# 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.

## Schedule

The Blues preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.
2004–05 schedule :
Preseason
GameDateOpponent
1September 24Nashville Predators
2September 25@ Nashville Predators
3September 28Dallas Stars
4October 2Chicago Blackhawks
5October 8@ Chicago Blackhawks
6October 9@ Dallas Stars :
Regular season
GameDateOpponent
1October 15Chicago Blackhawks
2October 16@ Nashville Predators
3October 20@ Vancouver Canucks
4October 21@ Calgary Flames
5October 23@ Edmonton Oilers
6October 26Buffalo Sabres
7October 29@ New Jersey Devils
8October 30San Jose Sharks
9November 1Columbus Blue Jackets
10November 4New York Islanders
11November 6Montreal Canadiens
12November 8@ Philadelphia Flyers
13November 11Colorado Avalanche
14November 13Anaheim Mighty Ducks
15November 17@ Minnesota Wild
16November 18@ Colorado Avalanche
17November 20@ Phoenix Coyotes
18November 23Calgary Flames
19November 26@ Columbus Blue Jackets
20November 27Detroit Red Wings
21December 1@ Florida Panthers
22December 2@ Tampa Bay Lightning
23December 4Los Angeles Kings
24December 6@ Detroit Red Wings
25December 8Nashville Predators
26December 9@ Pittsburgh Penguins
27December 11Columbus Blue Jackets
28December 15@ Dallas Stars
29December 16Pittsburgh Penguins
30December 18Phoenix Coyotes
31December 22@ Washington Capitals
32December 23@ Boston Bruins
33December 26Detroit Red Wings
34December 28Toronto Maple Leafs
35December 30Colorado Avalanche
36December 31@ Columbus Blue Jackets
37January 2Los Angeles Kings
38January 4Vancouver Canucks
39January 6Edmonton Oilers
40January 8Minnesota Wild
41January 10@ Nashville Predators
42January 12@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
43January 15@ San Jose Sharks
44January 17@ Phoenix Coyotes
45January 20Washington Capitals
46January 22Chicago Blackhawks
47January 24@ New York Rangers
48January 25@ Buffalo Sabres
49January 29Phoenix Coyotes
50January 30@ Chicago Blackhawks
51February 1Columbus Blue Jackets
52February 3Carolina Hurricanes
53February 5Dallas Stars
54February 7@ Minnesota Wild
55February 9@ Colorado Avalanche
56February 10Anaheim Mighty Ducks
57February 15Nashville Predators
58February 17@ Detroit Red Wings
59February 19Dallas Stars
60February 21San Jose Sharks
61February 24Vancouver Canucks
62February 26@ Los Angeles Kings
63February 27@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
64March 1Calgary Flames
65March 3Edmonton Oilers
66March 5@ Columbus Blue Jackets
67March 6@ Chicago Blackhawks
68March 10@ Vancouver Canucks
69March 12@ Calgary Flames
70March 15@ Edmonton Oilers
71March 17@ San Jose Sharks
72March 19@ Los Angeles Kings
73March 22Ottawa Senators
74March 24@ Detroit Red Wings
75March 26Atlanta Thrashers
76March 29Detroit Red Wings
77March 31Minnesota Wild
78April 2@ Nashville Predators
79April 3Nashville Predators
80April 6@ Chicago Blackhawks
81April 9Chicago Blackhawks
82April 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.

### Trades

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

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Via |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Jon DiSalvatore | Cleveland Barons (AHL) | Free agency |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Andy Roach | Adler Mannheim (DEL) | Free agency |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Patrick Wellar | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) | Free agency |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Dennis Wideman | London Knights (OHL) | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| June 2004 (2004-06) | Brian Savage | Phoenix Coyotes | Waivers |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Murray Baron | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Mike Danton | | Contract expiration (UFA) |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Jeff Finley | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Al MacInnis | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Chris Osgood | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01) | Scott Pellerin | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 26, 2004 (2004-07-26) | Scott Mellanby | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (III) |
| July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28) | Steve McLaren | Tampa Bay Lightning | Free agency (VI) |
| August 13, 2004 (2004-08-13) | Pascal Rheaume | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (III) |
| August 15, 2004 (2004-08-15) | Marc Brown | Augsburger Panther (DEL) | Free agency (VI) |
| August 23, 2004 (2004-08-23) | Ryan Ready | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency (VI) |
| September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07) | Steve Martins | JYP Jyvaskyla (Liiga) | Free agency (III) |
| September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07) | Jeff Panzer | Columbus Blue Jackets | Waivers |
| September 17, 2004 (2004-09-17) | Pavol Demitra | HK Dukla Trencin (Slovakia) | Free agency (UFA) |
| October 7, 2004 (2004-10-07) | Cody Rudkowsky | Reading Royals (ECHL) | Free agency (VI) |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29) | Eric Boguniecki | | Re-signing |
| June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29) | Trevor Byrne | | Re-signing |
| June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29) | Reinhard Divis | | Re-signing |
| June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29) | Blake Evans | | Re-signing |
| June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29) | Mike Glumac | | Re-signing |
| June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29) | Aaron MacKenzie | | Re-signing |
| June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29) | John Pohl | | Re-signing |
| June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29) | Mark Rycroft | | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Dallas Drake | | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Alexander Khavanov | | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | D. J. King | | Entry-level |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Ryan Johnson | | Re-signing |
| July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06) | Eric Weinrich | | Re-signing |
| July 12, 2004 (2004-07-12) | Mike Sillinger | | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15) | Patrick Lalime | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15) | Jamal Mayers | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 30, 2004 (2004-07-30) | Chris Pronger | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05) | Petr Cajanek | | Re-signing |
| September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10) | Christian Backman | | Re-signing |
| September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10) | Chris Beckford-Tseu | | Entry-level |
| September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10) | Erkki Rajamaki | | Entry-level |
| September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10) | Curtis Sanford | | Re-signing |
| September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10) | Konstantin Zakharov | | Entry-level |
| September 13, 2004 (2004-09-13) | Barret Jackman | | Re-signing |

## 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.
| 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) |