2004–05 St. Louis Blues season

The 2004–05 St. Louis Blues season was the 38th for the National Hockey League franchise. However, its games were cancelled because of the lockout, that lasted from September 16, 2004 until July 22, 2005.

2004–05 St. Louis Blues
DivisionCentral
ConferenceWestern
2004–05 recordDid not play
Team information
General managerLarry Pleau
CoachMike Kitchen
CaptainVacant
ArenaSavvis Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Worcester IceCats
Peoria Rivermen

Schedule

The Blues preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.[1]

2004–05 schedule[2]
Preseason
GameDateOpponent
1September 24Nashville Predators
2September 25@ Nashville Predators
3September 28Dallas Stars
4October 2Chicago Blackhawks
5October 8@ Chicago Blackhawks
6October 9@ Dallas Stars
Regular season
GameDateOpponent
1October 15Chicago Blackhawks
2October 16@ Nashville Predators
3October 20@ Vancouver Canucks
4October 21@ Calgary Flames
5October 23@ Edmonton Oilers
6October 26Buffalo Sabres
7October 29@ New Jersey Devils
8October 30San Jose Sharks
9November 1Columbus Blue Jackets
10November 4New York Islanders
11November 6Montreal Canadiens
12November 8@ Philadelphia Flyers
13November 11Colorado Avalanche
14November 13Anaheim Mighty Ducks
15November 17@ Minnesota Wild
16November 18@ Colorado Avalanche
17November 20@ Phoenix Coyotes
18November 23Calgary Flames
19November 26@ Columbus Blue Jackets
20November 27Detroit Red Wings
21December 1@ Florida Panthers
22December 2@ Tampa Bay Lightning
23December 4Los Angeles Kings
24December 6@ Detroit Red Wings
25December 8Nashville Predators
26December 9@ Pittsburgh Penguins
27December 11Columbus Blue Jackets
28December 15@ Dallas Stars
29December 16Pittsburgh Penguins
30December 18Phoenix Coyotes
31December 22@ Washington Capitals
32December 23@ Boston Bruins
33December 26Detroit Red Wings
34December 28Toronto Maple Leafs
35December 30Colorado Avalanche
36December 31@ Columbus Blue Jackets
37January 2Los Angeles Kings
38January 4Vancouver Canucks
39January 6Edmonton Oilers
40January 8Minnesota Wild
41January 10@ Nashville Predators
42January 12@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
43January 15@ San Jose Sharks
44January 17@ Phoenix Coyotes
45January 20Washington Capitals
46January 22Chicago Blackhawks
47January 24@ New York Rangers
48January 25@ Buffalo Sabres
49January 29Phoenix Coyotes
50January 30@ Chicago Blackhawks
51February 1Columbus Blue Jackets
52February 3Carolina Hurricanes
53February 5Dallas Stars
54February 7@ Minnesota Wild
55February 9@ Colorado Avalanche
56February 10Anaheim Mighty Ducks
57February 15Nashville Predators
58February 17@ Detroit Red Wings
59February 19Dallas Stars
60February 21San Jose Sharks
61February 24Vancouver Canucks
62February 26@ Los Angeles Kings
63February 27@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
64March 1Calgary Flames
65March 3Edmonton Oilers
66March 5@ Columbus Blue Jackets
67March 6@ Chicago Blackhawks
68March 10@ Vancouver Canucks
69March 12@ Calgary Flames
70March 15@ Edmonton Oilers
71March 17@ San Jose Sharks
72March 19@ Los Angeles Kings
73March 22Ottawa Senators
74March 24@ Detroit Red Wings
75March 26Atlanta Thrashers
76March 29Detroit Red Wings
77March 31Minnesota Wild
78April 2@ Nashville Predators
79April 3Nashville Predators
80April 6@ Chicago Blackhawks
81April 9Chicago Blackhawks
82April 10@ Dallas Stars

Transactions

The Blues were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.[3]

Trades
Date Details Ref
June 25, 2004 To St. Louis Blues
Jason Bacashihua		 To Dallas Stars
Rights to Shawn Belle		 [4]
June 27, 2004 To St. Louis Blues
Patrick Lalime		 To Ottawa Senators
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2005		 [5]

Players acquired
DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)Jon DiSalvatoreCleveland Barons (AHL)Free agency[6]
Andy RoachAdler Mannheim (DEL)Free agency[6]
Patrick WellarCalgary Hitmen (WHL)Free agency[7]
Dennis WidemanLondon Knights (OHL)Free agency[7]

Players lost
DatePlayerNew teamVia[lower-alpha 1]Ref
June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)Brian SavagePhoenix CoyotesWaivers[9]
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)Murray Baron[lower-alpha 2]Contract expiration (III)[8]
Mike Danton[lower-alpha 3]Contract expiration (UFA)[8]
Jeff Finley[lower-alpha 4]Contract expiration (III)[8]
Al MacInnis[lower-alpha 5]Contract expiration (III)[8]
Chris Osgood[lower-alpha 6]Contract expiration (III)[8]
Scott Pellerin[lower-alpha 7]Contract expiration (III)[8]
July 26, 2004 (2004-07-26)Scott MellanbyAtlanta ThrashersFree agency (III)[16]
July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28)Steve McLarenTampa Bay LightningFree agency (VI)[17]
August 13, 2004 (2004-08-13)Pascal RheaumeNew Jersey DevilsFree agency (III)[18]
August 15, 2004 (2004-08-15)Marc BrownAugsburger Panther (DEL)Free agency (VI)[19]
August 23, 2004 (2004-08-23)Ryan ReadyPhiladelphia FlyersFree agency (VI)[20]
September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07)Steve MartinsJYP Jyvaskyla (Liiga)Free agency (III)[21]
Jeff PanzerColumbus Blue JacketsWaivers[22]
September 17, 2004 (2004-09-17)Pavol DemitraHK Dukla Trencin (Slovakia)Free agency (UFA)[23]
October 7, 2004 (2004-10-07)Cody RudkowskyReading Royals (ECHL)Free agency (VI)[24]

Signings
DatePlayerTermContract typeRef
June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)Eric BogunieckiRe-signing[25]
Trevor ByrneRe-signing[26]
Reinhard DivisRe-signing[25]
Blake EvansRe-signing[26]
Mike GlumacRe-signing[26]
Aaron MacKenzieRe-signing[26]
John PohlRe-signing[26]
Mark RycroftRe-signing[25]
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)Dallas DrakeRe-signing[27]
Alexander KhavanovRe-signing[27]
D. J. KingEntry-level[7]
Ryan JohnsonRe-signing[28]
July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06)Eric WeinrichRe-signing[29]
July 12, 2004 (2004-07-12)Mike SillingerRe-signing[30]
July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15)Patrick Lalime1-year[lower-alpha 8]Re-signing[31]
Jamal Mayers1-yearRe-signing[31]
July 30, 2004 (2004-07-30)Chris Pronger1-yearRe-signing[32]
August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05)Petr CajanekRe-signing[33]
September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10)Christian BackmanRe-signing[34]
Chris Beckford-TseuEntry-level[34]
Erkki RajamakiEntry-level[34]
Curtis SanfordRe-signing[34]
Konstantin ZakharovEntry-level[34]
September 13, 2004 (2004-09-13)Barret JackmanRe-signing[35]

Draft picks

St. Louis' picks at the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 26–27, 2004.[36]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league)
117Marek SchwarzGoaltender Czech RepublicSparta Prague (Czech Extraliga)
249Carl SoderbergCenter SwedenMalmö Redhawks (SEL)
383Viktor AlexandrovRight wing KazakhstanMetallurg Novokuznetsk (RSL)
4116Michal BirnerLeft wing Czech RepublicSlavia Prague Jr. (Czech Republic)
5136Nikita NikitinDefense RussiaAvangard Omsk Jr. (Russia)
6180Roman PolakDefense Czech RepublicHC Vítkovice Jr. (Czech Republic)
7211David FredrikssonWing SwedenHV71 Jr. (Sweden)
9277Jonathan BoutinRight wing CanadaShawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)

Notes
  1. In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[8]
  2. Baron retired.[10]
  3. Danton pled guilty to a conspiracy to commit murder charge on July 16, 2004 and served 63 months in prison. He resumed his pro hockey career during the 2011–12 season.[11]
  4. Finley was inactive during the 2004–05 season.[12]
  5. MacInnis was inactive during the 2004–05 season and announced his retirement on September 9, 2005.[13]
  6. Osgood was inactive during the 2004–05 season.[14]
  7. Pellerin retired.[15]
  8. Club option for a second year.

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