The Detroit Red Wings will have five former members of the St. Louis Blues on their roster this season in Robby Fabbri, Ville Husso, David Perron, Oskar Sundqvist and Jake Walman.
The Red Wings have added four of those players over this calendar year, and, as a result, the Wings’ home-and-home series with the St. Louis Blues is going to be something of a reunion for Detroit’s St. Louis alums.
In an article for NHL.com, David Satriano happens to take note of his most significant offseason roster moves in the NHL (both trades and free agent signings), and Satriano names both additions and the times where the significant players will hold informal reunions with their former employers. In the Wings’ case, Satriano picked David Perron and the Wings-Blues series as the most significant set thereof:
David Perron, Detroit Red Wings at St. Louis Blues, March 21, 2023: Perron signed a two-year contract with Detroit on July 13 after four seasons with St. Louis, his third stint with the Blues. The 34-year-old forward had 465 points (196 goals, 269 assists) in 673 games over 11 seasons with the Blues and helped them win their first Stanley Cup championship in 2019. He’ll return to Enterprise Center in St. Louis late in the season as part of a home-and-home set, with the Red Wings playing host two nights earlier.
Continued; the Wings-Blues games will hopefully matter for playoff standings for both teams, despite taking place on March 21st and 23rd. Let’s cross our fingers there.
