Hannu Toivonen will get the start in net tonight for the Blues, who are trying to win games but also prepare for next season.

Will Hannu Toivonen be the backup to Manny Legace in 2008-09? That could be decided with…

Blues rookie David Perron is being treated like a Beatle here in Montreal. The native of nearby Sherbrooke, Quebec, was on every television screen in town last night and today he must have done 15 interviews at the Bell Centre,…

Blues defenseman Jay McKee suffered a bruised right foot in the team’s 7-3 loss to Calgary last night and he will not be in the lineup tonight. McKee, who was limping this morning as he left the rink, is listed as day-to-day.…

Blues forward Keith Tkachuk is expected to miss tonight’s game in Calgary with a sore left shoulder.

Tkachuk re-aggravated an old injury when he and Jay McKee collided in the second period of Saturday’s 4-2 loss to Vancouver.

“I’m not…

Blues forward Martin Rucinsky will not be in the lineup tonight, a sign that the team is ready to give as much ice time as it can to players who will be in the fold next season.

Rucinsky, 37, will be…

The trade deadline has come and gone and Ryan Johnson is still in a Blues’ uniform. That’s because the Blues weren’t worried about losing an asset for nothing this summer. They want to keep Johnson, and though a contract extension…

The Blues look like they’ll miss the NHL playoffs for the third straight season. In all three years, they were sellers at the trading deadline. Let’s look at what the team did after the deadline:

2005-06: The Blues traded Doug Weight, Mike Sillinger and…

Let’s take a lap around the NHL . . .

BUFFALO: The Sabres let Jay McKee, Daniel Briere and Chris Drury leave town without receiving anything in return. The team couldn’t let the same happen with Brian Campbell. After he turned…

The Blues will be trying to make up nearly 40 minutes of ice time per game, following the trades of Bryce Salvador and Christian Backman. Salvador was playing 19:38 per game and Backman was playing 19:22.In Tuesday night’s 3-1 loss…

I know a lot of you are scratching your heads about the trade of Bryce Salvador to New Jersey for feisty forward - and St. Louisan - Cam Janssen. I’m going to hold off judgement until this afternoon when we talk to…