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
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
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Schedule

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

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

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 (2004-06-25)	To St. Louis Blues Jason Bacashihua	To Dallas Stars Rights to Shawn Belle	[4]
July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)	To St. Louis Blues Patrick Lalime	To Ottawa Senators Conditional 4th-round pick in 2005	[5]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	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]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[a]	Ref
June 2004 (2004-06)	Brian Savage	Phoenix Coyotes	Waivers	[9]
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)	Murray Baron[b]		Contract expiration (III)	[8]
	Mike Danton[c]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[8]
	Jeff Finley[d]		Contract expiration (III)	[8]
	Al MacInnis[e]		Contract expiration (III)	[8]
	Chris Osgood[f]		Contract expiration (III)	[8]
	Scott Pellerin[g]		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]
	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]

Signings

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[h]	Re-signing	[31]
	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]

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)
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)

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.