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Potential job titles for Brett Hull
St. Louis Blues hockey great Brett Hull is going to be a member of Tom Stillman's front office somehow. Doing what, we're not really sure, but he'll be working for the franchise that most hockey fans remember him playing for. Yeah, yeah, Cups in Dallas and Detroit, but individual records were set while a member of the Blues. Heck, the Scottrade Center's even on Brett...
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Musings on the Blues' season and the playoffs
Yeah, this is a pretty good summary of that last series.
Hi there. You might remember me from such blogs as SB Nation St. Louis, Puck Drunk Love, and St. Louis Game Time. Sometimes, I even post here. You know, on the blog that I own. Apologies for the slowness in posts, six loyal readers. I always have found it a cruel irony that hockey season ends around the time that work finally...
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Local group introduced as teams owners
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman gave his stamp of approval to the new St. Louis Blues ownership, saying the franchise's financial picture is much improved.
Bettman spent time at the podium alongside Tom Stillman, a beer distributor who heads an all-local ownership group, at a news conference Thursday.
Stillman introduced 16 major investors including his father-in-law, former...
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5 days ago
Bettman introduces new Blues owners
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- NHL commissioner Gary Bettman gave his stamp of approval to the new St. Louis Blues ownership, saying the franchise's financial picture is much improved.
Bettman spent time at the podium alongside Tom Stillman, a beer distributor who heads an all-local ownership group, at a news conference Thursday.
Stillman introduced 16 major investors including his father...
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5 days ago
Introducing The Blues New Ownership Group
St. Louis – The St. Louis Blues have been purchased by an all-local group led by Tom Stillman, previously a minority owner of the club. The new ownership group includes several prominent business and civic leaders.
“We are honored and humbled to take ownership of the St. Louis Blues,” said Stillman. “Our new ownership group is 100 percent local, and we...
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After purchase, Stillman's work has just begun
ST. LOUIS From beer to the Blues, Tom Stillman's work has just begun.
He stabilized a franchise after its two-year search for a new owner. He represents a future that could build upon gains from last season. He offers local ties and a hockey background that allowed him to become a regular at the St. Louis Blues' alumni skate sessions.
But can his group extend the Blues...
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6 days ago
NHL Board of Governors OKs sale of St. Louis Blues
The NHL Board of Governors has approved the sale of the St. Louis Blues to a group headed by St. Louis beer distributor Tom Stillman, the league announced Wednesday.
The sale price was not disclosed, but is believed to be about $130 million.
The Stillman group will become the eighth owner of the Blues since the franchise came into existence in 1966. The group is buying the team...
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6 days ago
Sale of Blues all but finalized
ST. LOUIS The St. Louis Blues are close to making their new ownership official.
On Tuesday, the NHLs Board of Governors unanimously approved a bid from a group led by Tom Stillman, CEO of Summit Distributing in St. Louis. The local investors will reportedly pay an estimated 130 million for the club in addition to the American Hockey Leagues Peoria (Ill.) Rivermen and a large interest...
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6 days ago
St. Louis Blues’ sale should officially close on Thursday
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Jeremy Rutherford, the NHL will formally announce that a group of investors led by Tom Stillman have purchased the St. Louis Blues today, and the announcement may or may not include the presences of both Gary Bettman and one Brett Hull, who’s rumored to be leaving the Stars to join St. Louis’s management team:
On Tuesday...
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Blues can grow from lessons gained in sweep
ST. LOUIS A season that offered hope came to an abrupt end, but it could mean opportunity.
On Sunday, the St. Louis Blues' best campaign in more than a decade closed with black streamers falling from rafters in Staples Center and the message, "KINGS WIN!" flashing on the scoreboard above center ice. The Los Angeles Kings completed a sweep in the best-of-seven Western...
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8 days ago
Blues get beat at its own game
After winning four consecutive games over San Jose and escaping the first round of the NHL playoffs, the Blues were eliminated in four straight against the Los Angeles Kings, bowing out in the Western Conference semifinals Sunday.
They fell 3-1 to L.A., which dominated the series in every aspect. The Blues managed only six goals against Kings goalie Jonathan Quick and were 0-for...
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8 days ago
Jaroslav Halak will not return against Kings
The St. Louis Blues have announced that goalie Jaroslav Halak will miss the remainder of the Blues second round series with the Los Angeles Kings. - Photo courtesy of Getty Images
On a night that saw the Los Angeles Kings score four first period goals and five total in a 5-2 defeat of the St. Louis Blues in game two of the Western Conference semifinals, Blues fans got more bad news...
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Blues upset with King's hit on Pietrangelo
The Blues dropped Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals 3-1 to Los Angeles Saturday night and they might have lost defenseman Alex Pietrangelo.
Pietrangelo left the game in the second period with a possible concussion after being shoved into the boards by LA's D.J. King. King received a two-minute minor penalty for boarding, and on the Blues' power play, LA scored...
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15 days ago
Pietrangelo injury could be big loss for Blues
ST. LOUIS - Few teams in the NHL suffered as many key injuries as the St. Louis Blues did during the regular season. Saturday night in a 3-1 loss to the L.A. Kings in Game 1 of the second round, the Blues may have taken their biggest hit yet.
Defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, the Blues leader in ice time in both the regular season and playoffs, left with 1:13 to play in the second period...
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17 days ago
Blues' goalie Halak out two games vs. Kings
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak will not play in the first two games of the upcoming second-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings.
Blues coach Ken Hitchcock disclosed his decision Monday.
Halak was injured in the second game of the Blues' first-round series against San Jose, leaving with an undisclosed lower-body injury that is believed to...
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