Hopefully, Jim Montgomery'sÌýability to critically assess his own performance resonates with players.
- Matthew DeFranks | Post-Dispatch
On the club’s annual exit day interviews, eight players, coach Jim Montgomery and general manager Doug Armstrong dissected the poor start, strong finish and another year missing the postseason.
- Ethan Erickson | Post-Dispatch
Blues players, coach Jim Montgomery and general manager Doug Armstrong reflected on what went wrong in 2025-26 and how to use that failure to drive the future.
- Matthew DeFranks | Post-Dispatch
The Blues finished the season with 86 points and a 37-33-12 record, claiming fifth place in the Central Division.
- Matthew DeFranks | Post-Dispatch
Weber and Julien's contracts expired after this season.
- Matthew DeFranks | Post-Dispatch
×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ will be in the 11th slot for next month’s draft lottery, which is scheduled for May 5.
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And so ends one of the most disappointing seasons for the Blues.
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Koromyslov has played in the KHL in parts of the past six seasons, including the entirety of the past two seasons.
Binnington, 32, is under contract with the Blues for one more season at a $6 million cap hit but lost his starting job to Joel Hofer.
Springfield hosts Lehigh Valley on Wednesday night in a massive game, and it can clinch a berth in the Calder Cup playoffs with a regulation win.
Neighbours’ goal was his first in more than two months, a 23-game goalless streak the dated back before the Olympic break and was the longest of his NHL career.
Photos from the Minnesota Wild vs ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Blues game at Enterprise Center in ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ on Monday, April 13, 2026.Ìý
In their third-to-last game of the season, the Blues handled an undermanned Wild team in a 6-3 win over Minnesota on Monday night at Enterprise Center.
Jim Montgomery does not put much stock into what the Blues have done since the break, not after their official elimination from playoff contention arrived Saturday.
It will be Hofer's 42nd start of the season, ensuring that he will finish this season with more starts than Binnington, who entered the year as the No. 1 goaltender on the Blues.
The Blues can finish with a maximum of 86 points and would have needed to win out and receive lots of help to sneak into the second wild-card spot.
Sundqvist, 32, is an unrestricted free agent in the summer and does not have a contract for next season.
Blues' game against Minnesota figures to be last contest shown on FanDuel Sports Network Midwest.
The Blues have now lost four of their last six games, a sobering stretch of hockey following a torrid run coming out of the Olympics.
The ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Post-Dispatch’s Matthew DeFranks and Nathan Mills talk about the Blues' two games against the Avalanche and the role of the top line in leading the team.
The ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Blues lost 3-2 to the Winnipeg Jets at Enterprise Center in ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ on Thursday, April 9, 2026.
The Blues entered the day six points out of a playoff spot with five games to go.
While Dylan Holloway, Robert Thomas and Jimmy Snuggeurd have done their part in keeping the Blues relevant since the trade deadline, the rest of the team’s depth scoring has faltered.
Jordan Binnington will start for the Blues after Joel Hofer got the net in the previous three games.
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