The Blues' home opener in 2024 was, to say the least, embarrassing. On October 15th, 2024, the Blues not only lost 4–1 to the Minnesota Wild, but the Wild’s goaltender Filip Gustavsson put the icing on the cake by scoring an empty net goal. First and foremost, I believe this will be a statement game—a message to the fans that they won’t be pushed around in their own house.
“The Tarasenkshow”
While I am admittedly a die-hard Blues fan, I’m also a hockey enthusiast, and Vladimir Tarasenko, now with the Minnesota Wild, was an elite goal scorer with the St.