2021 is finally, blessedly here, and with it, hockey. The Blues’ camp begins on Sunday, and on-ice drills begin Monday. The new season begins in Colorado on January 13th.
There are, as always, questions heading into the new season; this year some of the questions are ones that the fans and the franchise would love to probably have avoided. The Blues not only had the pressure of adjusting their defense with the loss of Jay Bouwmeester, they also had to make changes to accommodate the loss of Alex Pietrangelo in free agency. Later in the off-season, Alexander Steen announced his retirement, opening up both cap space and a hole in team leadership.