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A POSITION OF STRENGTH

The Blues concentrated on upgrading at center in the offseason, and the effort paid off with the additions of Bozak and O’Reilly

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Blues defenseman Vince Dunn (front), center Ryan O’Reilly (middle) and right winger Austin Poganski (back) take part in a drill during training camp at the Ice Zone in Hazelwood.

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n Game 1 last season in Pittsburgh, the Blues lined up with Brayden Schenn, Paul Stastny, Oskar Sundqvist and Kyle Brodziak at center.

In Game 82 in Colorado, it was Schenn, Sundqvist, Brodziak and Vladimir Sobotka. By then Stastny had been shipped to Winnipeg.

Even with Stastny, the Blues always seemed to be a body short at the position and looking for more production. So general manager Doug Armstrong kept right on looking throughout the offseason.

“In the game, everything starts down the middle of the ice,” Armstrong said.

“The rule of thumb is strong down the middle — that strong centermen, good defense and a strong goalie usually make you good.”

Like pitchers in baseball or cornerbacks in football, you can never have too many when it comes to good centers in hockey.

So as June spilled into July, Armstrong worked multiple angles searching for help at the position, in part because there were no guarantees he’d get anybody when free agency opened July 1.

“The reality is, we tried to work on getting Ryan O’Reilly at the draft a week earlier,” Armstrong said.

(Armstrong was, in fact, spotted talking at length in a hallway with Buffalo GM Jason Botterill at American Airlines Center in Dallas, site of the draft.)

“We tried to work getting him during the week after the draft before free agency,” Armstrong continued. “And it just didn’t work. So we got to free agency.”

And worked on Toronto’s Tyler Bozak.

You know how the story ends. The Blues signed Bozak to a three-year, $15 million contact the morning of July 1.

That evening they finalized the trade with Buffalo for O’Reilly.

And just like that, Schenn not only had company at center, he had established players with a track record of production and consistent play. No matter how this seasons ends up, July 1, 2018 was the day center went from the biggest question mark on the team to perhaps its greatest strength.

Schenn. O’Reilly. Bozak. Get used to those names.

“You look around at teams that have been successful, down the middle’s a big part of it,” O’Reilly said. “I think we’re deep there, and that’s what we want. We want to have that depth. It’s all guys that can step in and play with anyone and compete.”

“Maybe we’re not the most flashy guys, all three of us,” Schenn said. “But I think as a collective group the three of us can get the job done.”

All three are known as 200-foot players – they will get back and play defense, so important for the center position.

All three have had success on the power play. Schenn, 27, tied for the NHL lead in power-play goals (17) two seasons ago in Philadelphia. O’Reilly was tied for third in power-play goals (15) last season with Buffalo. Meanwhile, nearly 30 percent of Bozak’s career point total has come on the power play for Toronto.

And when it comes to faceoffs, O’Reilly and Bozak are two of the game’s best.

“When you look at our group of centermen now, our faceoffs should be near the top of the NHL, and that means you’re starting with the puck more,” Armstrong said. “A lot of that’s gonna help our power play, quite honestly.”

That should minimize the sight of opposing teams winning faceoffs at the beginning of a Blues’ power play and dumping the puck down the ice. Before you knew it, the Blues had only a minute and a half left on the power play, something that happened all too often a year ago.

Schenn’s first year in St. Louis was an unequivocal success. He made his first All-Star game and finished with career

from the outset of his first Blues camp, he has stayed after practice and worked on his craft with whatever players wanted to join him.

“Really passionate player,” backup goalie Chad Johnson said. “He wants to win. He hates losing. He’s probably one of the hardest-working players I’ve been around. He’s the first one on the ice. He’s the last one off. Two-way player. Takes faceoffs. A guy you put in all the big situations.”

Johnson was a teammate of O’Reilly’s in two of the past three seasons in Buffalo, and now they’re teammates again in St. Louis.

“Here, he’ll be really utilized a lot more and appreciated,” Johnson said. “Being

to Bozak.

“We both played at the same school (University of Denver),” Bozak said.

“We’re good buddies. It’s kind of something I’ve heard, which is a great compliment because obviously he’s a fantastic player.

“He’s had a great career and has a lot of years left in him. So to be compared to him is a big compliment for me. I just try and play the game smart. Try and positionally be good and make the guys I’m playing with better.”

Not only is their style similar, but so is their production. Over the past five years, Bozak has averaged 17 goals and 30 assists a season; Stastny has averaged 17 goals and 33 assists in that span. The bonus

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Consistent 20-25 goal scorer who exceeded expectations in a full-time center role last season. Has some sandpaper to his game — willing to throw his body around — and displays leadership qualities.

Consistent 20-25 goal scorer who has been one of the league’s top faceoff men in recent seasons. He’ll add punch to the power play and create chances for linemate Vladimir Tarasenko. Strong defender, too.

He’ll get you 15 goals or so, which is good production for a third-line center. Strong on faceoffs, productive on power play, has the kind of game that makes teammates look better.

Adds a needed righthanded shot.

After a stellar 2017-18 junior season, the future looks bright for this talented 19-yearold. Above-average skater, instinctive passer, underrated shot. So far, the NHL game doesn’t look too big for him.

highs in goals (28), assists (42) and points (70). With the Flyers, there were times when he didn’t play much center, but he clicked instantly in that spot with the Blues.

“He views himself as a centerman; we viewed him as a centerman,” Armstrong said. “I think he’s adapted well to our group. You want to see that twoman synergy, and he seems to have some synergy with (Jaden) Schwartz, which is something hopefully we can continue to build off of.”

Coach Mike Yeo wants to build such synergy throughout his forward group and talked during camp about not only a Schenn-Schwartz nucleus on one line, but an O’Reilly-Vladimir Tarasenko tandem on another line and a Bozak-Alexander Steen pairing on a third.

Yeo said the third person on each line might vary over the course of the season, but he sees something in those tandems that he likes and envisions keeping together.

O’Reilly, 27, consistently has been a 55to 65-point scorer in the NHL. Almost

able to be put in big moments and big situations and opportunities to win hockey games.”

Losing wore on O’Reilly in Buffalo and affected his game. But he appears revitalized at the opportunity to play for a likely contender in St. Louis.

“Having worked with him a couple times at the Worlds, it’s very important for him to win,” Yeo said. “For him coming here, and looking at the additions we had here this summer and the players that we have, there’s no question it’s very motivating for him.”

Bozak, 32, is usually in the 45- to 50-point range as a scorer, with a reputation as a two-way player, a very good passer, and a cerebral approach. He’s the kind of guy who does the little things well. All of which sounds kind of like Stastny, doesn’t it?

“Yeah,” Armstrong said. “They’re not the most fleet-of-foot guys in the game right now, but they play with their head and they understand the nuances of the game.”

The Stastny comparisons aren’t new

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for the Blues is that Stastny centered the Blues’ No. 2 line last season before being traded to Winnipeg. Bozak will center the Blues’ No. 3 line, which should result in favorable matchups.

Now, the wild card in the Blues’ center-mania is 19-year-old rookie Robert Thomas. He has a world of potential and could begin this season centering the fourth line.

“We felt we had two good centermen (last year),” Armstrong said. “Now I think we have at least three, and we’ll see where Robbie Thomas can get to.

“Last year, we had Stastny and we had Schenn that we thought would be good.

And then we were: ‘Well, we can play this guy there. We can play that guy there.’

But we didn’t have anyone that we were pounding our feet, that these are our centermen.”

Now, they have three — and possibly four. Not quite an embarrassment of riches. But getting there.

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EXPECTATIONS SOAR

Additional forwards promise boost for offense and power play JEFF GORDON St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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ssembling viable scoring lines was a challenging task for Blues coach Mike Yeo last season. So was scrounging up a second power-play unit.

Game after game, he had to deploy too many placeholder forwards — guys just filling a spot while waiting for injured players to return or better players to arrive.

Yeo will face no such problem this season. The Blues arrived in training camp with about twice as many potential scoring threats as they employed last season.

At the very least, the new-look Blues will be far more entertaining. And if all goes as planned, this offensive depth should fix the team’s sputtering power play, create more puck control at even strength and vault the franchise into Stanley Cup contention.

Expectations are soaring, and rightfully so.

After last season, the Blues were looking forward to the return of injured forward Robby Fabbri and the arrival of elite forward prospects Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou.

That trio was expected to pump new life into the team’s attack. Sammy Blais, Zach Sanford, Klim Kostin, Erik Foley, Nolan Stevens ... the Blues also were assembling interesting forward prospects beyond their top two. Things were looking up.

But general manager Doug Armstrong was not content. He signed free-agent center Tyler Bozak to fill a glaring need in the middle. He brought back winger David Perron as a free agent, engineered a blockbuster deal for center Ryan O’Reilly and later added free-agent winger Patrick Maroon.

These developments delighted Yeo as they unfolded.

“When we signed Bozak and we signed Perron, I liked our group,” Yeo said. “I was very pleased and very happy with what we had added to our group and I felt we would be very competitive. Later on, I get a call from Army that the O’Reilly trade is still a possibility and then I started to get really excited ...

“And then, obviously it’s a week later or so and then I find out that Pat Maroon is a possibility as well. And now you’ve made some big additions to your group. You’ve become a much deeper, much stronger team and throughout your lineup you have more opportunity

ROBERT COHEN • rcohen@post-dispatch.com

Blues players Robert Thomas (left), Pat Maroon and Vladimir Tarasenko celebrate a Maroon deflection for a first-period goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets during an exhibition at Enterprise Center on Sept. 21.

and ability to score goals.”

Gone are veterans Patrik Berglund, Vladimir Sobotka, Kyle Brodziak and Scottie Upshall, along with promising youngster Tage Thompson. Pushed toward the roster bubble are younger forwards Dmitrij Jaskin, Ivan Barbashev, Nikita Soshnikov and Oskar Sundqvist.

Those guys are essentially third- and fourth-liners, yet many of them played up in the Blues’ lineup last season out of necessity. Not surprisingly, the offense misfired for long stretches after key winger Jaden Schwartz got hurt.

This season Yeo could assemble four lines with scoring punch. He probably will keep Schwartz and Brayden Schenn together at even strength and give the diligent O’Reilly an opportunity to click with Vladimir Tarasenko.

Let’s say Perron plays with Schenn and Schwartz, and Maroon adds heft to the Tarasenko-O’Reilly combo. That could leave Bozak centering, say, Fabbri and Alexander Steen, and Thomas centering a kid line featuring the speedy Kyrou and the clever Blais.

That could be some show.

Of course, Kyrou and Blais could head to San Antonio for more work and Thomas could assume a more traditional checking role as the No. 4 center.

Yeo could flank him with Jaskin and Soshnikov, assuming the latter forward recovers from his concussion and resumes bowling for opponents.

“We don’t know what our fourth line is going to look like,” Yeo said. “It could have the identity of a defensive, physical, hard-checking line that can go out and take shifts and eat minutes against the top lines in the league, take defensive faceoffs, which allows the O’Reillys, the Schenns, to get offensive zone faceoffs, (the) Bozaks.

“Or it could be a line that’s a little more youth, little more speed. You may have to shelter them a little bit more, but they have the chance to potentially score a goal when they get on the ice.”

Yeo’s options are fascinating, unlike last season. He will shuffle his lines on the fly, as always, and his fourth-line philosophy could switch back and forth depending on performance and injuries.

As for the power play, Yeo can as-

semble two balanced units. Defensemen Alex Pietrangelo, Colton Parayko and Vince Dunn are capable point men, and the Blues have up to a dozen choices at forward, assuming Kyrou and Blais can factor in at some point.

It’s on Yeo and his staff to find combinations that click the X’s and O’s that spell success, but this massive personnel upgrade ensures the Blues will improve with the man advantage.

O’Reilly’s ability to win draws will create more offensive zone time. Maroon should provide sturdy net-front presence, and both Perron and Bozak are adept at setting up shooters.

The possibilities almost boggle the mind.

“We’re excited,” Steen said. “It adds a lot of depth to our group. The type of players that we’ve added are guys that you can mix and match with throughout our lineup. If you want to be a deep team in the playoffs, that’s the type of players you want. So we’re excited.”

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3 lbs. Pork Spare Ribs 2 lbs. Beer Bratwurst 2 lbs. 1/3 lb. Ground Chuck Patties 5 lbs. Center Cut Pork Steaks 2 lbs. Cheddar Bratwurst

2 lbs. 4 to 1 New York Style Hot Dogs 5 lbs. Rib Tips 5 lbs. Chicken Leg Quarters 4 lbs. Country Style Ribs

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NHL PREVIEW

M 1 • SUNDAY • 09.30.2018

TIME TO STEP AHEAD

Top talent brings expectations, excitement for Yeo, Blues organization BEN FREDERICKSON St. Louis Post-Dispatch

T

he words looked like they tasted sour as they left Mike Yeo’s mouth.

He started to admit it, then stopped. Chewed it. Then spit it out.

Yes, there might have been one positive thing about missing the postseason.

And no, it was not the new blood now dotting his lines.

This is bigger than that.

Buried deep beneath the disappointment of Yeo’s first full season as Blues head coach coinciding with the end of the team’s run of six consecutive playoff appearances was the uncomfortable and immediate reflection that was forced upon the entire organization.

The byproducts of a top-to-bottom analysis have become more evident as the season’s start has neared.

Talent was upgraded. Conditioning tests became more demanding. Buzzwords like “standards” and “culture” started to hold more meaning. But perhaps the most noticeable difference can be found in the coach’s tone.

Yeo’s words carry an edge sharp enough to shave ice.

“We have a new group, there’s no question, but we don’t want to just sit around and say, ‘Hey, we have a bunch of new players, everything is going to be fine now,’” Yeo said recently. “We have to be better. We all have to be better. Even if one of us was 1 percent better last year, then that’s maybe the one point we needed to make the playoffs.

But we don’t want to be a team that just makes the playoffs, either.”

Coach, are you sure you want to open this door?

The public is pumped about your team, so much so that Blues fans seem to have forgotten that their starting goalie has a bad habit of going milk-carton missing.

The additions of Ryan O’Reilly, Tyler Bozak, Patrick Maroon and old friend David Perron have your fans pining for a parade, like even more than usual.

Are you really suggesting you are thinking what they are thinking?

“Our goal is to win the Stanley Cup,” Yeo said. “In order to do that, you have to have a culture of excellence. You have to make sure you have a mindset that every day you approach it like a champion would. We have to make sure we are staying on top of that as coaches.”

This, folks, is what a coach sounds like when he knows a goal has shifted.

Yeo is no longer the Blues’ new coach.

His team is no longer in transition. He’s the man under pressure to lead the Blues back to where they belong, to push them toward the prize they have never claimed. And if significant steps are not taken in that direction by the end of this season, it’s fair to wonder if the Blues have the right coach.

DAVID CARSON • dcarson@post-dispatch.com

Second-year Blues coach Mike Yeo says “a culture of excellence” is a key ingredient on teams that win the Stanley Cup.

A trendy question at the moment revolves around what Blues general manager Doug Armstrong might do if his new-look team starts slow, as if a group with multiple impact additions who have never played together before should hit the ice with the kind of chemistry that can only be developed in games that count.

Forget that.

The Blues jumped out of the gate last season.

How did it turn out?

The big question is how and where this team ends. On paper, the Blues are a postseason team. And you can make a compelling case that this is setting the bar low, especially if Jake Allen redeems himself. Fall short, though, and Armstrong will be fielding questions about Yeo’s job security.

For now, the general manager is taking a philosophical approach.

“He has been let go once, and I have been let go once,” Armstrong said.

“When you start out, you think that you can be the exception to the rule. Very few people are the exceptions to the rule. You can’t get caught up in things you really can’t control. ... The people inside it don’t think like that. They just worry about, what are we going to do tomorrow to get better? That’s the way he (Yeo) is wired.”

The offseason conversations between

Yeo and Armstrong centered on much different kinds of changes, from the roster to results.

The coach had a big say in the additions that turned Armstrong from fan target to toast of the town. Armstrong said this is the year we see the method behind his madness. Yeo’s coaching will have a big say in that, too.

“A couple of years ago, when we went to the semifinals, we had to make hard decisions,” Armstrong said. “We decided we were willing to take a step back, half a step back, to hopefully take two steps forward. I think everyone accepted the verbiage. Nobody wanted to go through the pain. The last two years, we didn’t give up future picks. We didn’t give up assets to try to improve teams we didn’t believe were championshipcaliber teams. Mike happened to be at the helm of one of those teams.”

“Now, Mike, the players, the management, everyone, we believe we are ready to at least get back to where we were, and start taking that step, or two, ahead.

And that’s what’s exciting for Mike, and for all of us. We believe we have a core group of players now who are at the age group to compete with the top-third teams.”

The Blues existed in that realm until last season, when the bottom fell out and 94 points landed them in fifth place. Cue Army’s big offseason, and

Yeo’s increased fire.

The Blues have packaged impressive additions around players they have developed and prospects who can make an impact. If last season’s disappointing special teams can be compared to this team’s, something went horribly wrong. The talent is here, and it’s not going to drastically change. There is as little gray area on this roster as there has been in recent memory, and not just for this season, either. That naturally creates more pressure on a coach.

Yeo has top-third talent. What does he do with it?

“He is a high-level competitor,” Armstrong said. “He’s excited to make his mark on the league right now. He and I talk about where this organization was when (former coach Ken) Hitchcock came in, and we went on on a five- or six-year run. I’m hoping this is a 10year run. There is excitement, because there is a belief we can do something.”

No need to be vague.

Armstrong confirmed he and Yeo have talked about what it would be like to win a Stanley Cup for their long-suffering fan base.

He thinks Yeo can be the one.

“He wouldn’t be here if I didn’t,” Armstrong said.

Ben Frederickson @Ben_Fred on Twitter bfrederickson@post-dispatch.com

A PAIR OF ACES

Newly arrived O’Reilly is a good match for still-young Tarasenko BENJAMIN HOCHMAN St. Louis Post-Dispatch

L

et’s talk 90-91.

For savvy Blues fans, 9091 means Brett Hull’s greatest season — his Hart Trophy season — and the one time he scored more goals than the Blues played games.

Today, 90-91 means hope that another 26-year-old St. Louis star will have his greatest season.

Because now paired with No. 91 Vladimir Tarasenko is Ryan O’Reilly — and No. 90 is not just a playmaker but also makes players better.

“We all have big expectations here,” Tarasenko said.

In the Blues’ dressing room, the lockers for 90 and 91 are next to each other.

And on the first line, of course, the centerman No. 90 will be next to No. 91, who will be at right wing.

“He can read the game well,” said Tarasenko, who scored 33 goals in 201718 but didn’t make the All-Star team, which ended his streak of three straight seasons. “He can play good defense and has a really good hockey sense. …

When we played against each other, he was always a hard guy to play against.

I’m pretty excited to be on the same line with him. I hope we can do a lot together this year.”

Tarasenko is at his best when he’s controlled amid chaos. Watching a YouTube reel of his goals last season, many came after a Blues takeaway, when the defense was scampering back.

Tarasenko creates avenues in havoc.

And his quick shot is unleashed with such stealth that defensemen physically can’t deter it if they’re out of position.

Well, O’Reilly is splendid at takeaways. He had 65 a season ago – only 19 NHL players had more.

O’Reilly is like that basketball point guard who makes the steal and then, in

DAVID CARSON • dcarson@post-dispatch.com

New Blues center Ryan O’Reilly (left) and star right winger Vladimir Tarasenko are expected to help each other enjoy big seasons.

the fast break, makes that final pass to tally the assist. And yeah, while a perfect outcome like that will only happen, what, five to 10 times this season, O’Reilly still ignites offensive opportunities with his defense. And he’s an elite winner of faceoffs.

A healthy Tarasenko should finish in the low 40s in goals, not the low 30s.

But speaking of health, how is he entering the season, following summer surgery on his left shoulder?

“He looks like he’s doing good,” teammate Alexander Steen said. “Vladi’s shot looks like it has before — maybe a little extra power in there.”

O’Reilly’s arrival comes at a crucial time in Tarasenko’s career, as No. 91 looks to take that “next step,” as they say in sports. Of course, Tarasenko was the best player on a team that made the Western Conference finals. But if that’s the pinnacle of his career when it’s all over, many would say he – and his

teams – underachieved. Well, he is now linked with O’Reilly – 90-91 – since the two are both are under contract for five seasons.

“He’s still a young player,” Blues coach Mike Yeo pointed out (Tarasenko turns 27 on Dec. 13). “You don’t think of him as young because he’s played so long in the league — what is he, 26 years old? — but he’s still developing. He’s still learning new ideas and new concepts. A guy like O’Reilly, guys who have had success other places in the league, can bring fresh ideas. Certainly, we’re going to work with him — whether that’s on the power play or the offensive zone off the rush, we’re going to try to present some different things as well. …

“I know he had the surgery and the rehab and he did everything he could in that rehab. His shoulder is strong. He’s got his range of motion. He’s come into camp and he found another level to his focus on his conditioning, so he looks

good right now. Obviously we’ll have to maintain that, but he’s put the work in.

That’s the first step.”

Asked his favorite Tarasenko highlight from last year, Yeo waffled but made a good point doing so.

“There’s not one moment,” he said.

“Because that’s what great players do — they don’t have one jaw-dropping moment. Great players do it on a regular basis. He does it in practice routinely.

He does it in games routinely. For me, that’s what great players are all about.”

Another aspect of Tarasenko’s game that goes unappreciated is his ability to pass well. If you’re the best at the coolest part of a sport — for instance, a hockey player scoring goals or a football player catching passes — that’s going to be your identity, even if you’re also good at, if you will, downfield blocking.

But for as much as 90 will help 91 score more, here’s thinking 91 will help 90 come closer to his career high in goals, 28, set during one of his earlier years with the Colorado Avalanche.

This season should be a fun one.

Tarasenko called the end of last season “a disappointment – everybody is more motivated and ready.” The Blues, suddenly, have too many good centers and too much young firepower. Last season, it was like — Wait, just how much ice time is Vladimir Sobotka getting?

And the new faces are impressed by the old ones. Suddenly, this next generation we keep hearing about is part of the current generation. Or at least Robert Thomas, so far. The others a season — or a plane ride — away.

Asked about No. 91, the rookie Thomas said: “I mean, when you’re around a guy like that, it’s pretty cool.

You see him on TV all the time, tearin’ it up. And to be around him and meet him a bit? His shot is ridiculous. You’re standing behind him, watching him shoot it, it’s pretty crazy.”

Benjamin Hochman @hochman on Twitter bhochman@post-dispatch.com

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S8 • ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

M 1 • SUNDAY • 09.30.2018

THE TWO JAKES Allen wants to remove the January collapse from his performance

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Blues goaltender Jake Allen vows not to have a “killer month” again this season.

BY TOM TIMMERMANN St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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he biggest question surrounding the St. Louis Blues this season doesn’t revolve around the centers. It does not involve the power play or Vladimir Tarasenko or the health of Robby Fabbri or Jay Bouwmeester.

It is a question that will not be answered in training camp or in December, or maybe even until the final day of the Blues’ season, whenever that might be.

It is simply: What about Jake Allen?

For a guy who has been the Blues’ No. 1 goalie for two seasons and part of a timeshare for two years before that, he remains a mystery. He has been great at times, singlehandedly lifting the team to playoff victories and long winning streaks. He has made more than a few saves that have seemed absolutely impossible, sticking out his glove or his stick or his skate to places most other goalies can’t get to and catching the puck or deflecting it away.

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“January, no question, has been a killer month for me the last couple years,” Allen said. “I want to throw that month in the garbage. But I’ve just got to find a CONTINUED ON PAGE S9 AP

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“So I’m definitely going to lean on myself a lot this year to try to take us to the next level.”

— Jake Allen

way through it.”

The Blues believe in him. In the offseason, they moved to bolster the team at center but left the goalie situation untouched, other than to sign career backup Chad Johnson to replace Carter Hutton. “(I’m) very confident,” coach Mike Yeo said. “I’ve got a ton (of confidence) in Jake and what he’s capable of for us this year. What I can say is I’m excited for his season. Obviously there’s risks. And it’s a difficult season. We play good teams. And we’re aware of the past, but I believe that he’s ready to jump past that.

“First off, I think that he’s put the work in. Secondly, I think that he’s gone through the hard times, and that experience is important for a guy to learn how to get through it. Especially in that starting position.”

“No question I’ve got to be a key piece,” Allen said.

“I’ve got to be almost like the lighthouse for the guys. I’m there through thick and thin. If I do that and do my job, I know I’m confident in the group that we have that they’re going to take care of their job. That’s my focus going into the year, just to do my job, give the boys an honest fighting chance. I’ve always said that every single night. No question, years past there’s been times when I definitely let that slip, and that’s got to stop. I’ve got to minimize those times. I think if we do that, personally and for our team, that we’ll achieve success.

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Carter Hutton (left) comes in to replace Jake Allen in goal during a game last season.

“So I’m definitely going to lean on myself a lot this year to try to take us to the next level.”

Allen said he changed his summer routine, with less weightlifting and more explosive work. (“A little bit more focus,” he said, “on not necessarily nutrition, but just what my body needs.”) Before the back spasms that kept him out of the start of camp, Allen said he came in 10 pounds lighter than usual and thought he could play 70 games if needed.

The games that give him the most trouble seem to come around January, that cursed month. Last season, from the start of the year to Dec. 10, he had a 17-6-2 record with a .913 save percentage and a 2.54 goals-against average. And from early March to the end of the season, he had a .911 save percentage and a 2.51 GAA. (In one 10-game stretch in that run, he had a 1.99 GAA.) But in between, he went 2-13 with an .891 save percentage and a 3.30 GAA. If you want to look at where the Blues lost the one point that cost them a playoff spot, you can probably find it there.

“There’s no question about it,” Allen said. “Those are the grinding days of the season. They’re sort of right in the middle. There’s not a whole lot going on. Once you get to February and March, it’s the playoff push. But I’ve gotta find a way to be consistent through those months and just throughout the whole year. That’s my ultimate goal this season. I’m not going to be perfect all the time. I get that. But at the same time, I have more responsibility on myself this year to be consistent in that process.”

There actually was one thing the Blues did to strengthen the goalie position: They improved their offense. Allen’s struggles coincided almost to a game with the injury to forward Jaden Schwartz that caused the offense to fall apart.

Allen had a run of 18 games when the Blues scored more than two goals only three times. He went into all of those games knowing he had to be almost perfect; once he let in a goal and fell behind, things got worse.

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Jake Allen had some stellar games last season before and after a prolonged slump.

“There’s no question that confidence plays a big part in a goaltender’s game,” Yeo said. “It’s hard to build confidence if you’re not winning hockey games. There was lots of times where he’d play a good game and we give up two goals and we’re still losing the game. Even though he should be looking at his own performance and saying: ‘OK, I played well in that game. What did I do, what do I need to replicate to give us a chance to win?’ You’re looking at the bottom line as you didn’t get the win. You’re looking at the one that did go in.

And so obviously that changes things.

“If he has a game where maybe he’s not on top of things, you know, he lets in three goals. Well, we have the ability this year to score four goals in that game, and so I think for him to go into bad stretches we have a group that can help him get out of those quicker.”

When Allen struggled last season, the Blues were fortunate to have Hutton play the best hockey of his career to keep their pulse going. The Blues would rather not have to find out if Johnson or Ville Husso can carry the weight if needed, something neither of them has had to do.

“What great NHL goaltenders do if you look in the past — they’re consistent, they give the teams a chance and ultimately at the end of the day, they result in wins most of the time,” Allen said. “So that’s my goal. Obviously at the end of the day, wins are all that matters. Points are what matters, and as you know last year we missed out by one point. You think back so many times during the year, when you could have had that one point. For me now, if we lose in overtime, still get a point. Got to take something out of it. So points are crucial and consistency’s crucial. It all adds up together.”

And when the addition is done, only then will the Blues know how Jake Allen did.

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New parent to triplets, Pietrangelo also gives Blues a guiding hand

Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo is beginning his third season as the captain of the team and has the job of helping a number of newcomers get acclimated.

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he Blues made four big offseason acquisitions — Ryan O’Reilly, Tyler Bozak, David Perron and Pat Maroon — though captain Alex Pietrangelo looks at it as only three. “(Perron) doesn’t even count,” Pietrangelo said. “It’s the third time around.”

Threes seem to be following Pietrangelo around everywhere nowadays.

Those additions for the Blues, moves that may take the team from playoff outsider to Stanley Cup contender, are only the second-most important trio of new faces for Pietrangelo this offseason.

In July, he and his wife, Jayne, became parents of triplets, welcoming, in order, Theodore, Oliver and Evelyn into the world. At two months, all are doing well, and that includes the overworked parents.

“It’s been a busy offseason for myself, and the team,” Pietrangelo said.

If Pietrangelo went through a major change two years ago when he became Blues captain, a job that carries all sorts of responsibilities, that’s nothing compared to the responsibilities that come with having triplets.

“It’s different, especially when you go from zero to three,” he said. “Best thing that’s ever happened to me, though. It’s hard to argue with that. Anybody that’s a parent knows that feeling. Like anything, it’s a lot of work, but it’s pretty fun going home every day and seeing them.

“You have one, you have two, obviously three’s a lot more work. You have to be pretty disciplined in your scheduling. You have your routine, you’ve got to stick to the routine. It took a couple weeks to figure that out, but we’ve kind of got that down now.”

It’s also a big reversal for Alex and

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Jayne because not long before, they were dealing with the loss of Gabriel Pietrangelo in June 2017 to complications during pregnancy. “The single greatest thing we’ve ever been given was taken away from us, just like that,” Pietrangelo wrote in the Players’ Tribune in March.

Now, the family has been given a new start.

“Obviously the end result has been three little miracles, as I call them,” he said. “It was tough getting to this point.

That’s why we love them as much as we do, because it’s been such a long road to get where we are. Here we are. We didn’t think it would be three at once, but here we are.

“You’re going to love them either way, but you love them even more. Sometimes it’s hard to explain why things happen, but sometimes the end result is OK.” For a lot of athletes, they don’t really grow up until they become parents, until they have a house to go home to with a little kid waiting for them. That is not the case for Pietrangelo, who will turn 29 in January, but the children have brought a seriousness to life, despite the boyish looks and big grin he’s had since he was a newcomer to the NHL. This will be his third season as captain of the Blues, and it’s a case where it seems it was a job he was born for.

“Yeah, his maturity has gone up three times,” joked coach Mike Yeo. “I would say that’s a life-changing event, there’s no question. Just the way you look at everything, the way that you see things from a day-to-day basis, it changes when you have kids. This is relatively new for him still, but I would say that I’ve seen a difference in him, and maybe that’s part of it.”

Part of that is not Theodore, Oliver and Evelyn. It’s Ryan, Tyler and Pat. CONTINUED ON PAGE S13

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You can see he has another level to his confidence and his leadership.”

The improvements for Pietrangelo are not just on offense, even if the team’s defensive group stayed intact.

“I’d say it’s depth on both ends of the ice,” he said. “If you look at the way O’Rei’ takes draws, his responsibility on the penalty kill, the defensive zone, the way he plays all situations; Patty’s a big body, takes care of both ends of the ice; Bozie’s a right-handed centerman.

Not only did we add guys that can bring an offensive upside, which obviously we need, but they care about the other end of the ice, which our foundation is built on, has been like that for years. The depth throughout the entire lineup is the best I’ve seen in a while.”

Pietrangelo’s first two seasons as captain have brought challenges. In the first, coach Ken Hitchcock got fired in midseason, and Pietrangelo had to guide the team through rough waters. Then last season, the team struggled in the wake of injuries and letdowns and failed to make the playoffs for the first time in six seasons. When that happens, the captain takes responsibility.

“I’m the one who’s supposed to lead the charge, right, and we fell short,”

he said. “You feel like that responsibility falls on you.

Now you have new acquisitions and the responsibility to get everyone on the same page and make sure everyone understands what the ultimate goal is, and it hasn’t been an issue. We got some real good character guys, so it’s made my life easy. Next job is to translate it on to the ice.”

It is something, he has found, that you can’t do alone. He calls Jayne “an angel” for the work she has to put in with the kids

while he’s playing hockey, and he doesn’t hesitate to pitch in to help wherever needed. He’s embraced everything from changing diapers on up, and you’d better believe that with three newborns, there are a lot of diapers.

“It takes a team, trust me,” he said.

He was talking about parenting, but he just as well could have been talking about the Blues.

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GP TOI/G G A PTS +/- PIM PP SHG GW

Schenn

82 19:43 28 42

70 10

56

8

0

8 210 13.3

Tarasenko

80 19:03 33 33

66 15

17

6

0

5 306 10.8

Schwartz

62 19:23 24 35

59 15

26

6

1

3 157 15.3

Pietrangelo

78 25:44 15 39

54

8

22

3

0

5 216 6.9

Steen

76 18:41 15 31

46 -11

20

4

1

2 168 8.9

Parayko

82 22:36 6 29

35

-7

13

2

0

0 212 2.8

Brodziak

81 13:27 10 23

33 13

33

0

1

2 113 8.8

Sobotka

81 17:07 11 20

31 -6

50

0

1

4 136 8.1

Berglund

57 16:09 17 9

26 -5

30

3

1

4 112 15.2

Dunn

75

17:13 5 19

24

1

20

2

0

1 138 3.6

Upshall

63 10:51 7 12

19

-1

46

0

0

2

Jaskin

76 12:26 6 11

17

6

14

0

0

0 124 4.8

Edmundson

69 20:44 7 10

17

-1

57

0

0

0 124 5.6

Barbashev

53

13

-1

4

0

0

1

45 15.6

Bortuzzo

72 14:48 4 9

13 11

41

0

0

1

76 5.3

Gunnarsson

63 16:09 5 4

9 15

22

0

0

2

59 8.5

Thompson

41 11:55 3 6

9 -12

12

0

0

0

55 5.5

7

5

16

0

0

0

45 4.4

12:11 7 6

Bouwmeester 35 20:08 2

5

S S%

71 9.9

Thorburn

50

7:02

1 6

7 -4

60

0

0

0

35 2.9

Sundqvist

42 10:28

1 4

5 -5

14

0

0

0

41 2.4

Blais

11 10:46

1

2

3

1

6

1

0

0

9 11.1

Soshnikov

15 11:01

1

1

2 -2

4

0

0

0

17 5.9

Schmaltz

13 10:58 0

1

1

0

6

0

0

0

5

0

Bennett

6 10:48 0 0

0 -2

0

0

0

0

6

0

Megan

1

8:21 0 0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Butler

6 13:18 0 0

0

1

2

0

0

0

2

0

Reinke

1 13:05 0 0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

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SV SV% SO A PIM

MIN

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Pts 113 112 105 96 73 71 67 62

GF 296 270 277 248 217 209 221 199

GA 236 214 232 246 255 264 291 280

Home 29-10-2 28-8-5 29-10-2 27-11-3 16-16-9 18-14-9 16-19-6 11-25-5

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Div 18-8-2 18-8-2 17-8-3 17-8-3 8-16-4 13-10-5 10-14-4 11-14-3

Metropolitan y-Washington x-Pittsburgh x-Philadelphia x-Columbus x-New Jersey Carolina NY Islanders NY Rangers

GP 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82

L 26 29 26 30 29 35 37 39

OT 7 6 14 7 9 11 10 9

Pts 105 100 98 97 97 83 80 77

GF 259 272 251 242 248 228 264 231

GA 239 250 243 230 244 256 296 268

Home 28-11-2 30-9-2 22-13-6 26-12-3 23-14-4 19-16-6 19-18-4 21-16-4

Away 21-15-5 17-20-4 20-13-8 19-18-4 21-15-5 17-19-5 16-19-6 13-23-5

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OT 11 10 11 9 6 8 10

Pts 117 114 101 95 94 92 76

GF 267 277 253 257 226 235 229

GA 211 218 232 237 222 225 256

Home 28-9-4 32-7-2 27-6-8 28-11-2 24-17-0 26-12-3 18-18-5

Away 25-9-7 20-13-8 18-20-3 15-19-7 20-15-6 16-20-5 15-21-5

Div 18-5-3 15-9-2 13-12-1 13-10-3 11-12-3 12-14-0 9-14-3

Pacific y-Vegas x-Anaheim x-San Jose x-Los Angeles Calgary Edmonton Vancouver Arizona

OT 7 13 10 8 10 6 11 12

Pts 109 101 100 98 84 78 73 70

GF 272 235 252 239 218 234 218 208

GA 228 216 229 203 248 263 264 256

Home 29-10-2 26-10-5 25-13-3 23-15-3 17-20-4 19-18-4 16-18-7 16-21-4

Away 22-14-5 18-15-8 20-14-7 22-14-5 20-15-6 17-22-2 15-22-4 13-20-8

Div 20-6-3 15-7-7 21-5-3 13-11-5 12-14-3 16-11-2 9-17-3 10-12-7

GP 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82

W 49 47 42 45 44 36 35 34

W 51 44 45 45 37 36 31 29

L 24 25 27 29 35 40 40 41

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Alex Ovechkin, WSH Patrik Laine, WPG William Karlsson, VEG Evgeni Malkin, PIT Eric Staal, MIN Connor McDavid, EDM Anders Lee, NYI Tyler Seguin, DAL Taylor Hall, NJD Nikita Kucherov, TBL Nathan MacKinnon, COL John Tavares, NYI Jamie Benn, DAL James van Riemsdyk, TOR Anze Kopitar, LAK David Pastrnak, BOS Auston Matthews, TOR Brad Marchand, BOS Phil Kessel, PIT Claude Giroux, PHI Logan Couture, SJS Rickard Rakell, ANA

ASSISTS

1. Claude Giroux, PHI Blake Wheeler, WPG 3. Connor McDavid, EDM 4. Jakub Voracek, PHI 5. Mathew Barzal, NYI 6. Nikita Kucherov, TBL 7. Sidney Crosby, PIT Johnny Gaudreau, CGY 9. John Klingberg, DAL Steven Stamkos, TBL 11. Nathan MacKinnon, COL Phil Kessel, PIT 13. Anze Kopitar, LAK 14. Evgeny Kuznetsov, WSH Evgeni Malkin, PIT 16. Mikko Rantanen, COL Artemi Panarin, CBJ Brent Burns, SJS 19. Taylor Hall, NJD 20. Josh Bailey, NYI John Carlson, WSH Erik Karlsson, OTT

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49 44 43 42 42 41 40 40 39 39 39 37 36 36 35 35 34 34 34 34 34 34 68 68 67 65 63 61 60 60 59 59 58 58 57 56 56 55 55 55 54 53 53 53 108 102 100 98 97 93 92 92 91 89 87 86 85 85 85 84 84 84 83 82

PLUS/MINUS

1. William Karlsson, VEG 2. Jon Marchessault, VEG 3. Sean Couturier, PHI Yanni Gourde, TBL Josh Manson, ANA 6. Victor Hedman, TBL 7. Dustin Brown, LAK Reilly Smith, VEG 9. Anton Stralman, TBL 10. Claude Giroux, PHI 11. Patrik Nemeth, COL Filip Forsberg, NSH 13. Ryan Ellis, NSH Brayden McNabb, VEG 15. Auston Matthews, TOR Brad Marchand, BOS Mattias Ekholm, NSH 18. Roman Josi, NSH Matt Niskanen, WSH 20. Jonas Brodin, MIN Drew Doughty, LAK Artemi Panarin, CBJ

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GOALS PER GAME 212 187 126 123 112 111 103 98 94 92 88 87 87 84 83 83 82 82 82 80 355 335 332 307 306 287 285 284 279 278 278 277 274 270 268 261 257 257 256 253

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EVEN STRENGTH GOALS

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1. Connor McDavid, EDM 2. Alex Ovechkin, WSH 3. William Karlsson, VEG Nikita Kucherov, TBL 5. Eric Staal, MIN Auston Matthews, TOR 7. Anze Kopitar, LAK Evgeni Malkin, PIT 9. Nathan MacKinnon, COL Vladimir Tarasenko, STL 11. Rickard Rakell, ANA Anders Lee, NYI Jamie Benn, DAL 14. Claude Giroux, PHI Michael Grabner, 2TM Taylor Hall, NJD Brad Marchand, BOS Tyler Seguin, DAL James van Riemsdyk, TOR Jason Zucker, MIN

0.60 0.55 0.54 0.54 0.53 0.52 0.51 0.51 0.50 0.50

1. Patrik Laine, WPG 2. Alex Ovechkin, WSH 3. Patric Hornqvist, PIT Ryan O’Reilly, BUF Steven Stamkos, TBL 6. Mika Zibanejad, NYR Tyler Seguin, DAL Evgeni Malkin, PIT Anders Lee, NYI 10. Vincent Trocheck, FLA David Pastrnak, BOS aylor Hall, NJD Filip Forsberg, NSH 14. Erik Haula, VEG Nazem Kadri, TOR Phil Kessel, PIT Nathan MacKinnon, COL Mikko Rantanen, COL Sam Reinhart, BUF John Tavares, NYI

0.89 0.84 0.83 0.82 0.79 0.78 0.77 0.76 0.76 0.75 0.75 1.32 1.31 1.26 1.25 1.25 1.24 1.22 1.12 1.12 1.12

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Name, Team K. Appleby, New Jersey O. Dansk, Vegas L. Ullmark, Buffalo A. Hammond, Colorado C. Hutton, St. Louis C. McElhinney, Toronto M. Fleury, Vegas A. Raanta, Arizona C. Crawford, Chicago R. Berra, Anaheim P. Rinne, Nashville P. Grubauer, Washington R. Miller, Anaheim

GPI 3 4 5 2 32 18 46 47 28 5 59 35 28

MINS 124 168 240 58 1609 979 2673 2599 1583 181 3475 1864 1353

GOALTENDERS WIN RECORD Name, Team C. Hellebuyck, Winnipeg A. Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay P. Rinne, Nashville F. Andersen, Toronto S. Bobrovsky, Columbus D. Dubnyk, Minnesota B. Holtby, Washington T. Rask, Boston J. Quick, Los Angeles J. Gibson, Anaheim C. Talbot, Edmonton M. Jones, San Jose M. Fleury, Vegas

GPI 67 65 59 66 65 60 54 54 64 60 67 60 46

MINS 3965 3825 3475 3888 3911 3450 3067 3173 3677 3428 3730 3415 2673

W 44 44 42 38 37 35 34 34 33 31 31 30 29

GOALTENDERS SAVES RECORD Name, Team O. Dansk, Vegas K. Appleby, New Jersey A. Hammond, Colorado L. Ullmark, Buffalo C. McElhinney, Toronto C. Hutton, St. Louis A. Raanta, Arizona

GPI 4 3 2 5 18 32 47

MIN 168 124 58 240 979 1609 2599

GA 5 3 2 8 35 56 97

GA 3 5 8 2 56 35 100 97 60 7 134 73 53

SA 93 55 33 123 528 810 1388

GPI 59 65 67 66 53 65 60 64 46 60 60 29 28 39 44 53 35 18 26 55

MINS 3475 3825 3965 3888 2886 3911 3450 3677 2673 3428 3415 1595 1353 2096 2411 2852 1965 979 1496 3190

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Name, Team P. Rinne, Nashville A. Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay C. Hellebuyck, Winnipeg F. Andersen, Toronto B. Bishop, Dallas S. Bobrovsky, Columbus D. Dubnyk, Minnesota J. Quick, Los Angeles M. Fleury, Vegas J. Gibson, Anaheim M. Jones, San Jose D. Kuemper, Arizona R. Miller, Anaheim P. Mrazek, Philadelphia J. Reimer, Florida R. Lehner, Buffalo R. Luongo, Florida C. McElhinney, Toronto J. Saros, Nashville M. Smith, Calgary

AVG 1.45 1.78 2.0 2.03 2.09 2.15 2.24 2.24 2.27 2.31 2.31 2.35 2.35

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LIGHTNING TO STRIKE?

Tampa Bay looks loaded, but Pittsburgh is still strongest in the East

BY JEFF GORDON • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

METROPOLITAN DIVISION

ATLANTIC DIVISION TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 2017-18 RECORD • 54-23-5 COACH • Jon Cooper KEY NEWCOMERS • None KEY DEPARTURE • Chris Kunitz OUTLOOK • Julien BriseBois replaced Steve Yzerman as general manager before the start of training camp and inherited a powerful roster. BriseBois didn’t have much of a to-do list after moving up from assistant GM. Norris Trophy-winning defenseman Victor Hedman, winger Nikita Kucherov, goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy and centers Steven Stamkos and Brayden Point are all high-end performers.

Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat, Alex Killorn, J.T. Miller and Yanni Gourde offer offensive depth. Ryan McDonagh and Mikhail Sergachev arrived last season to bolster the blue line.

BOSTON BRUINS

2017-18 RECORD • 50-20-12 COACH • Bruce Cassidy KEY NEWCOMERS • Jaroslav Halak, John Moore, Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson KEY DEPARTURES • Rick Nash, Riley Nash, Adam McQuaid, Anton Khudobin, Tommy Wingels OUTLOOK • The Bruins have cycled in impressive young talent without resorting to the unpleasant tank-and-rebuild process.

Charlie McAvoy, Brandon Carlo, Danton Heinen, Jake DeBrusk, Ryan Donato, Anders Bjork and Forsbacka Karlsson have joined emerging superstar David Pastrnak in this movement. And veterans Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, Tuukka Rask and Torey Krug form an elite nucleus that has staying power. Will former Blues captain David Backes finally get his Stanley Cup?

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

2017-18 RECORD • 49-26-7 COACH • Mike Babcock KEY NEWCOMERS • John Tavares, Tyler Ennis KEY DEPARTURES • James van Riemsdyk, Tyler Bozak, Tomas Plekanec, Roman Polak, Leo Komarov, Matt Martin, Dominic Moore OUTLOOK • Long-suffering Maple Leafs fans have already begun jockeying for curb position for their anticipated Stanley Cup parade. The flashy Tavares signing has Toronto abuzz. But the team also subtracted van Riemsdyk and Bozak from last year’s explosive offense and did nothing to upgrade its so-so defensive corps. Goaltender Frederik Andersen will have to repeat his heroic performance from last season for Toronto to contend.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Kucherov

2017-18 RECORD • 47-29-6 COACH • Mike Sullivan KEY NEWCOMERS • Jack Johnson, Matt Cullen, Jimmy Hayes, Derek Grant KEY DEPARTURES • Conor Sheary, Tom Kuhnhackl, Carter Rowney OUTLOOK • Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are still two of the NHL’s elite centers, so the Penguins remain the team to beat in the Eastern Conference despite Washington’s Cup breakthrough. The emergence of winger Daniel Sprong and stronger play from veteran forward Derick Brassard could make the team even more explosive. Goaltender Matt Murray hopes to rebound from a difficult season, and Johnson should bolster the defensive corps after arriving in free agency.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS

Pastrnak

2017-18 RECORD • 42-26-12 COACH • Dave Hakstol KEY NEWCOMERS • James van Riemsdyk, Christian Frolin KEY DEPARTURES • Petr Mrazek, Matt Read, Valtteri Filppula, Brandon Manning OUTLOOK • The return of van Riemsdyk via free agency, the further development of young center Nolan Patrick and better health for winger Wayne Simmonds could result in a nice offensive boost. The franchise is grooming young Carter Hart to be the goaltender of the future, but meanwhile, prospect Anthony Stolarz will push stopgap veterans Brian Elliott and Michal Neuvirth for work while Alex Lyons recovers from a preseason injury. Will the Flyers find enough consistency in goal to contend?

Tavares

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS

Luongo

2017-18 RECORD • 44-30-8 COACH • Bob Boughner KEY NEWCOMERS • Mike Hoffman, Troy Brouwer, Bogdan Kiselevich KEY DEPARTURES • Harri Sateri, Radim Vrbata OUTLOOK • Their impressive 25-8-2 finish last season almost got them into the playoff bracket. It also set expectations for postseason play this season, with goaltender Roberto Luongo healthy again and Hoffman adding to an impressive Top 6 forward group. Aleksander Barkov, Vincent Trocheck, Jonathan Huberdeau, Evgenii Dadonov, Nick Bjugstad — that’s impressive firepower. Keith Yandle and Aaron Ekblad drive offense from the blue line, and Mike Matheson has big potential there as well.

DETROIT RED WINGS

2017-18 RECORD • 30-39-13 COACH • Jeff Blashill KEY NEWCOMERS • Thomas Vanek, Jonathan Bernier, Filip Zadina, Michael Rasmussen, Dennis Cholowski KEY DEPARTURES • Henrik Zetterberg, David Booth OUTLOOK • General manager Ken Holland waited too long to start the rebuild. In fact, by re-signing defenseman Mike Green and bringing back Vanek he proved he is still in denial about his team’s plight. But Zetterberg’s career-ending back condition underscored it. The Red Wings have promising talent up front, led by Dylan Larkin and Anthony Mantha, but they are woeful on the blue line. Sadly, they don’t have much on defense or in goal in the pipeline, either.

MONTREAL CANADIENS

2017-18 RECORD • 29-40-13 COACH • Claude Julien KEY NEWCOMERS • Max Domi, Tomas Tatar, Tomas Plekanec, Joel Armia, Jesperi Kotkaniemi KEY DEPARTURES • Max Pacioretty, Alex Galchenyuk OUTLOOK • General manager Marc Bergevin is one of the NHL’s good guys, but he is doing horrendous work with the Canadiens. He made a series of disastrous trades, subtracting, among others, 30-goal scorers Galchenyuk and Pacioretty.

Bergevin refuses to admit the franchise faces a complete rebuild. But it does — with long-term contracts for goaltender Carey Price (eight years, $84 million) and defenseman Shea Weber ($7.86 million salary cap hit until 2026) complicating things. On the bright side, Kotkaniemi, a center picked third overall in the 2018 draft, could be a building block.

OTTAWA SENATORS

2017-18 RECORD • 28-43-11 COACH • Guy Boucher KEY NEWCOMERS • Brady Tkachuk, Chris Tierney, Mikkel Boedker, Dylan DeMelo KEY DEPARTURES • Erik Karlsson, Mike Hoffman, Alex Burrows OUTLOOK • Owner Eugene Melnyk donned a Senators sweater for a goofy video announcing a total franchise makeover, starting from scratch. The Karlsson trade followed soon after. Impending free agents Matt Duchene and Mark Stone could be the next to go. Goaltender Craig Anderson would welcome a trade, too. Fans might feel better about this tank-and-rebuild scheme if the Senators hadn’t lost their top pick in the 2019 draft to Colorado in the Duchene trade. The youngest Tkachuk will have his hands full helping this team compete.

2017-18 RECORD • 45-30-7 COACH • John Tortorella KEY NEWCOMERS • Riley Nash, Anthony Duclair KEY DEPARTURES • Jack Johnson, Ian Cole, Thomas Vanek, Matt Calvert OUTLOOK • Winger Artemi Panarin could become an unrestricted free agent after this season. So could goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. During training camp neither appeared close to signing a new deal in Columbus. Their status hangs over this team as it aims, once again, to finally make a deep playoff run. Former Blues executives John Davidson and Jarmo Kekalainen face a dilemma. Do they go “all in” this season by keeping these guys or do they try to get something for them before they go to market?

NEW JERSEY DEVILS

BUFFALO SABRES

2017-18 RECORD • 25-45-12 COACH • Phil Housley KEY NEWCOMERS • Rasmus Dahlin, Jeff Skinner, Conor Sheary, Carter Hutton, Patrik Berglund, Vladimir Sobotka, Tage Thompson, Matt Hunwick, Lawrence Pilut KEY DEPARTURES • Ryan O’Reilly, Robin Lehner, ChadJohnson, Jordan Nolan, Benoit Pouliot OUTLOOK • The Sabres will miss O’Reilly, of course, but they added a mother lode of talent — including four former Blues.

Hutton brings stability in goal, and Berglund, Sobotka and Thompson add depth at forward. Skinner provides pure goalscoring ability on the wing, and Dahlin, the first overall pick in the latest NHL draft, is a generational talent on defense. Sam Reinhart, Rasmus Ristolainen, Casey Mittelstadt, Alexander Nylander ... this team is loaded with impressive young talent.

Holtby

2017-18 RECORD • 49-26-7 COACH • Todd Reirden KEY NEWCOMERS • Ilya Samsonov, Nic Dowd KEY DEPARTURES • Philipp Grubauer, Jay Beagle OUTLOOK • After winning the Stanley Cup, the Capitals lost coach Barry Trotz to the Islanders. But new coach Todd Reirden, a former Blues defenseman who served as Trotz’s top aide last season, returns almost the entire team for its title defense. To avoid the dreaded Cup hangover the Capitals must get a bounce-back season from goaltender Braden Holtby and more scoring from young forwards Jakub Vrana and Andre Burakovsky.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

FLORIDA PANTHERS

Crosby

2017-18 RECORD • 44-29-9 COACH • John Hynes KEY NEWCOMERS • Eric Gryba, Egor Yakovlev KEY DEPARTURES • Patrick Maroon, Michael Grabner, Drew Stafford, Jimmy Hayes, John Moore OUTLOOK • Last year, winger Taylor Hall carried the Devils with his MVP performance, breaking out with 93 points.

New Jersey will need progression from young forwards Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt and Pavel Zacha, improvement from second-year defenseman Will Butcher and a strong injury comeback from goaltender Cory Schneider to stay in the playoff hunt. Management essentially stood pat during the summer.

van Riemsdyk

Panarin

Hall

Hutton

CAROLINA HURRICANES

2017-18 RECORD • 36-34-11 COACH • Rod Brind’Amour KEY NEWCOMERS • Doug Hamilton, Michael Ferland, Martin Necas, Andrei Svechnikov, Calvin de Haan, Petr Mrazek KEY DEPARTURES • Jeff Skinner, Noah Hanifin, Elias Lindholm, Cam Ward, Derek Ryan OUTLOOK • Owner Tom Dundon fired general manager Ron Francis, slid Don Waddell from the business side into the GM chair and ordered sweeping changes. Brind’Amour, a yesteryear Blues forward, took over as coach. The Hurricanes overhauled their roster through free agency, the draft and a big trade with Calgary. But their season hinges on a bounceback year from goaltender Scott Darling or a breakthrough from the newcomer Mrazek in net.

Larkin

Mrazek

NEW YORK RANGERS

2017-18 RECORD • 34-39-9 COACH • David Quinn KEY NEWCOMERS • Adam McQuaid, Cody McLeod, Fredrik Claesson, Ville Meskanen, Michael Lindqvist KEY DEPARTURES • David Desharnais, Ondrej Pavelec OUTLOOK • A lot went wrong for the Rangers last season, including the knee injury suffered by former Blues defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk. So management elected to hit the reset button, trading off veterans to acquire prospects and draft picks and hiring Quinn from the college ranks. The franchise is banking on Quinn to mold prospects like centers Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil and rebuild the team nucleus with youth.

Kotkaniemi

Andersson

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Tkachuk

2017-18 RECORD • 35-37-10 COACH • Barry Trotz KEY NEWCOMERS • Matt Martin, Leo Komarov, Valtteri Filppula, Robin Lehner KEY DEPARTURES • John Tavares, Calvin de Haan, Jaroslav Halak OUTLOOK • After failing to re-sign Tavares, the Islanders embarked a long-haul rebuild with new general manager Lou Lamoriello and the new coach, Trotz. Center Mathew Barzal and defensemen Ryan Pulock are the cornerstones. Both are stars in the making. Will the Islanders sign impending freeagent forwards Jordan Eberle and Anders Lee to new deals or trade them for more prospects and picks?

Pulock

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SAN JOSE KNOWS WAY

Sharks look very strong, as do the Predators over in the Central

BY JEFF GORDON • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

PACIFIC DIVISION

CENTRAL DIVISION

SAN JOSE SHARKS

NASHVILLE PREDATORS 2017-18 RECORD • 53-18-11 COACH • Peter Laviolette KEY NEWCOMERS • Dan Hamhuis, Zac Rinaldo KEY DEPARTURES • Scott Hartnell, Mike Fisher, Alexei Emelin OUTLOOK • This Cup contender is built on its skilled defensive corps, led by P.K. Subban, Roman Josi, Ryan Ellis and Mattias Ekholm. The No. 1 forward line of Ryan Johansen centering Filip Forsberg and either Viktor Arvidsson or Kevin Fiala will rank among the best. Goaltender Pekka Rinne is still elite at 35 going on 36, and Juuse Saros offers high-end protection. If elite forward prospect Eeli Tolvanen can add some scoring depth, Nashville could grab another Western Conference title.

2017-18 RECORD • 45-27-10 COACH • Peter DeBoer KEY NEWCOMER • Erik Karlsson KEY DEPARTURES • Chris Tierney, Joel Ward, Eric Fehr, Jannik Hansen, Mikkel Boedker, Dylan DeMelo OUTLOOK • With the addition of Karlsson and the return of center Joe Thornton to full strength, the Sharks rank among the Stanley Cup favorites. A full season of Evander Kane ripping bombs off the wing will help, too. Defenseman Brett Burns and forwards Logan Couture and Joe Pavelski are established scorers, and Tomas Hertl, Timo Meier and Kevin Lebanc are developing into a nice supporting cast. The time is now for the Sharks.

Subban

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS

WINNIPEG JETS

2017-18 RECORD • 52-20-10 COACH • Paul Maurice KEY NEWCOMERS • Laurent Brossoit, Kristian Vesalainen KEY DEPARTURES • Paul Stastny, Tobias Enstrom, Joel Armia, Matt Hendricks, Steve Mason OUTLOOK • The Jets lost rental center Stastny to free agency, but Bryan Little or prospect Jack Roslovic could slide nicely into the second forward line and keep the machinery running. This loaded team could actually improve if top center Mark Scheifele stays healthy, Patrik Laine gets more playing time and 31-goal scorer Kyle Connor keeps improving during his second full NHL season. Of course, goaltender Connor Hellebuyck will have to prove that last season’s breakout wasn’t a fluke.

Connor

2017-18 RECORD • 44-32-6 COACH • Mike Yeo KEY NEWCOMERS • Ryan O’Reilly, Tyler Bozak, David Perron, Patrick Maroon, Robert Thomas, Chad Johnson, Jordan Kyrou KEY DEPARTURES • Carter Hutton, Patrik Berglund, Tage Thompson, Vladimir Sobotka, Kyle Brodziak, Scottie Upshall OUTLOOK • If Robby Fabbri makes it back from his second major operation on the same knee, the Blues will have added a half-dozen forwards with Top 6 skills to their lines.

They can assemble four forward lines with scoring punch as well as two balanced power-play units. But defensemen Jay Bouwmeester and Carl Gunnarsson are question marks coming back from major surgery, and goaltender Jake Allen still has to prove he can elevate this team.

Fabbri

2017-18 RECORD • 44-25-13 COACH • Randy Carlyle KEY NEWCOMERS • Luke Schenn, Brian Gibbons, Andrej Sustr, Sam Steel, Anton Rodin, Carter Rowney KEY DEPARTURES • Francois Beauchemin, Antoine Vermette, Derek Grant, Kevin Bieksa. J.T. Brown, Jason Chimera OUTLOOK • The Ducks hope veterans Ryan Kesler (hip injury) and Patrick Eaves (career-threatening virus) can come back and add offensive depth. Veteran winger Corey Perry is fading, but center Ryan Getzlaf is still a point-per-game playmaker. Rickard Rakell broke out as a major scoring threat last season, and it could be Ondrej Kase’s turn to do the same. The Ducks are solid on the blue line and in goal, where John Gibson is supported by former Blues short-timer Ryan Miller.

Parise

Bishop

2017-18 RECORD • 42-32-8 COACH • Jim Montgomery KEY NEWCOMERS • Valeri Nichuskin, Miro Heiskanen, Anton Khudobin, Blake Comeau, Roman Polak KEY DEPARTURES • Kari Lehtonen, Antoine Roussel, Dan Hamhuis, Greg Pateryn OUTLOOK • Montgomery, a former Blues center, arrived from the college ranks to replace Ken Hitchcock. Montgomery wants to develop a puck-control offense. The arrival of offensive defenseman Heiskanen, a third overall draft pick, will make the process easier. So could the return of Nichuskin from the KHL. But can Our Town’s Ben Bishop stay healthy in goal, and can Montgomery find more supplemental scoring in his bottom two lines?

Getzlaf

Neal

2017-18 RECORD • 37-35-10 COACH • Bill Peters KEY NEWCOMERS • Noah Hanifin, James Neal, Elias Lindholm, Austin Czarnik, Derek Ryan, Dillon Dube KEY DEPARTURES • Doug Hamilton, Michael Ferland, Troy Brouwer, Matt Stajan OUTLOOK • Peters, the new coach, will try to give the Flames a new look. He arrived with a reputation for building strong defensive structure, but he failed to elevate the Hurricanes during his time there. He had input on the acquisition of Hanifin and Lindholm from Carolina as part of this team’s facelift. Neal adds another 25-goal threat to the offense, and Our Town’s Matthew Tkachuk could fulfill his destiny as the next Brad Marchand.

ARIZONA COYOTES

COLORADO AVALANCHE

2017-18 RECORD • 33-39-10 COACH • Joel Quenneville KEY NEWCOMERS • Marcus Kruger, Cam Ward, Chris Kunitz, Brandon Manning KEY DEPARTURES • Vinny Hinostroza, Anthony Duclair, Jordan Oesterle OUTLOOK • Dylan Sikura is the next exciting young forward to blend into the attack, joining Nick Schmaltz and Alex DeBrincat. This trio offers hope of better things to come. But the Stanley Cup-winning core of Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook has faded, and goaltender Corey Crawford is still battling post-concussion syndrome. Trading Artemi Panarin to regain Brandon Saad was a huge mistake. The Blackhawks have woeful depth at every position.

Kovalchuk

CALGARY FLAMES

DALLAS STARS

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS

2017-18 RECORD • 45-29-8 COACH • John Stevens KEY NEWCOMER • Ilya Kovalchuk KEY DEPARTURES • Tobias Rieder, Torrey Mitchell OUTLOOK • The 35-year-old Kovalchuk arrived from the KHL to add skill and age to a team featuring plenty of both. Anze Kopitar (31), Alec Martinez (31), Jonathan Quick (32), Jeff Carter (33), Dustin Brown (33) and Dion Phaneuf (33) — along with Drew Doughty, with 770 regular-season games played at 28 — form one of the NHL’s older cores. Needless to say this team is feeling the urgency to win now. But can it keep up with the league’s increasingly brisk pace?

ANAHEIM DUCKS

MINNESOTA WILD

2017-18 RECORD • 43-30-9 COACH • Jared Bednar KEY NEWCOMERS • Philipp Grubauer, Ian Cole, Matt Calvert KEY DEPARTURES • Jonathan Bernier, Blake Comeau OUTLOOK • The surprising Avalanche rode the explosive top line of Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen all the way into postseason play last season. Now they are counting on sturdier goaltending, with Grubauer pushing injury-prone Semyon Varlamov for the starting role.

They also are banking on further development from offensive defenseman Sam Girard and young forwards Tyson Jost, Alexander Kerfoot and Vladislav Kamenev.

Stastny

LOS ANGELES KINGS

ST. LOUIS BLUES

2017-18 RECORD • 45-26-11 COACH • Bruce Boudreau KEY NEWCOMERS • Eric Fehr, J.T. Brown, Greg Pateryn, Matt Hendricks KEY DEPARTURES • Tyler Ennis, Matt Cullen OUTLOOK • New general manager Paul Fenton largely stood pat with the entrenched veterans — the guys who got previous GM Chuck Fletcher fired through repeated postseason failure. So Ryan Suter, Zach Parise, Mikko Koivu, Eric Staal and Devan Dubnyk will get one more shot at making a deep playoff run. The Wild need further growth from winger Jason Zucker and defenseman Matt Dumba, plus contributions from young forwards Jordan Greenway and Joel Eriksson Ek to keep up in this challenging division.

2017-18 RECORD • 51-27-4 COACH • Gerard Gallant KEY NEWCOMERS • Max Pacioretty, Paul Stastny, Nick Holden, Daniel Carr KEY DEPARTURES • James Neal, David Perron, Tomas Tatar OUTLOOK • So much for the slow build-up. After the Golden Knights shocked the NHL by playing for the Stanley Cup last season, general manager George McPhee stayed aggressive this summer. He signed Stastny, the former Blues center, as a free agent and acquired Pacioretty from Montreal. Losing defenseman Nate Schmidt to a 20-game suspension was a tough break, but defenseman Shea Theodore could break out. William Karlsson (43 goals) and Erik Haula (29 goals) will suffer reality checks, yet Vegas has enough depth to contend again.

Karlsson

MacKinnon

Galchenyuk

2017-18 RECORD • 29-41-12 COACH • Rick Tocchet KEY NEWCOMERS • Alex Galchenyuk, Vinnie Hinostroza, Michael Grabner, Jordan Oesterle KEY DEPARTURES • Max Domi, Jordan Martinhook OUTLOOK • Adding the goal-scoring Galchenyuk in a trade for the playmaking Domi was a big upgrade. Hinostroza was a nice acquisition from Chicago, the reward for absorbing Marian Hossa’s contract. Galchenyuk and Hinostroza join Clayton Keller, Christian Dvorak, Brendan Perlini, Christian Fischer and Dylan Strome in an impressive group of young forwards. And Grabner joins the solid veteran core of goaltender Antti Raanta, defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson and center Derek Stepan.

EDMONTON OILERS

Sikura

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS

McDavid

2017-18 RECORD • 36-40-6 COACH • Todd McLellan KEY NEWCOMERS • Mikko Koskinen, Kyle Brodziak, Tobias Rieder KEY DEPARTURES • Iiro Pakarinen, Laurent Brossoit, Mike Cammalleri OUTLOOK • Things were looking bad for this team even before key defenseman Andrej Sekera injured an Achilles tendon during summer training. The Oilers are dreadful on the blue line, and they lack scoring punch beyond Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. They are counting on offense from former Blues prospect Ty Rattie. General manager Peter Chiarelli subtracted talented wingers Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle in disastrous trades and lavished a seven-year, $42 million contract on lumbering Milan Lucic. How does Chiarelli still have a job?

VANCOUVER CANUCKS

2017-18 RECORD • 31-40-11 COACH • Travis Green KEY NEWCOMERS • Elias Pettersson, Antoine Roussel, Jay Beagle, Tim Schaller KEY DEPARTURES • Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin OUTLOOK • The timing was perfect. The Sedin twins bowed out gracefully after last season, retiring before their game eroded to an unrecognizable level. Pettersson, their top prospect, arrived for this season, joining Brock Boeser, Bo Horvat, Sven Baertschi and Nikolay Goldobin in the new offensive nucleus. Down the road Olli Juolevi and Quinn Hughes could bolster the thin defensive corps. Jonathan Dahlen could add scoring depth some day as the rebuild races ahead.

Jeff Gordon • 314-340-8175 @gordoszone on Twitter jgordon@post-dispatch.com

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