# 2003–04 St. Louis Blues season

The 2003–04 St. Louis Blues season was the 37th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 25th straight seasons, the team's final playoff appearance until 2009. After finishing the regular season with a record of 39 wins, 30 losses, 11 ties and two overtime losses, the Blues were eliminated in the Western Conference Quarterfinals in five games by the San Jose Sharks.

## Off-season

Chris Pronger resigned the team captaincy in favor of veteran defenseman Al MacInnis.

## Regular season

On February 24, 2004, head coach Joel Quenneville was fired and replaced by assistant coach Mike Kitchen.

### Final standings

Central Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 255 | 189 | 109 |
| 2 | 7 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 191 | 198 | 91 |
| 3 | 8 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 216 | 217 | 91 |
| 4 | 14 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 25 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 177 | 238 | 62 |
| 5 | 15 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 188 | 259 | 59 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | P- Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 255 | 189 | 109 |
| 2 | Y- San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 255 | 183 | 104 |
| 3 | Y- Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 43 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 235 | 194 | 101 |
| 4 | X- Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 236 | 198 | 100 |
| 5 | X- Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 194 | 175 | 97 |
| 6 | X- Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 200 | 176 | 94 |
| 7 | X- St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 191 | 198 | 91 |
| 8 | X- Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 216 | 217 | 91 |
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| 9 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 221 | 208 | 89 |
| 10 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 188 | 183 | 83 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 28 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 205 | 217 | 81 |
| 12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PA | 82 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 184 | 213 | 76 |
| 13 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 22 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 188 | 245 | 68 |
| 14 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 25 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 177 | 238 | 62 |
| 15 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 188 | 259 | 59 |
Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2003–04 regular season :
October: 6–2–0–1 (home: 2–0–0–0; road: 4–2–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1OTLOctober 10, 20031–2 OT@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)0–0–0–1Recap
2WOctober 12, 20032–1@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)1–0–0–1Recap
3LOctober 16, 20031–4@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)1–1–0–1Recap
4WOctober 18, 20034–1Washington Capitals (2003–04)2–1–0–1Recap
5WOctober 21, 20036–4@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)3–1–0–1Recap
6LOctober 22, 20032–3@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)3–2–0–1Recap
7WOctober 24, 20032–1@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)4–2–0–1Recap
8WOctober 28, 20031–0Nashville Predators (2003–04)5–2–0–1Recap
9WOctober 29, 20036–5@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)6–2–0–1Recap :
November: 7–4–1–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 2–2–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
10LNovember 1, 20032–3Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)6–3–0–1Recap
11WNovember 4, 20032–1 OTMighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)7–3–0–1Recap
12WNovember 6, 20033–2Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)8–3–0–1Recap
13WNovember 8, 20032–0Florida Panthers (2003–04)9–3–0–1Recap
14WNovember 13, 20034–3 OT@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)10–3–0–1Recap
15WNovember 15, 20031–0@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)11–3–0–1Recap
16LNovember 16, 20033–4@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)11–4–0–1Recap
17LNovember 19, 20034–5@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)11–5–0–1Recap
18WNovember 22, 20032–1Dallas Stars (2003–04)12–5–0–1Recap
19WNovember 25, 20034–3 OTBoston Bruins (2003–04)13–5–0–1Recap
20TNovember 28, 20032–2 OT@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)13–5–1–1Recap
21LNovember 29, 20031–2Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)13–6–1–1Recap :
December: 8–3–3–0 (home: 5–1–3–0; road: 3–2–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
22WDecember 2, 20034–1Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)14–6–1–1Recap
23TDecember 4, 20034–4 OTDetroit Red Wings (2003–04)14–6–2–1Recap
24WDecember 6, 20034–1Nashville Predators (2003–04)15–6–2–1Recap
25WDecember 9, 20033–2 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)16–6–2–1Recap
26WDecember 12, 20033–2 OT@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)17–6–2–1Recap
27WDecember 13, 20032–1Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)18–6–2–1Recap
28WDecember 16, 20032–1 OTColumbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)19–6–2–1Recap
29WDecember 18, 20034–2San Jose Sharks (2003–04)20–6–2–1Recap
30TDecember 20, 20031–1 OTPhoenix Coyotes (2003–04)20–6–3–1Recap
31LDecember 22, 20031–2@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)20–7–3–1Recap
32LDecember 23, 20030–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)20–8–3–1Recap
33TDecember 26, 20033–3 OTColorado Avalanche (2003–04)20–8–4–1Recap
34WDecember 29, 20033–2@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)21–8–4–1Recap
35LDecember 30, 20032–7Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)21–9–4–1Recap :
January: 4–9–3–0 (home: 3–4–2–0; road: 1–5–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
36WJanuary 1, 20045–4New York Rangers (2003–04)22–9–4–1Recap
37LJanuary 3, 20041–3San Jose Sharks (2003–04)22–10–4–1Recap
38TJanuary 5, 20041–1 OTMinnesota Wild (2003–04)22–10–5–1Recap
39LJanuary 6, 20040–2@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)22–11–5–1Recap
40LJanuary 10, 20041–3@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)22–12–5–1Recap
41WJanuary 12, 20047–4Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)23–12–5–1Recap
42LJanuary 13, 20042–5@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)23–13–5–1Recap
43WJanuary 15, 20045–3Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)24–13–5–1Recap
44TJanuary 17, 20042–2 OTMinnesota Wild (2003–04)24–13–6–1Recap
45WJanuary 19, 20042–1 OT@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)25–13–6–1Recap
46LJanuary 21, 20041–3@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)25–14–6–1Recap
47LJanuary 23, 20040–2@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)25–15–6–1Recap
48LJanuary 24, 20042–3Dallas Stars (2003–04)25–16–6–1Recap
49TJanuary 28, 20041–1 OT@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)25–16–7–1Recap
50LJanuary 29, 20042–4Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)25–17–7–1Recap
51LJanuary 31, 20041–4New Jersey Devils (2003–04)25–18–7–1Recap :
February: 4–7–1–1 (home: 3–1–0–0; road: 1–6–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
52LFebruary 2, 20040–4@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)25–19–7–1Recap
53LFebruary 4, 20043–5@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)25–20–7–1Recap
54WFebruary 5, 20042–1@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)26–20–7–1Recap
55LFebruary 10, 20041–3@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)26–21–7–1Recap
56LFebruary 12, 20040–4Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)26–22–7–1Recap
57WFebruary 14, 20043–2 OTPittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)27–22–7–1Recap
58WFebruary 16, 20044–2Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)28–22–7–1Recap
59WFebruary 19, 20044–3 OTTampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)29–22–7–1Recap
60LFebruary 20, 20041–5@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)29–23–7–1Recap
61OTLFebruary 22, 20042–3 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)29–23–7–2Recap
62TFebruary 26, 20042–2 OT@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)29–23–8–2Recap
63LFebruary 28, 20040–2@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)29–24–8–2Recap
64LFebruary 29, 20040–1@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)29–25–8–2Recap :
March: 9–3–3–0 (home: 5–2–2–0; road: 4–1–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
65LMarch 2, 20042–4Calgary Flames (2003–04)29–26–8–2Recap
66TMarch 4, 20041–1 OTEdmonton Oilers (2003–04)29–26–9–2Recap
67WMarch 6, 20044–2@ New York Islanders (2003–04)30–26–9–2Recap
68WMarch 7, 20045–1@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)31–26–9–2Recap
69WMarch 9, 20043–2 OTNew York Islanders (2003–04)32–26–9–2Recap
70TMarch 11, 20041–1 OTNashville Predators (2003–04)32–26–10–2Recap
71WMarch 13, 20045–3Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)33–26–10–2Recap
72LMarch 14, 20040–3Calgary Flames (2003–04)33–27–10–2Recap
73WMarch 16, 20045–3@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)34–27–10–2Recap
74TMarch 17, 20041–1 OT@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)34–27–11–2Recap
75LMarch 20, 20041–3@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)34–28–11–2Recap
76WMarch 25, 20043–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)35–28–11–2Recap
77WMarch 27, 20044–3 OTChicago Blackhawks (2003–04)36–28–11–2Recap
78WMarch 28, 20043–1@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)37–28–11–2Recap
79WMarch 30, 20041–0Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)38–28–11–2Recap :
April: 1–2–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 1–1–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
80LApril 1, 20042–3Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)38–29–11–2Recap
81WApril 3, 20044–1@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)39–29–11–2Recap
82LApril 4, 20040–3@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)39–30–11–2Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2004 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) San Jose Sharks: San Jose won 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 8St. Louis0–1San JoseOTOsgood17,496Sharks lead 1–0Recap
2April 10St. Louis1–3San JoseOsgood17,496Sharks lead 2–0Recap
3April 12San Jose1–4St. LouisOsgood19,023Sharks lead 2–1Recap
4April 13San Jose4–3St. LouisOsgood19,452Sharks lead 3–1Recap
5April 15St. Louis1–3San JoseOsgood17,496Sharks win 4–1Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 7 | Keith Tkachuk | LW | 75 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 8 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 10 |
| 39 | Doug Weight | C | 75 | 14 | 51 | 65 | −3 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 6 |
| 38 | Pavol Demitra | LW | 68 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 44 | Chris Pronger | D | 80 | 14 | 40 | 54 | −1 | 88 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Dallas Drake | RW | 79 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 19 | Scott Mellanby | RW | 68 | 14 | 17 | 31 | −7 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 |
| 26 | Petr Cajanek | RW | 70 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 42 | Mark Rycroft | RW | 71 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 20 | Eric Nickulas‡ | RW | 44 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −2 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 55 | Christian Backman | D | 66 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | Mike Danton | C | 68 | 7 | 5 | 12 | −8 | 141 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Jamal Mayers | RW | 80 | 6 | 5 | 11 | −19 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Ryan Johnson | C | 69 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Eric Boguniecki | C | 27 | 6 | 4 | 10 | −1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Mike Sillinger† | C | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 29 | Alexander Khavanov | D | 48 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Eric Weinrich† | D | 26 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| 27 | Bryce Salvador | D | 69 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −4 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| 49 | Brian Savage† | LW | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 0 |
| 23 | Murray Baron | D | 80 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −6 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Peter Sejna | LW | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Pascal Rheaume† | C | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 9 | Jeff Heerema‡ | RW | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Barret Jackman | D | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Reed Low | RW | 57 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 141 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Al MacInnis | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Steve Martins | C | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 37 | Jeff Finley | D | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −9 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 | Christian Laflamme | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Matt Walker | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 32 | Aris Brimanis | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 50 | Reinhard Divis | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 35 | Brent Johnson‡ | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Steve McLaren | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Chris Osgood | G | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 |
| 18 | Scott Pellerin† | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | John Pohl | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Jame Pollock | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 43 | Mike Stuart | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 70 | Jeremy Yablonski†‡ | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 30 | Chris Osgood | 67 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 1604 | 144 | 2.24 | .910 | 3 | 3861 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 109 | 12 | 2.51 | .890 | 0 | 287 |
| 50 | Reinhard Divis | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 291 | 29 | 2.77 | .900 | 0 | 629 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 18 |
| 35 | Brent Johnson‡ | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 203 | 20 | 2.43 | .901 | 1 | 493 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star Team | Chris Pronger (Defense) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Chris Pronger |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Keith Tkachuk |
| League (in-season) | NHL Defensive Player of the Month | Chris Osgood (March) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Chris Pronger (January 19) |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| 400th goal scored | Keith Tkachuk | October 12, 2003 |
| First game | Mike Stuart | October 24, 2003 |
| First game | John Pohl | November 1, 2003 |
| First game | Steve McLaren | December 16, 2003 |
| First game | Jeremy Yablonski | December 30, 2003 |
| First game | Jame Pollock | January 15, 2004 |
| 600th assist | Doug Weight | March 27, 2004 |

## Transactions

The Blues were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 21, 2003 (2003-06-21) | To Phoenix Coyotes Tyson Nash | To St. Louis Blues Conditional draft pick |
| June 21, 2003 (2003-06-21) | To Tampa Bay Lightning Cory Stillman | To St. Louis Blues 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
| June 21, 2003 (2003-06-21) | To New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 2003 | To St. Louis Blues Mike Danton3rd-round pick in 2003 |
| October 27, 2003 (2003-10-27) | To Tampa Bay Lightning 8th-round pick in 2004 | To St. Louis Blues Erkki Rajamaki |
| February 9, 2004 (2004-02-09) | To Philadelphia Flyers 5th-round pick in 2004 | To St. Louis Blues Eric Weinrich |
| March 4, 2004 (2004-03-04) | To Phoenix Coyotes Brent Johnson | To St. Louis Blues Mike Sillinger |
| March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) | To Phoenix Coyotes Future considerations | To St. Louis Blues Brian Savage |
| March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) | To Phoenix Coyotes Tom Koivisto | To St. Louis Blues Future considerations |
| March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) | To Vancouver Canucks Sergei Varlamov | To St. Louis Blues Ryan Ready |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Via |
| September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05) | Murray Baron | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency |
| October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) | Jeff Heerema | New York Rangers | Waiver draft |
| December 22, 2003 (2003-12-22) | Scott Pellerin | Worcester IceCats (AHL) | Free agency |
| December 30, 2003 (2003-12-30) | Jeremy Yablonski | Worcester IceCats (AHL) | Free agency |
| January 29, 2004 (2004-01-29) | Pascal Rheaume | New York Rangers | Waivers |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| June 25, 2003 (2003-06-25) | Valeri Bure | Florida Panthers | Waivers |
| July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01) | Steve Dubinsky | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01) | Rich Pilon | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 7, 2003 (2003-07-07) | Jason Dawe | Oulun Karpat (Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 28, 2003 (2003-08-28) | Martin Rucinsky | New York Rangers | Free agency (III) |
| September 2, 2003 (2003-09-02) | Daniel Corso | Ottawa Senators | Free agency (UFA) |
| September 12, 2003 (2003-09-12) | Greg Davis | St. Jean Mission (QSPHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| September 22, 2003 (2003-09-22) | Daniel Tkaczuk | Lukko (Liiga) | Release |
| October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21) | Shjon Podein | Vaxjo Lakers (Allsvenskan) | Free agency (III) |
| November 14, 2003 (2003-11-14) | Steve Bancroft | Binghamton Senators (AHL) | Free agency |
| January 10, 2004 (2004-01-10) | Jeff Heerema | New York Rangers | Waivers |
| January 30, 2004 (2004-01-30) | Jeremy Yablonski | Nashville Predators | Waivers |
| February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24) | Eric Nickulas | Chicago Blackhawks | Waivers |
| April 5, 2004 (2004-04-05) | Jame Pollock | Kloten Flyers (NLA) | Free agency |
| May 16, 2004 (2004-05-16) | Christian Laflamme | Kassel Huskies (DEL) | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 11, 2003 (2003-06-11) | Chris Osgood | | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30) | Aris Brimanis | | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30) | Reinhard Divis | | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30) | Jeff Panzer | | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30) | Sergei Varlamov | | Re-signing |
| July 16, 2003 (2003-07-16) | Mike Danton | | Re-signing |
| July 16, 2003 (2003-07-16) | Brent Johnson | | Re-signing |
| July 16, 2003 (2003-07-16) | Ryan Johnson | | Re-signing |
| July 16, 2003 (2003-07-16) | Tom Koivisto | | Re-signing |
| July 16, 2003 (2003-07-16) | Christian Laflamme | | Re-signing |
| July 16, 2003 (2003-07-16) | Steve Martins | | Re-signing |
| July 16, 2003 (2003-07-16) | Bryce Salvador | | Re-signing |
| July 25, 2003 (2003-07-25) | Reed Low | | Re-signing |
| July 25, 2003 (2003-07-25) | Matt Walker | | Re-signing |
| July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31) | Marc Brown | | Re-signing |
| July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31) | Cody Rudkowsky | | Re-signing |
| August 7, 2003 (2003-08-07) | Pavol Demitra | 1-year | Arbitration award |
| October 10, 2003 (2003-10-10) | Trevor Byrne | | Entry-level |
| October 10, 2003 (2003-10-10) | Colin Hemingway | | Entry-level |
| October 10, 2003 (2003-10-10) | Aaron MacKenzie | | Entry-level |

## Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 2003 NHL entry draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 30 | Shawn Belle | Canada | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
| 2 | 62 | David Backes | United States | Lincoln Stars (USHL) |
| 3 | 84 | Konstantin Barulin | Russia | Rubin Tyumen (Russia) |
| 3 | 88 | Zack Fitzgerald | United States | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
| 3 | 101 | Konstantin Zakharov | Belarus | Yunost Minsk (Belarus) |
| 4 | 127 | Alexandre Bolduc | Canada | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) |
| 5 | 148 | Lee Stempniak | United States | Dartmouth College (NCAA) |
| 5 | 159 | Chris Beckford-Tseu | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
| 6 | 189 | Jonathan Lehun | United States | St. Cloud State University (NCAA) |
| 7 | 221 | Evgeny Skachkov | Russia | Kapitan Stupino Jr. (Russia) |
| 8 | 253 | Andrei Pervyshin | Russia | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia) |
| 9 | 284 | Juhamatti Aaltonen | Finland | Karpat (Finland) |