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Well last night in San Jose the St. Louis Blues did something they hadn't done all season long

They won three consecutive games and it's all happened post Olympic break as a matter of fact

They won four of five and the St. Louis Blues goal tending has held the opposition to two or fewer goals against

In four consecutive games for the first time all season long

So it's clicking a little bit for the St. Louis Blues

But that was not the big news yesterday the big news of course was the NHL trade deadline and a blues trading their captain

Brayden Shen to the New York Islanders a trade of veteran defenseman Justin Falk to the Detroit Red Wings in return

They get a couple of prospects. They get two first round picks. They get two third round picks

But the St. Louis Blues have definitely turned the page and his dog arm strong described it moved into a new era of

St. Louis Blues hockey and that era started off really well Robert Thomas two goals and an assist couple of

Assist in the game for Dylan Holloway Jimmy snuggler with his eighth career multi-point game and a great performance by Jordan Vittington

Stopping 23 of 25 shots and a blues skated to a three to two over time win over the St. Over these San Jose sharks

Hello, everybody. I'm Chris Kerber. Welcome into curbside reaction your next day post-game podcast featuring everything St. Louis Blues

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Got an interview. I did after the trade deadline with both Braden Shen and Justin fall coming your way in just a moment

But first let's get to the highlights

Follower gets it over the red line

Works that one in as he gets checked in doing a nice check by Zach will stop Chuck and on the far side

Pinching in was Tyler Tucker. He gets held up, but Follower makes the place snuggarooed scar

He'll shoot from anywhere in in any way

And he puts the blues on top one nothing 11th of the year for Jimmy snuggarooed

Into the slot. Oh, what a pass through it goes. They miss an open net to fully

Back in celebrating

There he is drives the middle. They don't get it through and out of the far point

We go back and even strength five on five sharks do it possession shoot at score

Celebrating

Score is first in the NHL against the blues. He ties in one one here with a second period goal against the blues

By 29 to play that's an even straight goal Robert Thomas who's had two 80 point seasons

They go they get it. They shoot it and scar it Robert Thomas

Coming right out of the corner with it and a four game goal streak for him is Robert Thomas put some blues back on top two to one

Sharks near wing

And under the corner scar

To two six thirty four to go

Two seconds to go we've got over time

Tonight in San Jose or 12 to go in over time robert shoots post-score

Office skated in

Robert Thomas was tied up right in front of the blues

Three to two winners in over time bring out the zamboni

A winning road trip so far

After the game with some reaction from the locker room. Here's Jordan Deacon with the locker room report

All right curbs. Let's kick off this locker room report hearing from a blues forward that had a goal and an assist last night

This is Jimmy snuggler road feels good. I mean, it's between the tough day. It was today and the three wins

I think

It aligns our team brings energy to the room and you know, obviously it's the first time it's happened the season sports excited

Yeah, no, I think we always just started with a little bit this year, but

It's nice to you know get those wins. Oh, yeah, I mean

I think they just kind of shows the team team that we have in here

Determine to beat anyone and play off teams or not. I think we just come to the rink and try to shoot

Yeah, I mean, it's tough honestly. I'm a new shatter in flak for no a year and

Two of the nicest guys

Shatter is the best leader I've ever had on the ice

Off the ice is such a great person so inviting so welcoming same with flak

You know, it's tough. It's tough to lose guys like that

Especially when you care so much for them and you only knew them, you know, for so long

But we give all the best look to to shenner and and then flak and what they have in the future

And it's there's a lot to choose from

From off the ice, you know how to handle yourself and the NHL and what it takes to to be a good human being

You know, as a player he understands it and he gets it

You know, he's been through it all and you know on the ice

Basically, you know a lot of things offensive zone to defensive zone and I mean

He's just he's just such a

It's a reliable player and he's also such a reliable person someone you can lean on and you know

He's all of our role models on this team for the young guys. I think all the guys can say that

You just such a great person and it sucks to lose them

Yeah, I think you know, we have a lot of younger guys on this team now and the opportunity to step up

You know, just bringing the energy as much as we possibly can every single night and um, I felt like you know

We executed that tonight, but you know, so 20 games left that we have to do that and um, you know

The opportunities are there, but losing guys like that. It's it's never fun. Yeah, let's try to put the puck on the net

Was really aiming kind of one-five hole and shoot it

Plenty goes in once again. That was blues forward Jimmy snuggaroo

Let's wrap up this locker room report hearing from another forward that war in a last night

This is Jake neighbors. Yeah, it's um, it was a really hard morning

You know, that's a position we put ourselves in though and that's the business and that's how things grow sometimes, but

You know, I just want to thank shenner and falker for what they did for this team what they did for me and a lot of guys in this locker room

They you know laid out the foundation of what it means to be a blues since I've been here for sure and

You know put their best foot forward every day for

For this organization and the guys in the locker room. So um, you know, we're gonna miss them wishing best the luck and you know

Obviously, it was a really hard morning though. Yeah, that's the thing, you know

I knew I wasn't gonna play with them forever, but um, you know, I didn't know

Didn't want it to go like this. I guess if I could have a fantasy ending to it, but um

Yeah, just really grateful for my time with them. It was a really emotional morning saying a bidoam

Some of them always keep in touch with and

That I'm forever grateful for for everything he's done for me and you know

I told them earlier today. I wouldn't be where I am as a person or a player without him. So

Yeah, I'm gonna miss him. I think just compete

You know even in moments where we don't have our best stuff and you know teams are taking it to us

We we've been we we're not breaking in the last few I feel like and

You know guys are digging in when need we needed and playing hard defense or managing the puck at the right times or

You know wherever whatever the situation calls for so um, I think guys have

I've been mature and um managing the game well and like I said just

You know not to get too high too low just sticking with it throughout 60 minutes

Yeah, for sure. I've tried to be a leader ever since I've got here and as you get older you

You know try to take on more of a leadership role as you get more and more comfortable

So that's something I've always tried to

To be um active and I guess is is a leadership and obviously losing two

Main voices in your locker room. Guys are gonna have to step up and um, you know, I thought

Just because me and Brobie were wearing letters say there was a lot of other guys in the locker room that stepped up and said things

And had voices in the room and and stepped up with their play as well. So

Obviously example holly and that first shift. So um guys responded really well to a sad morning and

I mean, that's a credit to the guys in here once again. That was blues forward Jake neighbors following his teams three to two overtime victory over the San Jose Sharks last night

Let's get you back to curves time to hear from the head coach of your saying Lewis blues Jim Montgomery. I thought it was a good effort

You know

I really liked

Thomas line played really well our five D men were really good. Been her was sensational

You know, and we found a way to win again

It's two games in a row where they're tough days for a group and you know, we won both of them. So it's good job

I think it's no, I think it's a little bit of both. I think he's really healthy

I think he's playing determined hockey. He's winning a lot of one-on-one battles and when he has the puck and

He doesn't need time in space to make plays

Yeah, I mean, it's it's hard

You know it is captain and assistant so that people the ones won a cup and you know one didn't a lot of good things here

For the saying those blues, but we got to move on you know, that's the direction we're going in and I like to wear our group

That's here and now responding guy. I think that's pretty easy. You know talking with

Alexander Steen and Doug Armstrong

We felt that those are the two guys

They're not the only guys, but there's two guys that we wanted to give them to right now with the seasons

They're having in the type of people there. All right. We're going to get to the post-scheme reaction with Jova Talley here in a moment

Stay tuned after that. We'll bring you the interviews I did with Braden Shen and Justin Falk shortly after they had been traded earlier

The afternoon on Friday afternoon

But we start with where the blues are at with a terrific performance tonight and winning three games in a row for the first time this season

That's where we start with Jova Talley. Wow. I mean absolutely

While the team in the St. Louis Blues that they only had the 13 shots on goal that matched their season low

Of the year you got to go back to that

Just onslaught of the Colorado avalanche on New Year's Eve where the blues just got blown out in Colorado

That was the last game that they had 13 shots, which was their low

So they matched it here tonight right before the 14 shot by Philip Brober gets at the cage with Robert Thomas getting the game winner

So there wasn't a ton of offense

There was a ton of emotion over the last couple days especially this morning

You know coming to the ranked this evening

You know seeing your captain not in the locker and seeing veteran defenseman

Justin Falk who's been around for seven years not getting dressed by the way both veteran players

That have made and played in every game up to this point in the season

It had to have felt weird, you know

But I love the way St. Louis came out they kept a very simple game plan again

Not a ton of offense, but the chances that they had they took advantage on the Delpavitch

Of course with Jimmy Snuggard getting things rocking and rolling early Robert Thomas had himself a day

Jimmy Snuggard with Dylan Holloway and Robert Thomas clearly the best line on the ice

They were the difference maker in the overtime

But an emotional day it led to simple hockey not sexy hockey curves

But it's two point hockey and like you mentioned who would have thought three games in a row now for this blues team coming out of the Olympic break

Especially missing a couple of your big leadership pieces. Yeah, that's four wins in five games now

And that also leaves Cam Fowler and Pablo Bucinay which is the only two blues that have now played in all 62

Games of the season 20 games to go here in the regular season now

They're in one flipside of that is picking up these wins

There's some teams drop them below and then in a standings when you look at the draft pick thing

But that will be something to watch as we continue here

We heard from Doug Armstrong. We talked to him Joe. You look at the trade deadline all in all and the St. Louis Blues

Clearly have now

Started a new era of St. Louis Blues hockey is was said by Doug Armstrong

You do have some pieces of that championship team left

But it is now a younger team. It's turned over for the other new guys

Yeah, it has, you know, and I think that the biggest turnover happened, you know

A few years ago when you lost Teresinko and O'Reilly in barbersheaven, Mika Law and Noel Chari

That was a big one to me

This is that kind of final nail

This is the one that

It's really over and now you look to this next leadership group to fully

Understand and absorb what is being asked of them to take this team to new heights as far as the direction of where this franchise wants to go

You know because you know with Bradenschen here

I think the players like Thomas and Kyram Buchnevich they always felt like they were just still a little bit in that shadow

And rightfully so with Justin Falk a veteran defense from the back and you know could Logan

May you officially really spread his wings when you're always kind of that third fiddle to Colton Prick

Oh, and Justin Falk, you know, I don't know

So with all that being said I think the two big moves today with Falk and Shen

The veteran players, you know mid late thirties, you know

Not a ton of hockey left for them. Yes, they're great leadership pieces

Yes, they're great people to have around

But far as the future of this franchise Doug Armstrong put his foot in the ground and just said

It's gonna be Thomas. It's gonna be Kyram. It's gonna be Buchnevich

It's gonna be these types of guys that's gonna get the job done. I'll throw Joe Holfer in there

You know, of course Tyler Tucker as well Jimmy Snuggaroo, Dallabor Tvorski

And I would expect at some point time we'll wait and see

You know, but I would expect at some point time as Doug it to add to that list

Uh uh an auto Stenberg and maybe even a Thea Linstee

It's very very possible. I expect to see auto Stenberg no doubt about it

We haven't seen Linstee yet this year would be really fun to see some of the younger guys get called back up

Because auto Stenberg if you remember before he got sent back down before the Olympic break

He was one of the really bright spots of this team offensively

His game was growing each and every single day to get those guys up here to get the reps

You understand the situation you understand where you're at in the stand

You understand that this is a very very big far shot

But you want to get games you want to get experience every time you can play a game

There's something to learn you have something to learn every time you step on the ice and you compete in the game

A hockey and I think that that's now the direction of where they're going to go

Where do they take it? That's up to Robert Thomas

That's up to Jimmy Snuggler. It's up to Dala Bordavorski in Cairo in Boots, Naviches

And one day auto Stenberg, you know

There's really no way to tell curves

But it is very clear the direction that Doug Armstrong wants to go in

And he made the two moves today to really solidify that

And and just sticking with that theme a little bit here

As you mentioned, you know with like there is no more braid and shen

There is no more Justin fuck. There is no more Ryan O'Reilly

From a forward standpoint

This is Robert Thomas's group now

And yep, no doubt Cairo, Boots, Navich

They're part of that triumvirate that were given the contracts to extend them

Into that era

But when it comes to driving the bus and what they need to see

You see your top line centers across the NHL doing it

We I think of just completely the door was open

But it is now wide open and off the hinges for Robert Thomas to see if

If that's his path

Well and look what he's done in the last few games

I mean another multi point game in this one

He gets the game winner and over time

Easy difference maker

I mean this is when it go back to the conversation

I have braid and shen four days ago

When we were talking about Robert Thomas

Specifically when there was noise around

Maybe him getting dealt at the deadline

And it was the captain the former captain here in St. Louis

If it said to me

He goes there aren't a lot of players like Robert Thomas

The National Hockey League

There's just not

So if you were to move on from someone like him

Good luck finding someone soon

Who can replace that type of talent

And that big of a difference maker

In curves again it's a difference maker

It's a multi point game

You know his play role in every school

Every single goal

I mean his his probably his biggest

Biggest goal of the game

Honestly they really kind of helped the blues kind of

Repel themselves

Was that one he scored in that third period

To kind of put themselves ahead once again

So all that being said curves

This is a young player

I still consider him young

And youthful I know he's mid 20s

And entering that cost of his prime

He's really heading into that

But I consider him young in the sense

Of of him in a maturity way

Because he's always kind of been

That alternate captain that assistant

That supplemental leadership piece

Now to me it's the growth of where does he take this thing

You know this is your group

And I think a lot of times for the young players there

And young guys that really haven't been given the opportunity

You don't know until you're fully given the gift of it

So this is the plan

This is what they're going to do

I think there's a ton of grooming process

That's in the making for Robert

I think the the mentorship

Not only from Alexander Steen

But from other players that are going to be a part of this organization for a while

They're going to groom him into the leader

That they hopefully see one day

Really taking this franchise to the next step there

And hopefully win another championship

All right Jordan Bennington was good tonight

Oh dynamite

I mean

You first of all I love the decision to go at Jordan

With an emotional day like this

No morning skate this morning

Very little meetings

I think the gym partner thought

You know we need a gamer back there

We need a guy that can understand what this is

What this pressure is

What the emotions are

And he was just so steady

You know this is a player

Whether they were just rumors or not

I think that he was certainly

Looking to be shopped around a little bit

You know teams like Carolina and Vegas

Even Detroit to some degree

Teams that know that gold tending is prohibiting them

Maybe from taking that step

Him and Sergey Buprovsky were the two biggest ones out there

Again nothing gets done

Which is great

And I think that the emotions are real for him

But the way he just came right in there

After no morning skate

And was just springy athletic

Commanded the puck

He led this group here tonight

He made some very big saves early on

Remember this is a blues team

They'd only got one shot on goal

And that third period where they were

Really holding on for dear life to the very end

So not only did he get the one

Because they pushed it over time

But Jordan Bennington deserve a ton of credit

For the extra point here tonight

All right Joe

Thank you very much

Before we wrap it up

We want to bring you some immediate reaction

From both Brady and Shen and Justin Falk

Right after the trade deadline

In a hotel lobby

I was able to catch up with

Blues captain

Well now Blues former captain

Brady and Shen to talk about the trade

And his time in St. Louis

And get some immediate reaction from him

And here's that chat with Brady and Shen

So I've written the news of today

These deadlines are always kind of tough

But there's opportunity on the other side

As kind of the captain of the St. Louis

Blues in such a long time

With this team

What are some of your initial thoughts

From a hockey perspective

Going into a great opportunity

Great team

A team that's

Trying to stay competitive

Obviously Blues are

Going in a different direction

Which they kind of word me on

And

But as far as I talk with

The human aspect of it

It's tough

It's as you get older

You have family and kids

It's not easy

But at the end of the day

I'm looking forward to

A new chapter new opportunity

And it's the business

And we know what we sign up for

But St. Louis has been unbelievable for me

Go back to

When you got traded to the St. Louis Blues

In your first days with the St. Louis Blues

And then now

What has all that meant to you?

Initial thoughts

Didn't know anyone in St. Louis

Other than

Jaden Schwartz

And a little bit of Petra at the time

Going in there

You know you feel your way out

But I know with one thing

With the St. Louis

Team organization

People around the city

You know the way they treated me

And my family

It's been

You know just incredible

It's an incredible place to live

Incredible people

You know it's definitely holds a special place in our heart

And you know we love it

And that kind of sums it up

Of just how well the people treat you there

And how well you liked our as an athlete

And how much they're in your corner

What do you mean we're in that sea?

Ah it's extreme honor

Extreme honor

If you look on the wall every day

Of the guys that are warm before me

You feel like you're in a position to

You know carry it on to the next guy

You know I've had tremendous

Support around me

Guys that have leaned on

And helped me

You know become a captain of the St. Louis Blues

And you know it's a special group that

You know I played in for

You know parts of 9 or 10 years

And like I said it's

It's something that

It's a crazy feeling right now

You don't even really know what to think

Just because I've been there so long

But at the end of the day

You're currently short

And you have to keep on grounding and working

And I'm excited about new team

And apparently the Shen boys are still in demand

That's what it looks like

Put it this way between me and Luke

There must have been 45 phone calls between

You know 11 p.m. last night

Tell you know 10 a.m. this morning

Just lots of back and forth

He's obviously going through with his family right now

And

You know decisions to make

And not easy ones as you get older kids

And you know I got some kind in the same boat

But like I said

It's

You know St. Louis is an unbelievable place to play

It's special

You know they're building for the future

They've got a ton of good pieces that

You know hopefully one day

St. Louis can see another standing cup

And you know

Get back in the 2019 conversations

And like I said they have a lot of good players

But also people in that room that can get them there

What would you like the fans to know

About what they meant to you over these years

I mean

Where you start really

You know I just think

St. Louis is built on a sense of community

People that take care of one another

And

What I like to know is

Players feel it you know they feel that

How you know how much the

Their support means to the players

You know going to the enterprise every night

I've played in places where you get booed a little bit as a home team

And you don't get that St. Louis

They want their team to come out and work

And show that

They're doing it when a hockey game

And the city and the people of St. Louis are truly special

Well from the fans and everybody else

It's been special thank you very much

Well thanks and you know

Gonna miss St. Louis but at the same time

There's always a new opportunity

And the Blues are a special organization

And will always be a champion for you

Yeah that's

You know that's the cherry on top

That's that's what you're going for

That's what you work for as an athlete

You know the sense of winning a standing cup

Is what

You always work towards and once you get that feeling you just want to do it again

So um

You know that's what you drive for and and strive for as an athlete

And in a position now to be on a competitive team and

And you know looking forward to the opportunity

That's New York Islander now Braden Shen

Also we're able to catch up with Justin Falk

Now at E-Trade Redwing

He talks about his time in St. Louis especially his family growing there

Here's Justin Falk

All right Justin so the

You head to Detroit now

You know first off we just want to talk to you a little bit about that time in St. Louis

Seven years of what was it like wearing that blue note

It was awesome from day one I remember walking to the rank

For preseason game and the building was packed and the fans had a ton of energy

And

Obviously it was just right after an exciting time for the organization

But I was very very happy to to be joining the Blues at that time

And

Um to be honest I

I've thoroughly enjoyed my time there

My my kids were all born in St. Louis

It's definitely a home to us and we love every part of St. Louis

What do you know about St. Louis now as a hockey market that maybe you

Didn't before that trade from Carolina

Well, it's you play one game a year on the road

When I was in the east right so I never really got to experience it too much and

I knew it was a good good Midwest town there

Blue collar and and whatnot and you hear about the sports

And how good the fans are for the the athletes and the teams and the sports and whatnot

But it doesn't ever compare until you get to actually live it and and be on that side of it as a player and the fans were awesome

I think they treat the players well. They're very respectful, but they're very passionate and

You can't fake that you can't hide that and it comes through and I got to fully realize it once I was there

It's the second trade of your career. What are these like?

They're a little different. It's

It's sometimes today there's anticipation because it's a deadline day and

Sometimes you know and sometimes you know and so it's

It's a situation that's not always the best part of professional sports

Especially with with where today means for the blues and the position we put ourselves in that the guys

Are going out the door not really coming in the door. So

something we're not too proud of ourselves and

And

Lucky enough is as a player that

Sometimes you get stealth though. It's an opportunity to go play somewhere else and

um

And have a chance at at the playoffs and

And the ultimate goal when I say on the cup and

Fortunately enough that that situation I will get to go to and rejoin any rejoin a teammate and a David Peron

Those are exciting things that can happen through this, isn't it? Yeah, it'll be fun to play with deep fee again

One of my one of my favorite teammates. He's a great guy. I think

He's welcomed in every dressing room. So that'll be a

Stephanie probably the first text I got and

Knowing him that'll be coming a lot more text will be coming through today. So that'll be fun to catch up with them

What

What is it like to play in front of St. Louis fans?

That's great. It's loud. I completely remember

The atmosphere and all the playoff games and regular season two and like I said earlier that that preseason game, right?

You get that feeling in the preseason and then through the regular season in the playoffs. It's a

It's an awesome building to play in and like I said the fans are so passionate and

Blue collar. They love the physicality. They love the hard work and

The goals sometimes it seems like

Aren't after thought because they they care about the true

Work ethic of the players and it comes through because that's the culture and the kind of the personality of St. Louis

So there you have it the two terrific leaders for the blues now with other teams

Braden Shen, of course, will be back in St. Louis on Tuesday night when the islanders come to St. Louis

There will no doubt be a huge reception for Braden Shen at that game

The blues over the San Jose sharks last night by a score of three to two and over time game winner by Robert Thomas

Philip Broberg by the way playing

Over 30 minutes in that game a new career high for him as the blues only dressed five defenseman because Colton Perico was still unable to go

But the blues get the victory and a three-game win streak. They'll try to make it a four-game win streak Sunday night

Against the Anaheim ducks. Thanks for tuning in to the podcast. Hope you're having a great week and have a great rest of your week

And a terrific start to the week. We'll come your way next on Sunday with no blues face off against the ducks

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