(Get) A Sporting Life

Now that the NHL trade deadline has passed it is time to assess where the Blues stand going forward. What to think... what to think... Well, I suppose there is always next season. The playoffs are a little too far out of reach this year. Even if the Blues get red hot they would still need to leap-frog 5 teams in the span of 20 games. I just don't see all of those teams cooling off, and all you need is for one of them to get hot themselves to doom the Blues. No, it is time to build for next season, which is exactly what the Blues have been doing. They have cleared the books of a couple big contracts, gotten a couple draft picks for unrestricted free agents they were not going to re-sign anyway, and picked up a couple top drawer young NHLers and a decent prospect. Meanwhile, this edition of the Note is going to have to get by with the Porters and Reaves of the world, which is fine for the most part. Replacing Brad Winchester is not the hardest thing in the world to do. McRae is bange...

Hey! The Blues have signed a defenseman! Yep, they signed some 18 year old I've never heard of . St. Louis Blues President John Davidson announced that the club has signed defenseman Mark Cundari. Cundari, 18, a native of Woodbridge, Ontario, registered 23 points (six goals, 17 assists) last season with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). The 5-10, 198-pound defenseman finished third on the Spitfires last season with 141 penalty minutes. I bet his family is proud. (No, really...I'll lay money they are.) For your edification here is Cundari beating the crap out of someone as a 16 year old. Sweet.