Earlier this week, a new face signed a deal in St. Louis: former arch-enemy Brandon Saad. The Pittsburgh native spent eight of his ten-year career playing for the Chicago Blackhawks and Colorado Avalanche, two of the Blues’ biggest division rivals. In that time, he made sure to rack up plenty of points against the Blues, including a spin-o-rama goal and a tough giveaway courtesy of Zach Sanford. By all accounts, many dreaded seeing Saad’s name show up on the scoreboard.
Those waves of dread have washed away in favor of tides of joy.