2004–05_St._Louis_Blues_season

2004–05 St. Louis Blues
2004–05 St. Louis Blues
Division	Central
Conference	Western
2004–05 record	Did not play
Team information
General manager	Larry Pleau
Coach	Mike Kitchen
Captain	Vacant
Arena	Savvis Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Worcester IceCats; Peoria Rivermen
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

2004–05 St. Louis Blues season

National Hockey League team 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.

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Schedule

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

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2004–05 schedule^[2]

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent
1	September 24	Nashville Predators
2	September 25	@ Nashville Predators
3	September 28	Dallas Stars
4	October 2	Chicago Blackhawks
5	October 8	@ Chicago Blackhawks
6	October 9	@ Dallas Stars

Regular season

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

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[9] In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[8]

[12] Baron retired.^[10]

[14] 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]

[16] Finley was inactive during the 2004–05 season.^[12]

[18] MacInnis was inactive during the 2004–05 season and announced his retirement on September 9, 2005.^[13]

[20] Osgood was inactive during the 2004–05 season.^[14]

[22] Pellerin retired.^[15]

[38] Club option for a second year.

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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]

Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)	Jon DiSalvatore	Cleveland Barons (AHL)	Free agency	^[6]
	Andy Roach	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency	^[6]
	Patrick Wellar	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	Free agency	^[7]
	Dennis Wideman	London Knights (OHL)	Free agency	^[7]

Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Ref
June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)	Brian Savage	Phoenix Coyotes	Waivers	^[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 Mellanby	Atlanta Thrashers	Free agency (III)	^[16]
July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28)	Steve McLaren	Tampa Bay Lightning	Free agency (VI)	^[17]
August 13, 2004 (2004-08-13)	Pascal Rheaume	New Jersey Devils	Free agency (III)	^[18]
August 15, 2004 (2004-08-15)	Marc Brown	Augsburger Panther (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	^[19]
August 23, 2004 (2004-08-23)	Ryan Ready	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (VI)	^[20]
September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07)	Steve Martins	JYP Jyvaskyla (Liiga)	Free agency (III)	^[21]
September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07)	Jeff Panzer	Columbus Blue Jackets	Waivers	^[22]
September 17, 2004 (2004-09-17)	Pavol Demitra	HK Dukla Trencin (Slovakia)	Free agency (UFA)	^[23]
October 7, 2004 (2004-10-07)	Cody Rudkowsky	Reading Royals (ECHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[24]

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)	Eric Boguniecki		Re-signing	^[25]
	Trevor Byrne		Re-signing	^[26]
	Reinhard Divis		Re-signing	^[25]
	Blake Evans		Re-signing	^[26]
	Mike Glumac		Re-signing	^[26]
	Aaron MacKenzie		Re-signing	^[26]
	John Pohl		Re-signing	^[26]
	Mark Rycroft		Re-signing	^[25]
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)	Dallas Drake		Re-signing	^[27]
	Alexander Khavanov		Re-signing	^[27]
	D. J. King		Entry-level	^[7]
	Ryan Johnson		Re-signing	^[28]
July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06)	Eric Weinrich		Re-signing	^[29]
July 12, 2004 (2004-07-12)	Mike Sillinger		Re-signing	^[30]
July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15)	Patrick Lalime	1-year^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Re-signing	^[31]
July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15)	Jamal Mayers	1-year	Re-signing	^[31]
July 30, 2004 (2004-07-30)	Chris Pronger	1-year	Re-signing	^[32]
August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05)	Petr Cajanek		Re-signing	^[33]
September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10)	Christian Backman		Re-signing	^[34]
	Chris Beckford-Tseu		Entry-level	^[34]
	Erkki Rajamaki		Entry-level	^[34]
	Curtis Sanford		Re-signing	^[34]
	Konstantin Zakharov		Entry-level	^[34]
September 13, 2004 (2004-09-13)	Barret Jackman		Re-signing	^[35]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	17	Marek Schwarz	Goaltender	Czech Republic	Sparta Prague (Czech Extraliga)
2	49	Carl Soderberg	Center	Sweden	Malmö Redhawks (SEL)
3	83	Viktor Alexandrov	Right wing	Kazakhstan	Metallurg Novokuznetsk (RSL)
4	116	Michal Birner	Left wing	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague Jr. (Czech Republic)
5	136	Nikita Nikitin	Defense	Russia	Avangard Omsk Jr. (Russia)
6	180	Roman Polak	Defense	Czech Republic	HC Vítkovice Jr. (Czech Republic)
7	211	David Fredriksson	Wing	Sweden	HV71 Jr. (Sweden)
9	277	Jonathan Boutin	Right wing	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)

2004–05_St._Louis_Blues_season

2004–05 St. Louis Blues season

Schedule

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Notes

References

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