Last season, the St. Louis Blues made a surprise appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, pushing the Presidents' Trophy-winning Winnipeg Jets to seven games in the first round--and came a few painful seconds away from completing the upset. The Blues made the playoffs with a 44-30-8 record, good for a total of 96 points in the standings. The vibes heading into this season are pretty good after some subtle but fitting free agency signings and trades, and now we're asking: are the Blues in a position to break their single-season standings points record?
Anything's possible, but the Blues have a difficult road ahead if they hope to meet those sorts of lofty expectations. The Blues' record is the 114-point 1999-00 season, where they had a 51-19-11-1 record, because the league still counted ties back then. If we're talking most wins in a season, it was the 2013-14 season where the Blues went 52-23-7, good for 111 points in the standings.
To tie that 114-point season, the Blues would need to record nine more wins--or some combination of extra wins and a few overtime loser points instead of outright losses--than they did in 2024-25. If we're just counting wins to keep things straightforward, nine extra victories would have them beating the club record of 52 wins in a season that was set over a decade ago. That would be quite the accomplishment!
So, did the Blues do enough to add nine extra wins to tie the record? That's where things get foggy. Pius Suter should provide exceptional middle-six value, and sustained excellence from Robert Thomas, Jordan Kyrou, and Pavel Buchnevich at the top will go a long way--ditto full, healthy seasons from Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg, and a complete season of Cam Fowler. The roster is certainly stronger, deeper, and more playoff-ready than it was, but the competition is the Western Conference is stacked.
The Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Jets, Minnesota Wild (with a healthy Kirill Kaprizov), and Edmonton Oilers: the West is loaded with good teams--true Stanley Cup contenders--this coming season. The Blues got better, but the Western Conference remains a buzzsaw, and they'll have to overcome some formidable teams to even come close to breaking the franchise records for standings points and, by proxy, wins.
The good news? Thenight-and-day difference between Drew Bannister and Jim Montgomery in the head coaching role. If Montgomery can extend his success to encompass a full season, the Blues may have a shot at the record--but it's going to take some outstanding play and a bit of luck to get there. At the very least