The St. Louis Blues are an American professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They play in the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team joined the NHL in 1967 as an expansion team with five other teams. The Blues first played their home games at the St. Louis Arena until 1994; they play their home games at Enterprise Center, formerly the Scottrade Center and first named the Kiel Center. The franchise has had twelve general managers since their inception.

Key +Key of terms and definitionsTermDefinitionNo.Number of general managersRef(s)References–Does not applyElected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builder category

General managers +General managers of the St. Louis Blues No. Name Tenure Accomplishments during this term Ref(s)1 Lynn Patrick May 5, 1966 – May 29, 1968 1 Stanley Cup Finals appearance (1968) 1 playoff appearance2Scotty Bowman May 29, 1968 – April 30, 1971 2 Stanley Cup Finals appearances (1969, 1970) 2 division titles and 3 playoff appearances– Lynn Patrick May 7, 1971 – October 30, 19713 Sid Abel October 30, 1971 – April 17, 1973 2 playoff appearances4 Charles Catto May 7, 1973 – April 7, 1974 No playoff appearances5 Lou Angotti April 7, 1974 – August 24, 19746 Sid Salomon III August 24, 1974 – April 12, 1976 2 playoff appearances7Emile Francis April 12, 1976 – May 2, 1983 2 division titles and 5 playoff appearances8 Ron Caron August 13, 1983 – July 17, 19942 division titles and 11 playoff appearances9 Mike Keenan July 17, 1994 – December 19, 1996 2 playoff appearances– Ron Caron (Interim) December 19, 1996 – June 21, 1997 1 playoff appearance10 Larry Pleau June 21, 1997 – July 1, 2010 Won Presidents' Trophy (1999–2000) 1 division title and 8 playoff appearances11 Doug Armstrong July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2026 Won General Manager of the Year Award (2011–12) Won Stanley Cup (2019) 1 conference title, 3 division titles, and 11 playoff appearances12 Alexander Steen June 30, 2026 – present

See also List of NHL general managers

Notes A running total of the number of general managers of the franchise. Thus any general manager who has two or more separate terms as general manager is only counted once. Interim general managers do not count towards the total. Gerry Ehman and Denis Ball have been wrongly identified as general manager when their official title was director of player personnel, whose main duties were to be in charge of the amateur scouting and made decisions regarding the NHL draft. The error must have begun when Chuck Catto was demoted from general manager to director of player personnel on April 7, 1974. Sid Salomon III took on the title of President and Managing Director after the position of general manager was eliminated on August 24, 1974.

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