(Get) A Sporting Life

In a reverse Airplane! moment, I think I picked the right time to buy the Center Ice package, about 5 minutes before last night's Blues game. Goals galore as Stewart has 2 in debut : There was an obvious purpose behind the personnel moves management made before the Blues played host to Anaheim on Saturday at the Scot - What's the Latest - trade Center. You might wrap it up in one word: offense. And the early results can be trusted, the desired effect was accomplished. Put it this way: if the Blues had generated any more offense, "Towel Man" would have needed shoulder surgery. With three players enjoying two-goal games, including newly acquired forward Chris Stewart, the Blues overwhelmed the Ducks 9-3 in front of a sellout crowd. "The last nine-goal game I was in, we lost 9-1 in Colorado," said a smiling Stewart. "It's definitely good to be on the other side." Considering the Avs went out last night, with Johnson and McClement on the ice for ...

Sheesh. This is getting to be a habit with the Blues : Jay McClement and Erik Johnson are going to Colorado. Chris Stewart and Kevin Shattenkirk are coming to St. Louis. Fans of both teams think they got screwed. Well, I don't know about screwed , but it certainly seems it the Blues who have taken the far bigger risk here. Of the four players involved only Johnson has the potential to be a dominant player in this league. If he develops into what the Blues originally saw in him we may be kicking ourselves for years. In Stewart the Blues finally have added some offensive help. He's a big strong kid who has feasted on the Blues in the past. I will be interested in getting more of a look at him. Shattenkirk is a rookie who is having the customary ups and downs rookies have in this league. Still, after moving EJ and Brewer in consecutive days the Blues were smart in adding a D-man. Losing McClement hurts me. Silent Jay was my favorite Blue in this group, a role he took over when Ste...