St. Louis Blues: Top 10 Best Deadline Deals

10.  Chris Osgood

Just in case anyone was wondering why the generic pictures, it’s because we don’t have rights to some photos.  But nobody cares about legal mumbo jumbo, so let’s get into it.

Chris Osgood might not have had the longest tenure in St. Louis or the best.  Many people probably saw this slide and had a puzzled look on their face or let loose a what the profanity.  The reason this deal makes the list is the reason a lot of deals will be on this list – what the team gave up.

On March 11, 2003, the Blues acquired Osgood from the New York Islanders for Justin Papineau.  In case you’re wondering who Papineau is (or were too lazy to click the link), don’t feel left out.  He played a total of 97 games in the NHL and scored 25 total points in his career.

When the Blues picked up Osgood, they were getting a Stanley Cup winning goaltender and thought he was going to be the solid piece that would help them get over the hump given his experience.  While that didn’t pan out, he wasn’t terrible in his time.

His regular season stats were pretty good.  In 2003-04 he went 31-25-8 with 3 shutouts, 2.24 goals against and a .910 save percentage.  It was the team and his own failings in the playoffs that cost him.  He went 4-8 in two playoff runs, getting knocked out in the first round both times.

The end result wasn’t what most wanted from it, but Osgood was a good regular season performer and the Blues gave up absolutely nothing, which is always the goal if possible.

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