2008–09 St. Louis Blues season

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)
Penalties in 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.

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
2	September 23	Dallas	2–3	St Louis		Legace	10,796	1–1–0
3	September 26	Atlanta	4–9	St Louis		Legace	12,526	2–1–0
4	September 27	St Louis	3–4	Dallas		Mason	17,191	2–2–0
5	September 29	St Louis	3–4	Toronto	SO	Legace	18,581	2–2–1
6	October 1	Toronto	3–7	St Louis		Mason	12,636	3–2–1
7	October 4	St Louis	4–1	Atlanta		Legace	7,648	4–2–1

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 Bleus 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 2 October 11 St Louis 2–5 NY Islanders Mason 16,234 1–1–0 2 3 October 13 St Louis 5–4 Toronto SO Legace 19,045 2–1–0 4 4 October 16 Dallas 1–6 St Louis Legace 18,550 3–1–0 6 5 October 18 Chicago 3–4 St Louis SO Legace 19,150 4–1–0 8 6 October 22 Detroit 4–3 St Louis Legace 19,150 4–2–0 8 7 October 24 Los Angeles 4–0 St Louis Legace 19,150 4–3–0 8 8 October 25 Florida 0–4 St Louis Bishop 19,150 5–3–0 10 9 October 30 Carolina 1–0 St Louis Mason 17,860 5–4–0 10
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 11 November 5 St Louis 2–5 Anaheim Mason 16,144 5–6–0 10 12 November 6 St Louis 4–5 San Jose SO Bishop 17,496 5–6–1 11 13 November 8 St Louis 3–5 Los Angeles Legace 17,182 5–7–1 11 14 November 12 St Louis 3–4 Buffalo Mason 18,690 5–8–1 11 15 November 14 St Louis 4–3 Chicago OT Legace 22,260 6–8–1 13 16 November 16 Montreal 3–2 St Louis SO Legace 19,150 6–8–2 14 17 November 21 Anaheim 2–3 St Louis OT Legace 19,150 7–8–2 16 18 November 22 St Louis 2–1 Minnesota Mason 18,568 8–8–2 18 19 November 25 St Louis 1–0 Nashville SO Mason 13,825 9–8–2 20 20 November 26 St Louis 1–3 Colorado Legace 14,568 9–9–2 20 21 November 29 Edmonton 4–2 St Louis Legace 19,150 9–10–2 20 22 November 30 St Louis 4–2 Atlanta Mason 14,078 10–10–2 22
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 24 December 5 Calgary 4–3 St Louis OT Mason 17,365 10–11–3 23 25 December 6 Phoenix 3–4 St Louis Legace 19,150 11–11–3 25 26 December 8 Nashville 3–6 St Louis Legace 14,537 12–11–3 27 27 December 10 St Louis 2–4 Anaheim Mason 16,058 12–12–3 27 28 December 11 St Louis 2–6 Los Angeles Mason 13,851 12–13–3 27 29 December 13 St Louis 4–5 San Jose Mason 17,496 12–14–3 27 30 December 16 Calgary 6–3 St Louis Mason 16,426 12–15–3 27 31 December 18 St Louis 2–4 Washington Bishop 18,277 12–16–3 27 32 December 20 Minnesota 2–4 St Louis Legace 19,150 13–16–3 29 33 December 21 Boston 6–3 St Louis Legace 19,150 13–17–3 29 34 December 23 St Louis 1–4 Detroit Legace 20,066 13–18–3 29 35 December 27 San Jose 2–3 St Louis SO Legace 19,150 14–18–3 31 36 December 28 Anaheim 4–3 St Louis Mason 19,150 14–19–3 31 37 December 30 New Jersey 4–3 St Louis Legace 19,150 14–20–3 31
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 39 January 3 Columbus 2–5 St Louis Legace 19,150 15–21–3 33 40 January 9 St Louis 6–4 Vancouver Legace 18,630 16–21–3 35 41 January 11 St Louis 1–2 Edmonton Legace 16,839 16–22–3 35 42 January 13 St Louis 1–3 Calgary Mason 19,289 16–23–3 35 43 January 15 Colorado 2–5 St Louis Legace 17,545 17–23–3 37 44 January 17 Chicago 2–1 St Louis OT Legace 19,250 17–23–4 38 45 January 19 St Louis 5–4 Boston SO Mason 17,565 18–23–4 40 46 January 21 St Louis 2–0 Chicago Mason 22,299 19–23–4 42 47 January 29 Ottawa 3–1 St Louis Mason 18,639 19–24–4 42 48 January 31 Philadelphia 0–4 St Louis Mason 19,150 20–24–4 44
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 50 February 3 St Louis 4–2 Columbus Mason 13,560 21–24–5 47 51 February 5 Edmonton 2–1 St Louis SO Mason 15,668 21–24–6 48 52 February 7 Colorado 1–4 St Louis Mason 19,250 22–24–6 50 53 February 10 Vancouver 6–4 St Louis Mason 16,431 22–25–6 50 54 February 12 St Louis 3–4 Nashville SO Mason 14,307 22–25–7 51 55 February 13 Chicago 0–1 St Louis Mason 19,150 23–25–7 53 56 February 16 NY Rangers 1–2 St Louis Mason 16,341 24–25–7 55 57 February 18 St Louis 3–4 Columbus Mason 14,305 24–26–7 55 58 February 19 St Louis 2–1 Nashville OT Mason 15,037 25–26–7 57 59 February 21 Nashville 1–0 St Louis OT Mason 19,250 25–26–8 58 60 February 24 Phoenix 1–2 St Louis Mason 17,512 26–26–8 60 61 February 26 St Louis 3–1 Dallas Mason 17,603 27–26–8 62 62 February 28 St Louis 3–1 Phoenix Mason 15,893 28–26–8 64
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 64 March 6 St Louis 4–3 Tampa Bay OT Mason 13,831 29–27–8 66 65 March 7 St Louis 3–5 Florida Mason 17,591 29–28–8 66 66 March 10 Dallas 2–5 St Louis Mason 17,708 30–28–8 68 67 March 12 San Jose 1–3 St Louis Mason 19,150 31–28–8 70 68 March 14 Detroit 5–2 St Louis Mason 19,250 31–29–8 70 69 March 15 Minnesota 3–5 St Louis Mason 19,150 32–29–8 72 70 March 17 St Louis 1–2 Edmonton SO Mason 16,839 32–29–9 73 71 March 19 St Louis 0–3 Vancouver Mason 18,630 32–30–9 73 72 March 20 St Louis 3–2 Calgary Mason 19,289 33–30–9 75 73 March 24 Los Angeles 0–2 St Louis Mason 19,150 34–30–9 77 74 March 26 Vancouver 2–4 St Louis Mason 19,250 35–30–9 79 75 March 28 Columbus 3–4 St Louis SO Mason 19,250 36–30–9 81 76 March 29 St Louis 5–2 Columbus Mason 17,095 37–30–9 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 78 April 2 St Louis 5–4 Detroit Mason 19,935 38–31–9 85 79 April 4 St Louis 4–5 Dallas OT Mason 18,532 38–31–10 86 80 April 7 St Louis 5–1 Phoenix Mason 13,761 39–31–10 88 81 April 10 Columbus 1–3 St Louis Mason 19,250 40–31–10 90 82 April 12 St Louis 1–0 Colorado Mason 13,661 41–31–10 92

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 2 April 17 St. Louis 0 – 3 Vancouver Mason 18,630 0–2 3 April 19 Vancouver 3 - 2 St. Louis Mason 19,500 0-3 4 April 21 Vancouver 3 - 2 St. Louis OT (19:41) Mason 19,250 0-4
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 Boyes, BradBrad Boyes 82 33 39 72 -20 26 Backes, DavidDavid Backes 82 31 23 54 -3 165 Perron, DavidDavid Perron 81 15 35 50 +13 50 Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk 79 25 24 49 -11 61 Berglund, PatrikPatrik Berglund 76 21 26 47 +19 16 McDonald, AndyAndy McDonald 46 15 29 44 -13 24 Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie 57 14 25 39 +16 30 Colaiacovo, CarloCarlo Colaiacovo^† 63 3 26 29 +2 29 McClement, JayJay McClement 82 12 14 26 -10 29 Steen, AlexanderAlexander Steen^† 61 6 18 24 -6 24 Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman 82 4 17 21 -17 86 Winchester, BradBrad Winchester 64 13 8 21 -1 89 Woywitka, JeffJeff Woywitka 65 3 15 18 +8 57 Crombeen, B. J.B. J. Crombeen^† 66 11 6 17 -8 122 Kariya, PaulPaul Kariya 11 2 13 15 +1 2 Polak, RomanRoman Polak 69 1 14 15 -15 45 Stempniak, LeeLee Stempniak^‡ 14 3 10 13 -3 2 McKee, JayJay McKee 69 1 7 8 +11 44 Weaver, MikeMike Weaver 58 0 7 7 -3 12 Stastny, YanYan Stastny 34 3 4 7 -14 20 Brewer, EricEric Brewer 28 1 5 6 -14 24 Hinote, DanDan Hinote 51 1 4 5 -7 64 Janssen, CamCam Janssen 56 1 3 4 -5 131 Regier, SteveSteve Regier 8 3 1 4 -1 4 Wagner, StevenSteven Wagner 22 2 2 4 -5 18 Paddock, CamCam Paddock 16 2 1 3 -4 0 Strachan, TysonTyson Strachan 30 0 3 3 +8 39 Porter, ChrisChris Porter 6 1 1 2 -1 0 Whitfield, TrentTrent Whitfield 3 0 1 1 +2 0 King, D. J.D. J. King 1 0 1 1 0 0 Pietrangelo, AlexAlex Pietrangelo 8 0 1 1 0 2 Koci, DavidDavid Koci^‡ 4 0 0 0 -2 9 Wozniewski, AndyAndy Wozniewski^‡ 1 0 0 0 0 0 Junland, JonasJonas Junland 1 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM McDonald, AndyAndy McDonald 4 1 3 4 +1 0 Boyes, BradBrad Boyes 4 2 1 3 -1 0 Backes, DavidDavid Backes 4 1 2 3 +1 10 Perron, DavidDavid Perron 4 1 1 2 +3 4 Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman 4 0 1 1 -2 5 Steen, AlexanderAlexander Steen 4 0 1 1 -3 0 Hinote, DanDan Hinote 3 0 0 0 -1 4 McKee, JayJay McKee 4 0 0 0 0 4 Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk 4 0 0 0 -1 2 Weaver, MikeMike Weaver 4 0 0 0 +1 0 Woywitka, JeffJeff Woywitka 4 0 0 0 -1 0 Colaiacovo, CarloCarlo Colaiacovo 4 0 0 0 0 2 McClement, JayJay McClement 4 0 0 0 -4 4 Winchester, BradBrad Winchester 4 0 0 0 -4 10 Janssen, CamCam Janssen 1 0 0 0 0 0 Polak, RomanRoman Polak 4 0 0 0 -3 0 Berglund, PatrikPatrik Berglund 4 0 0 0 0 2 Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie 4 0 0 0 0 2 Crombeen, B. J.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 Mason, ChrisChris Mason 57 3,214 27 21 7 129 2.41 1,544 1,415 .916 6 Legace, MannyManny Legace 29 1,452 13 9 2   77 3.18   669   592 .885 0 Bishop, BenBen Bishop 6   244 1 1 1   12 2.94   112   100 .893 0 Schwarz, MarekMarek Schwarz 2     15 0 0 0   0 0.00     5     5 1.000 0 Holt, ChrisChris 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 Mason, ChrisChris 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

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
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)[23]	To Nashville Predators 4th round draft pick in 2008
November 24, 2008	To St. Louis Blues Alexander Steen (C), Carlo Colaiacovo (D)[24]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Lee Stempniak (RW)
December 19, 2008	To St. Louis Blues Jonathan Filewich (RW)[25]	To Pittsburgh Penguins 6th round draft pick in 2010
March 4, 2009	To St. Louis Blues Danny Richmond (D)[26]	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[27]
B. J. Crombeen (RW)	Dallas Stars	November 18[28]

Placed on waivers

Player	Waiver Date
Manny Legace	February 6[29]

Signed prospects

Player Signing Date Philip McRae (F) March 12[30] Anthony Peluso (F) March 12[30] Brett Sonne (F) March 12[30] Aaron Palushaj (F) April 3[31] 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 Roster Updated April 19, 2009. (Roster) # Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace 42 Backes, DavidDavid Backes C R 24 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota 21 Berglund, PatrikPatrik Berglund C L 20 2006 Västerås, Sweden 30 Bishop, BenBen Bishop G L 22 2005 Des Peres, Missouri 22 Boyes, BradBrad Boyes C R 27 2007 Mississauga, Ontario 4 Brewer, EricEric Brewer (C) D L 30 2005 Vernon, British Columbia 28 Colaiacovo, CarloCarlo Colaiacovo D L 26 2008 Toronto, Ontario 26 Crombeen, B. J.B. J. Crombeen RW R 23 2008 Denver, Colorado 13 Hinote, DanDan Hinote RW R 32 2006 Leesburg, Florida 5 Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman (A) D L 28 1999 Trail, British Columbia 55 Janssen, CamCam Janssen RW R 25 2008 St. Louis, Missouri 9 Kariya, PaulPaul Kariya (A) LW L 34 2007 Vancouver, British Columbia 19 King, D. J.D. J. King LW L 24 2002 Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan 50 Mason, ChrisChris Mason G L 33 2008 Red Deer, Alberta 18 McClement, JayJay McClement C L 26 2001 Kingston, Ontario 10 McDonald, AndyAndy McDonald C L 31 2007 Strathroy, Ontario 77 McKee, JayJay McKee D L 31 2006 Kingston, Ontario 74 Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie C R 22 2005 Mount Vernon, Washington 57 Perron, DavidDavid Perron LW R 20 2007 Sherbrooke, Quebec 46 Polak, RomanRoman Polak D R 22 2004 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia 43 Weaver, MikeMike Weaver D R 30 2007 Bramalea, Ontario 15 Winchester, BradBrad Winchester LW L 28 2008 Madison, Wisconsin 29 Woywitka, JeffJeff Woywitka D L 25 2005 Vermilion, Alberta Draft picks St. Louis's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, June 20-June 21, 2008.[32] Round Pick Player Position Shoots Nationality League Birthplace, Date Height, Weight 1     4 Alex Pietrangelo [8][33] 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. See also 2008–09 NHL season St. Louis Blues seasons St. Louis (sports) 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 Tkachuk Reaches Another New Milestone, St. Louis Blues, November 30, 2008 "St. Louis Blues place goalie Manny Legace on waivers". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2009-02-07. Archived from the original on 13 March 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009. St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Dallas, Blues 3, Stars 1 (February 26, 2009) St. Louis Blues - Recap: St. Louis @ Detroit, Blues 5, Red Wings 4 (April 2, 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. 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Sports - Hockey NHL - St Louis - Blues acquire Preds' goalie NHL.com - Blues Acquire Steen, Colaiacovo NHL.com - Blues Acquire Filewich from Pittsburgh "NHL.com - Blues Acquire Richmond from Penguins: Pittsburgh gets defenseman Andy Wozniewski from St. Louis". Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-03-07. Blues Claim David Koci from Waivers Blues Claim B.J. Crombeen from Waivers St. Louis Blues place goalie Manny Legace on waivers Archived March 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Blues Sign 3 Prospects to Pro Contracts: Philip McRae, Anthony Peluso & Brett Sonne signed contracts on Thursday Blues Sign Aaron Palushaj 2008 NHL Entry Draft Results Blues Draft History Pietrangelo Named Top Prospect: Blues' rookie T.J. 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