On Thursday, veteran defenseman Marco Scandella announced his retirement following 14 NHL seasons. The 35-year-old spent the bulk of his career patrolling the blue line for the Minnesota Wild.
Former St. Louis Blues defenseman Marco Scandella has announced his retirement after 14 NHL seasons. The Blues shared the news Thursday on their social media channels.
Marco Scandella is an NHL veteran who played 15 seasons in the league and was able to amass over 700 games worth of experience, while also notching a total of 170 points.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
The St. Louis Blues entered the season with a glut of veteran defensemen. They brought in Ryan Suter to fill out their blue line with Stanley Cup winner Torey Krug out long-term and fellow veteran Nick Leddy dealing with his own health issues.
There are still defenders who played a regular shift in 2023-24 who aren’t signed and could provide some depth for a team looking for a veteran presence.
The easy thing to do or tonight's St. Louis Blues player to watch would be to insert Kevin Hayes in here, since it's his first game back in Philadelphia to face the Flyers.
The St. Louis Blues find themselves back in a competitive spot at the midpoint of the 2023-24 season. Thus, the Blues could shake things up ahead of the NHL trade deadline.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
The up-and-down season continues for the St. Louis Blues after going 2-2-0 over the last week with wins over the Arizona Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks, and losses to the Nashville Predators and Minnesota Wild.
Hockey fandom was in an unusual frenzy for a Sunday in mid-June thanks to teams unveiling their lists of protected players ahead of the expansion draft.