Episodios

  • Overtime woes and blown leads and scoring droughts, oh my!
    Nov 21 2025

    The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Matthew DeFranks and Nathan Mills talk about the Blues' struggles in overtime and the recent two-goal leads they've blown. Then they get into Pavel Buchnevich's long scoring drought, Jake Neighbours' return and wonder if there's a solution to the overuse of the top-four defensemen.

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    57 m
  • Steve Konowalchuk provides updates from the AHL as goalie interference takes center stage in St. Louis
    Nov 12 2025

    The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Matthew DeFranks and Nathan Mills talk about the rash of goaltender interference questions for the Blues in the last week, plus Logan Mailloux's loan to Springfield, and Jordan Kyrou and Oskar Sundqvist's returns to the St. Louis lineup. Then Springfield coach Steve Konowalchuk joins the show to discuss Milan Lucic's play in the AHL, how he plans on using Logan Mailloux and the development of top prospects like Theo Lindstein and Otto Stenberg.

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    54 m
  • Making sense of Jordan Kyrou's healthy scratch and the Blues analytics
    Nov 7 2025

    The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Matthew DeFranks and Nathan Mills talk about the Blues ending a seven-game losing streak, a blowout loss in Washington and Jordan Kyrou's healthy scratch in Buffalo. Then HockeyViz's Micah McCurdy joins the show to break down what the analytics say about the Blues and how they can get back on track.

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    1 h y 8 m
  • Blues defense, goaltending in disarray as losing streak reaches five
    Oct 30 2025

    The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Matthew DeFranks and Nathan Mills talk about the Blues' five-game losing streak, and how much work there is to do on defense and in the net. Then Detroit-based hockey writer Sean Shapiro joins the show to chat about the two games vs. the Red Wings and the different rebuild strategies in Detroit vs. St. Louis.

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    1 h y 14 m
  • John Kelly talks about his return to St. Louis; Blues' stingy defense returns
    Oct 20 2025

    The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Matthew DeFranks and Nathan Mills talk about the Blues' blowout loss to the Blackhawks, and then defensive clinic vs. the Stars, plus Jordan Kyrou's two-way game and Joel Hofer's mentality moving forward. Then former Blues broadcaster John Kelly joins the show to discuss his return to St. Louis as a broadcaster with Los Angeles.

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    1 h y 2 m
  • Blues rebound from opening night loss, and Jim Thomas talks new Blues book
    Oct 14 2025

    The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Matthew DeFranks and Nathan Mills talk about the first week of the regular season for the Blues, Jake Neighbours’ productivity, Jim Mongtomery’s line changes and the goaltending tandem of Jordan Binnington and Joel Hofer. Then former Post-Dispatch reporter Jim Thomas joins the show to share stories about the Blues, and discuss his new book “The Franchise: St. Louis Blues.”

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    1 h y 7 m
  • Doug Armstrong joins the show as Blues set to open regular season
    Oct 8 2025
    The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Matthew DeFranks and Nathan Mills discuss Blues training camp, news on Milan Lucic and Oskar Sundqvist, and their expectations for the season. After that, Blues general manager Doug Armstrong joins the show to talk about the preseason and goes in-depth on player evaluation, including how analytics factors in and what he hopes to pass along to Alexander Steen.
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    1 h y 4 m
  • Net Front Presence: Blues prospects join the big club
    Sep 19 2025

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch Blues reporter Matthew DeFranks joined columnist Jeff Gordon to discuss Adam Jiricek, Otto Stenberg, Dalibor Dvorsky and other prospects getting tested in training camp.

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    32 m