The off-season is a time for rumours. As soon as a team’s season ends, rumours circulate as to what may happen in the off-season. The St. Louis Blues are no exception.

This season the Blues were retooling while trying to contend. Next season, the focus will be totally shift to contending.

The St. Louis Blues were one overtime period away from playing in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Adam Lowry ended the Blues’ season 16 minutes into the second overtime, forcing them to start their offseason early.

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck picked up some much-needed redemption against the Blues and Jordan Binnington!

St. Louis (44-30-8) surrendered a two-goal lead in the final three minutes of regulation, leading to a 4-3 loss in double overtime to Winnipeg (56-22-4) in game seven of its first-round playoff series.

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Blues GM Doug Armstrong announced some good news on forward Dylan Holloway, who missed the playoffs with an injury.

This series has played out like many expected. Tough, dirty and exciting games between two division rivals. As stated earlier, the home side has managed to come out on top through the first five games. The Jets took control of the series with wins in Winnipeg in Games 1 and 2, while the Blues answered back with dominant victories in St. Louis.

St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced today that captain Brayden Schenn and goaltender Jordan Binnington and will represent Canada at the 2025 IIHF World Championships (WC). In addition, forwards Alexandre Texier and Dalibor Dvorsky will represent France and Slovakia, respectively.