman this org has been trying to draft for a decade. And Love Härenstam, a 6th-roun...

The schedule is out, Sunny re-signed, and the Blues just made the most divisive signing of the summer. Nick and Luke circle the 2026-27 dates that matter, break down one more year of Oskar Sundqvist, and don't dodge the Dillon Dube controversy — the case for, the case against, and where they land.

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The Blues landed Mason McTavish — but why was Anaheim willing to move on?

Mike from DucksNPucks joins us to break down the McTavish trade from the Ducks' side, what St. Louis is getting, and whether Anaheim will regret moving the young center. We also talk Ross Johnston signing with the Blues and the absolute chaos surrounding Leo Carlsson's massive offer sheet from Philadelphia.

Was the McTavish trade part of a bigger plan — or has Anaheim created a McProblem of its own?

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The Blues made major noise at the NHL Draft, and we’re breaking it all down. On this episode of Puck Watching, we recap the Blues’ first-round selections of Tynan Lawrence and Maddox Dagenais, two center prospects who add even more depth down the middle. We also dive into the blockbuster move for Mason McTavish, what the Blues gave up to Anaheim, and whether this is the kind of swing that changes the organization’s future. Plus, we discuss the biggest question coming out of draft weekend: do the Blues now have too many centers? With Lawrence, Dagenais, McTavish, McMich...

The NHL Draft is finally here, and the Blues hold three first-round picks (11, 15, and 29) in what could be the most important draft weekend of the franchise's recent era. This week on Puck Watching, we break down the latest rumors, debate whether Alex Steen should make a blockbuster move up the board for Ivar Stenberg, and discuss the top prospects who could be targets for St. Louis.

Before the draft talk, we react to the shocking trade that sent Brady Tkachuk to Florida, joining brother Matthew on a Panthers team that may have become the NHL's newest superteam...

Welcome to the second annual Puck Watching Awards! The season is over, the emotions have settled (kind of), and now it’s time to hand out the hardware. We’re breaking down the best, worst, most frustrating, and most unforgettable moments from the St. Louis Blues season.

Who takes home Team MVP? Who was the Breakout Player of the Year? Which player had us screaming at our TVs? And who gets the prestigious “You Suck" Award? From breakout stars and biggest disappointments to best games, worst losses, and some completely ridiculous categories, we’re putting the entire season o...

The Blues offseason is anything but quiet. We break down the NHL Conference Finals, coaching changes in St. Louis, Springfield's Calder Cup run, IIHF action, and why prospects like Justin Carbonneau, Adam Jiricek, Otto Stenberg, Theo Lindstein and Love Harenstam have Blues fans excited for the future.

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The Blues didn’t make the playoffs—but they didn’t go down quietly.

After finishing just four points short, we break down a season that was defined by a late surge, a new identity, and a first line that completely took over down the stretch. From Robert Thomas’ breakout late goal scoring push to Jimmy Snuggerud’s electric rookie run, to the emergence of a line that carried the offense, this team showed what it could be—just a little too late.

We dive into what really cost them a playoff spot, whether the post-Olympic...

We’re back live ahead of Blues vs Ducks after a wild two-week stretch. A red-hot run after the break gave St. Louis real playoff hope, but back-to-back tough losses to the Sharks and Kings may have ended it. We break down the collapse, the rise of Snuggerud and the youth core, and what this team actually is right now as we watch the Blues vs. Ducks live!

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The Blues just keep winning. Since the Olympic break, St. Louis has gone 7-2-1, and somehow the team looks faster, younger, and more dangerous after the trade deadline. We break down what’s fueling the Blues’ hot stretch, including Robert Thomas’ 9-game point streak (6G, 8A), Jimmy Snuggerud’s breakout performances, and Joel Hofer’s outstanding goaltending. We also dive into the youth movement taking shape in St. Louis with Dalibor Dvorsky, Mailloux, and Berggren stepping into bigger roles, plus Cam Fowler’s quiet six-game point streak from the blue line. We discuss the wins over Anaheim, Carolina, and Edmonton...

The St. Louis Blues made massive moves at the trade deadline, dealing captain Brayden Schenn to the Islanders and Justin Faulk to Detroit. We break down both trades, evaluate the returns, and discuss what these moves signal about the future direction of the franchise.

We also dive into the rumored deals involving Robert Thomas and Colton Parayko that never materialized and how no-trade clauses may have impacted those situations.

Despite all the roster shakeups, the Blues have quietly played some of their best hockey since returning from the Olympic break, including a three-game road winning...

They have finally DONE IT! The Americans are gold medalists in the winter Olympics for the first time since 1980. 46 years to the day of the Miracle on Ice became the scene of a Connor Hellebuyck masterclass and all-time performance from the Hughes brothers against the foe of the century in Canada. We'll break our reactions to the games down for you all in our last episode covering USA Hockey.

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Three games, three wins, and a direct ticket to the Quarterfinals. Team USA has officially finished the 2026 Olympic preliminary round with a perfect 3-0 record, but the journey through Group C was anything but easy.

In this episode, we break down the gritty details of the wins over Latvia, Denmark, and Germany. We analyze the goaltending battle between Hellebuyck and Swayman, the instant chemistry of the Tkachuk-Eichel line, and how Captain Auston Matthews silenced the doubters with a dominant performance against Germany.

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With the Blues on pause, we officially flip the switch to Olympic hockey coverage.

In this episode, we break down everything you need to know about Team USA’s path to the Olympics—from how the tournament is structured to what group play will look like as the U.S. squares off against Denmark, Germany, and Latvia. We dive into which players we’re most excited to watch, debate who might’ve been snubbed, and discuss the storylines that could define Team USA’s run on the world stage as they chose their first gold medal since 1980 in Lake Pl...

The last two weeks said everything the standings already hinted at. The Blues found ways to compete, flashes of energy from the kids, and brief moments where it looked like things were turning — but the same patterns kept resurfacing. Second-period collapses, late goals against, special teams swings, and a roster that never fully settled defined this stretch. We break down what actually mattered, what we learned about the future, and why this feels like a natural stopping point before shifting our focus to Team USA and Olympic hockey.

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The Blues didn’t play four perfect games — but they played four that force bigger questions. We break down whether this team is actually improving or just being held together by goaltending and effort, and ask if Joel Hofer has quietly taken control of the net. We dig into the recent coaching staff change, Jordan Kyrou’s struggles, and why special teams keep undoing otherwise competitive performances. No game-by-game recaps — just honest conversation about where the Blues are, what’s working, and what still feels broken.

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Recorded during our drive from Utah to Vegas, this road-trip episode turns into a wide-ranging hockey conversation. We dive into the current state of the St. Louis Blues, reflect on our favorite Blues moments over the years, and talk through what this team feels like right now as fans.

We also branch out into NHL talk, fan culture in new markets, and even some classic St. Louis sports discussion — all unscripted, all on the road. A laid-back, honest conversation that feels exactly like a long drive with hockey on your mind.

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The Blues are 2–0 to start 2026, but the bigger question is how they’re getting there.

Strong goaltending, heavy minutes from the top of the lineup, and timely goals have carried them early, while familiar issues — turnovers, second-period lapses, and thin margins — still linger beneath the surface. Using recent performances from Robert Thomas and Pavel Buchnevich, we zoom out to evaluate what’s sustainable, what’s fragile, and what this start might actually tell us about the Blues moving forward.

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It’s a Christmas Eve edition of the pod as we sort out whether the Blues belong on the Naughty or Nice list. From frustrating slow starts and special-teams struggles to Joel Hofer’s shutouts and Justin Faulk’s career-year resurgence, we debate which version of this team is real. We break down the Blues’ identity crisis, hand out Christmas gifts to the biggest risers, and ask the ultimate holiday question: are these wins signs of a playoff-style team—or just wrapping paper over bigger issues?

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This week felt like a snapshot of the entire Blues season. One-goal wins, lopsided losses, and a team that struggles to control games even when it scores first. We break down what went wrong in Nashville, what went right against Chicago, and why this roster’s lack of margin for error keeps showing up when adversity hits. Plus, Robert Thomas continues to heat up, depth players are being asked to do more than ever, and the goal differential stat that explains everything finally comes into focus.

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The Blues keep winning north of the border… and keep falling apart in the States. We break down a wild week featuring a Ducks collapse, a Bruins letdown, Hofer’s monster night in Ottawa, and a gutsy win in Montreal. Injuries, goalie drama, special teams chaos — and the same big question: why does this team only show up in Canada?

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Blues legend and longtime TV analyst Bernie Federko joins the Midweek Shift for an in-depth, no-nonsense look at the 2025–26 St. Louis Blues. We break down this team’s identity, the evolution of the blue line, Binnington’s play, the rise of young guys like Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg, and what has to click for the Blues to turn their season around. Enjoy this fun discussion with one of the best in the business!

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After an unsuccessful 5-game road trip where the Blues rattled off one regulation win, they returned home to win two straight for the first time since the first week of the season. From Buchnevich's first 5-on-5 goal to shades of stellar defensive play, there is hope for this Blues team. In this short episode, we break down the highs and lows of Blues hockey as the season heads into a critical month of December.

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The Blues dropped two more OT heartbreakers this week against Toronto and Philadelphia but finally snapped the losing streak with a regulation win over the Islanders. We break down Faulk’s milestone week, the team’s continued OT struggles, the emerging chemistry on lines featuring Kyrou, Holloway, Suter, and Dvorsky, and how St. Louis managed to close out a much-needed win in New York.

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 The Blues are officially on autopilot. After another stretch of blown leads, flat second periods, and lifeless responses, St. Louis is spiraling into a full-on identity crisis. In this episode, we break down the Calgary, Philadelphia, and Vegas games, dig into the alarming trends behind the numbers, and explain why the Blues’ issues go far deeper than bad luck or a bad week. From structural breakdowns and special teams disasters to leadership questions and a roster that can’t find its spark, we ask the big question: what is actually wrong with the St. L...

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The Blues snapped their seven-game skid with a gutsy win over Edmonton, but inconsistency still haunts them. Luke and Nick break down Jordan Kyrou’s response to being healthy scratched, Binnington’s wild week (including stealing Ovi’s 900th puck), and Joel Hofer’s breakout performance as this team continues to search for an identity. 

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The St. Louis Blues have dropped seven straight — their longest skid since 2022 — and the warning lights are flashing. Luke and Nick dive deep into what’s gone wrong, from the goaltending collapse (.837 team save percentage) to the defensive breakdowns that keep haunting this team. We analyze Jim Montgomery’s postgame comments, the ripple effects of losing Thomas and Neighbours, and the surprising bright spots from Snuggerud, Holloway, and Dvorsky. Are the Blues just unlucky… or unraveling? Let’s find out.

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In our second edition of "The Midweek Shift", we shift from interviews to a short breakdown of what happened in the last 3 games for the Blues as they are now winless in their last 5 games. Tune into hear our take on the surprising struggles of this team who keep finding new ways to lose. 

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It’s getting ugly. The Blues let another game slip away — five goals against at home for the third time this season — and there’s no hiding from the truth. We talk last night's brutal start, a defense in disarray, and a team that still can’t decide what it wants to be. From Montgomery’s blunt postgame comments to the players’ lack of urgency, these two games feel like January 2025 all over again. Can the Blues find their footing? We discuss it all right here.

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 In our first edition of The Midweek Shift, we’re joined by Blues TV and Radio Color Analyst Joey Vitale. A former NHL forward with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Arizona Coyotes, Joey skated alongside stars like Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin before returning home to St. Louis, where he’s now one of the most recognizable voices in Blues broadcasting. A proud CBC High School alum, Joey shares stories from his playing days and insights from behind the mic.  

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