Larry Pleau
Larry Pleau
Lawrence Winslow Pleauis a former senior vice president and General Manager of the St. Louis Blues. He is also a former NHL player and head coach...
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Mike inherited a somewhat difficult situation with 21 games remaining in the 2003-04 season, but he did an outstanding job of steering us into the playoffs. We very much look forward to having Mike return for a full NHL season as the Blues' head coach and give him the opportunity to execute his overall vision for this team and a plan for success.
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Scott Young is a returning veteran who knows the organization and what the coach expects, ... He adds speed and will contribute valuable time on the power play. Scott's level of performance was always very consistent during his time here in St. Louis, when he enjoyed some of his best years.
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These guys never quit right from Day 1. We had a lot of things that didn't go our way, but these guys never quit. They came to the rink, the coaches kept them focused, and the players kept each other focused.
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We're pleased to say that Bryce's career as a member of the St. Louis Blues will continue for several more years,
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Like that of all players, Al's career has unfortunately and finally come to an end. However, it gives us great satisfaction to know that his unparalleled expertise and experience will continue to benefit the Blues as he accepts a new position on our staff.
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I think everybody in this business was probably looking at next year the cap possibly coming down or staying the same. Now all of our thought processes looking forward is definitely going to be different.
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I was kind of hoping this day wouldn't happen ever,
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Some of the guys and our alumni were talking about how great he played in that game. It was a great experience for him.
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Otherwise, we'll play our young kids that we have in Peoria (of the AHL), and we're going to play some of them anyway. There's going to be a pretty good shuttle going back and forth, it's only 2 hours.
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Our goaltending, no doubt about it, hasn't been at the level we'd like it to be.
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When you're in this situation, that's what you do. This is to make this franchise healthier in the future. If this franchise has Doug Weight on March 10, that's not a good situation.
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I'm not going to tell you every kid is going to play. We all know some of the young kids are going to take that next step, and it's up to them to use that.
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That's as far as I'm going because I think it's unfair to make any kind of statement until Eric has a chance to get another opinion and sit down with all the information and then he can make an educated decision on what he'd like to do.
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We just wanted to let (Manitoba) know that the game wasn't over, ... We were going to be there to play in the third period.