As a Blues fan, it’s hard for many to be excited about Brandon Saad. His years of playing with the Chicago Blackhawks - and winning two Stanley Cups with them - have conditioned Blues fans to associate him with the team’s most hated rival.
It doesn’t help much that Saad and his former team, the Colorado Avalanche, swept the Blues out of the first round of this season’s playoffs.
The loss of both Jaden Schwartz and Mike Hoffman on the first day of free agency left two gaping holes on the Blues’ left side, two that general manager Doug Armstrong anticipated having to fill.