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Chicago Blackhawks: 3 St. Louis Blues free agents to consider

By Vincent Parise

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - JULY 29: Jonathan Toews #19 of the Chicago Blackhawks and Brayden Schenn #10 of the St. Louis Blues prepare to battle for the opening face-off in an exhibition game prior to the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on July 29, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - JULY 29: Jonathan Toews #19 of the Chicago Blackhawks and Brayden Schenn #10 of the St. Louis Blues prepare to battle for the opening face-off in an exhibition game prior to the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on July 29, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) /
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It has been a tough stretch for St. Louis sports fans. Their baseball team in the St. Louis Cardinals lost a series 2-1 to both the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs in the past week. Thier hockey team didn’t do much better either as the St. Louis Blues were swept out of the postseason by the Colorado Avalanche. It was a tough way to go out for the Chicago Blackhawks’ biggest rival but not many people should hang their heads after losing to the beast that is the 2020-21 Avalanche.

The Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues didn’t get to play in 2020-21.

Hopefully, the pandemic is mostly behind us by the start of the 2021-22 season and the NHL puts their divisions back to normal. That would mean more games between the Blackhawks and Blues. They played each other in an exhibition game ahead of the “return to play” bubble and haven’t seen each other since. The Blues moved to the West Division and the Hawks stayed in the Central Division for 2020-21 and there was no inter-division play.

When the two teams take the ice against one another next season, you know everyone is going to be amped up. This is one of the best rivalries in the game. For better or worse, the Blues have passed the Detroit Red Wings as the Hawks’ biggest rival (for now).

Going into the new year, every team is going to be looking at ways to improve themselves. The Blackhawks are certainly going to be one of those teams. They might look at the St. Louis Blues free agent list and consider trying to sign one of them. These are the three St. Louis free agents that the Hawks should keep an eye on:

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