Norm Sanders has been the Blues beat writer for the News-Democrat since 1995, the year the team traded Brendan Shanahan for Chris Pronger. Since then he's chronicled the Mike Keenan-Brett Hull feud, laser slap shots by Al MacInnis, Wayne Gretzky's debut at Kiel Center, three ownership groups and the ups and downs of a franchise still looking for its first Stanley Cup. ...
Blues defenseman Erik Johnson will miss the 2008-09 season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in his right knee.Once the swelling subsides, Johnson will undergo surgery that team officials are hopeful will result in a... ...