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2003–04 St. Louis Blues season

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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.

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2003–04 St. Louis Blues
Division	2nd Central
Conference	7th Western
2003–04 record	39–30–11–2
Home record	23–11–7–0
Road record	16–19–4–2
Goals for	191
Goals against	198
Team information
General manager	Larry Pleau
Coach	Joel Quenneville (Oct-Feb) Mike Kitchen (Feb-Apr)
Captain	Al MacInnis^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Alternate captains	Scott Mellanby Keith Tkachuk Doug Weight
Arena	Savvis Center
Average attendance	18,560
Minor league affiliate(s)	Worcester IceCats Peoria Rivermen
Team leaders
Goals	Keith Tkachuk (33)
Assists	Doug Weight (51)
Points	Keith Tkachuk (71)
Penalty minutes	Mike Danton (141) Reed Low (141)
Plus/minus	Petr Cajanek (+12)
Wins	Chris Osgood (31)
Goals against average	Chris Osgood (2.24)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Off-season

Chris Pronger resigned the team captaincy in favor of veteran defenseman Al MacInnis.^[2]

Regular season

On February 24, 2004, head coach Joel Quenneville was fired and replaced by assistant coach Mike Kitchen.^[3]

Final standings

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Central Division^[4]
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.

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Western Conference^[5]
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
8.5
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

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2003–04 regular season^[6]

October: 6–2–0–1 (home: 2–0–0–0; road: 4–2–0–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	OTL	October 10, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	0–0–0–1	Recap
2	W	October 12, 2003	2–1	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	1–0–0–1	Recap
3	L	October 16, 2003	1–4	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	1–1–0–1	Recap
4	W	October 18, 2003	4–1	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	2–1–0–1	Recap
5	W	October 21, 2003	6–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	3–1–0–1	Recap
6	L	October 22, 2003	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	3–2–0–1	Recap
7	W	October 24, 2003	2–1	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	4–2–0–1	Recap
8	W	October 28, 2003	1–0	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	5–2–0–1	Recap
9	W	October 29, 2003	6–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	6–2–0–1	Recap

November: 7–4–1–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 2–2–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
10	L	November 1, 2003	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	6–3–0–1	Recap
11	W	November 4, 2003	2–1 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	7–3–0–1	Recap
12	W	November 6, 2003	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	8–3–0–1	Recap
13	W	November 8, 2003	2–0	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	9–3–0–1	Recap
14	W	November 13, 2003	4–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	10–3–0–1	Recap
15	W	November 15, 2003	1–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	11–3–0–1	Recap
16	L	November 16, 2003	3–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	11–4–0–1	Recap
17	L	November 19, 2003	4–5	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	11–5–0–1	Recap
18	W	November 22, 2003	2–1	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	12–5–0–1	Recap
19	W	November 25, 2003	4–3 OT	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	13–5–0–1	Recap
20	T	November 28, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	13–5–1–1	Recap
21	L	November 29, 2003	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	13–6–1–1	Recap

December: 8–3–3–0 (home: 5–1–3–0; road: 3–2–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
22	W	December 2, 2003	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	14–6–1–1	Recap
23	T	December 4, 2003	4–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	14–6–2–1	Recap
24	W	December 6, 2003	4–1	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	15–6–2–1	Recap
25	W	December 9, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	16–6–2–1	Recap
26	W	December 12, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	17–6–2–1	Recap
27	W	December 13, 2003	2–1	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	18–6–2–1	Recap
28	W	December 16, 2003	2–1 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	19–6–2–1	Recap
29	W	December 18, 2003	4–2	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	20–6–2–1	Recap
30	T	December 20, 2003	1–1 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	20–6–3–1	Recap
31	L	December 22, 2003	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	20–7–3–1	Recap
32	L	December 23, 2003	0–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	20–8–3–1	Recap
33	T	December 26, 2003	3–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	20–8–4–1	Recap
34	W	December 29, 2003	3–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	21–8–4–1	Recap
35	L	December 30, 2003	2–7	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	21–9–4–1	Recap

January: 4–9–3–0 (home: 3–4–2–0; road: 1–5–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
36	W	January 1, 2004	5–4	New York Rangers (2003–04)	22–9–4–1	Recap
37	L	January 3, 2004	1–3	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	22–10–4–1	Recap
38	T	January 5, 2004	1–1 OT	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	22–10–5–1	Recap
39	L	January 6, 2004	0–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	22–11–5–1	Recap
40	L	January 10, 2004	1–3	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	22–12–5–1	Recap
41	W	January 12, 2004	7–4	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	23–12–5–1	Recap
42	L	January 13, 2004	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	23–13–5–1	Recap
43	W	January 15, 2004	5–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	24–13–5–1	Recap
44	T	January 17, 2004	2–2 OT	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	24–13–6–1	Recap
45	W	January 19, 2004	2–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	25–13–6–1	Recap
46	L	January 21, 2004	1–3	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	25–14–6–1	Recap
47	L	January 23, 2004	0–2	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	25–15–6–1	Recap
48	L	January 24, 2004	2–3	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	25–16–6–1	Recap
49	T	January 28, 2004	1–1 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	25–16–7–1	Recap
50	L	January 29, 2004	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	25–17–7–1	Recap
51	L	January 31, 2004	1–4	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	25–18–7–1	Recap

February: 4–7–1–1 (home: 3–1–0–0; road: 1–6–1–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
52	L	February 2, 2004	0–4	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	25–19–7–1	Recap
53	L	February 4, 2004	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	25–20–7–1	Recap
54	W	February 5, 2004	2–1	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	26–20–7–1	Recap
55	L	February 10, 2004	1–3	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	26–21–7–1	Recap
56	L	February 12, 2004	0–4	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	26–22–7–1	Recap
57	W	February 14, 2004	3–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	27–22–7–1	Recap
58	W	February 16, 2004	4–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	28–22–7–1	Recap
59	W	February 19, 2004	4–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	29–22–7–1	Recap
60	L	February 20, 2004	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	29–23–7–1	Recap
61	OTL	February 22, 2004	2–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	29–23–7–2	Recap
62	T	February 26, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	29–23–8–2	Recap
63	L	February 28, 2004	0–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	29–24–8–2	Recap
64	L	February 29, 2004	0–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	29–25–8–2	Recap

March: 9–3–3–0 (home: 5–2–2–0; road: 4–1–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
65	L	March 2, 2004	2–4	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	29–26–8–2	Recap
66	T	March 4, 2004	1–1 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	29–26–9–2	Recap
67	W	March 6, 2004	4–2	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	30–26–9–2	Recap
68	W	March 7, 2004	5–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	31–26–9–2	Recap
69	W	March 9, 2004	3–2 OT	New York Islanders (2003–04)	32–26–9–2	Recap
70	T	March 11, 2004	1–1 OT	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	32–26–10–2	Recap
71	W	March 13, 2004	5–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	33–26–10–2	Recap
72	L	March 14, 2004	0–3	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	33–27–10–2	Recap
73	W	March 16, 2004	5–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	34–27–10–2	Recap
74	T	March 17, 2004	1–1 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	34–27–11–2	Recap
75	L	March 20, 2004	1–3	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	34–28–11–2	Recap
76	W	March 25, 2004	3–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	35–28–11–2	Recap
77	W	March 27, 2004	4–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	36–28–11–2	Recap
78	W	March 28, 2004	3–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	37–28–11–2	Recap
79	W	March 30, 2004	1–0	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	38–28–11–2	Recap

April: 1–2–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 1–1–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
80	L	April 1, 2004	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	38–29–11–2	Recap
81	W	April 3, 2004	4–1	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	39–29–11–2	Recap
82	L	April 4, 2004	0–3	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	39–30–11–2	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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2004 Stanley Cup playoffs^[6]

Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) San Jose Sharks: San Jose won 4–1

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 8	St. Louis	0–1	San Jose	OT	Osgood	17,496	Sharks lead 1–0	Recap
2	April 10	St. Louis	1–3	San Jose		Osgood	17,496	Sharks lead 2–0	Recap
3	April 12	San Jose	1–4	St. Louis		Osgood	19,023	Sharks lead 2–1	Recap
4	April 13	San Jose	4–3	St. Louis		Osgood	19,452	Sharks lead 3–1	Recap
5	April 15	St. Louis	1–3	San Jose		Osgood	17,496	Sharks win 4–1	Recap

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.

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			Regular season						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.

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		Regular season										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

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL Second All-Star Team	Chris Pronger (Defense)	^[7]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Chris Pronger	^[8]
	NHL All-Star Game selection	Keith Tkachuk	^[8]
	NHL Defensive Player of the Month	Chris Osgood (March)	^[9]
	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Chris Pronger (January 19)	^[10]

Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
400th goal scored	Keith Tkachuk	October 12, 2003	^[11]
600th assist	Doug Weight	March 27, 2004	^[12]

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.^[13]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 21, 2003	To Phoenix Coyotes Tyson Nash	To St. Louis Blues Conditional draft pick^{[lower-alpha 2]}	^[14]
June 21, 2003	To Tampa Bay Lightning Cory Stillman	To St. Louis Blues 2nd-round pick in 2003	^[15]
June 21, 2003	To New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 2003	To St. Louis Blues Mike Danton 3rd-round pick in 2003	^[16]
October 27, 2003	To Tampa Bay Lightning 8th-round pick in 2004	To St. Louis Blues Erkki Rajamaki	^[17]
February 9, 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th-round pick in 2004	To St. Louis Blues Eric Weinrich	^[18]
March 4, 2004	To Phoenix Coyotes Brent Johnson	To St. Louis Blues Mike Sillinger	^[19]
March 9, 2004	To Phoenix Coyotes Future considerations	To St. Louis Blues Brian Savage	^[20]
March 9, 2004	To Phoenix Coyotes Tom Koivisto	To St. Louis Blues Future considerations	^[21]
March 9, 2004	To Vancouver Canucks Sergei Varlamov	To St. Louis Blues Ryan Ready	^[22]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05)	Murray Baron	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency	^[23]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	Jeff Heerema	New York Rangers	Waiver draft	^[24]
December 22, 2003 (2003-12-22)	Scott Pellerin	Worcester IceCats (AHL)	Free agency	^[25]
December 30, 2003 (2003-12-30)	Jeremy Yablonski	Worcester IceCats (AHL)	Free agency	^[26]
January 29, 2004 (2004-01-29)	Pascal Rheaume	New York Rangers	Waivers	^[27]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Ref
June 25, 2003 (2003-06-25)	Valeri Bure	Florida Panthers	Waivers	^[29]
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Steve Dubinsky^{[lower-alpha 4]}		Contract expiration (III)	^[28]
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Rich Pilon^{[lower-alpha 5]}		Contract expiration (III)	^[28]
July 7, 2003 (2003-07-07)	Jason Dawe	Oulun Karpat (Liiga)	Free agency (UFA)	^[33]
August 28, 2003 (2003-08-28)	Martin Rucinsky	New York Rangers	Free agency (III)	^[34]
September 2, 2003 (2003-09-02)	Daniel Corso	Ottawa Senators	Free agency (UFA)	^[35]
September 12, 2003 (2003-09-12)	Greg Davis	St. Jean Mission (QSPHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[36]
September 22, 2003 (2003-09-22)	Daniel Tkaczuk	Lukko (Liiga)^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Release	^[38]
October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21)	Shjon Podein	Vaxjo Lakers (Allsvenskan)	Free agency (III)	^[39]
November 14, 2003 (2003-11-14)	Steve Bancroft	Binghamton Senators (AHL)	Free agency	^[40]
January 10, 2004 (2004-01-10)	Jeff Heerema	New York Rangers	Waivers	^[41]
January 30, 2004 (2004-01-30)	Jeremy Yablonski	Nashville Predators	Waivers	^[42]
February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24)	Eric Nickulas	Chicago Blackhawks	Waivers	^[43]
April 5, 2004 (2004-04-05)	Jame Pollock	Kloten Flyers (NLA)	Free agency^{[lower-alpha 7]}	^[45]
May 16, 2004 (2004-05-16)	Christian Laflamme	Kassel Huskies (DEL)	Free agency	^[46]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 11, 2003 (2003-06-11)	Chris Osgood		Re-signing	^[47]
June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30)	Aris Brimanis		Re-signing	^[48]
	Reinhard Divis		Re-signing	^[48]
	Jeff Panzer		Re-signing	^[48]
	Sergei Varlamov		Re-signing	^[48]
July 16, 2003 (2003-07-16)	Mike Danton		Re-signing	^[49]
	Brent Johnson		Re-signing	^[50]
	Ryan Johnson		Re-signing	^[51]
	Tom Koivisto		Re-signing	^[49]
	Christian Laflamme		Re-signing	^[51]
	Steve Martins		Re-signing	^[51]
	Bryce Salvador		Re-signing	^[50]
July 25, 2003 (2003-07-25)	Reed Low		Re-signing	^[52]
July 25, 2003 (2003-07-25)	Matt Walker		Re-signing	^[52]
July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31)	Marc Brown		Re-signing	^[53]
July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31)	Cody Rudkowsky		Re-signing	^[53]
August 7, 2003 (2003-08-07)	Pavol Demitra	1-year	Arbitration award	^[54]^[55]
October 10, 2003 (2003-10-10)	Trevor Byrne		Entry-level	^[56]
	Colin Hemingway		Entry-level	^[56]
	Aaron MacKenzie		Entry-level	^[56]

Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.^[57]

More information Round, # ...

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)

Notes

MacInnis played only three games before eye surgery ended his season. The Blues opted to go with three alternate captains for the remainder of the season.^[1]
Either a 5th-round pick in 2003 or a 4th-round pick in 2004. St. Louis chose the 2003 pick.^[13]
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[28]
Dubinsky retired.^[30]
Pilon, who last played during the 2001–02 season, attended Florida Panthers training camp on a tryout but failed to make the team and retired.^[31]^[32]
Tkaczuk signed with Lukko on November 10.^[37]
St. Louis retained Pollock’s NHL rights through the 2004–05 season.^[44]

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