Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Calgary ya kasa kaiwa wasan karshe a duka lokutan biyu, kuma yayin da aikin Bouwmeester ya karu a cikin lokacin 2012-13 wanda aka rage shi - yana da kwallaye 6 da maki 15 a wasanni 33 don Calgary kuma ya sake jagorantar kungiyar a lokacin kankara - ya kuma kai wasanni 750 na aiki ba tare da bayyana a wasan karshe ba. Tare da Flames shiga wani sake ginawa lokaci, Bouwmeester amince da waiver ya ba-kasuwanci sashe da kuma yarda da wani cinikayya a kan Afrilu 1, 2013. An siyar da shi zuwa St. Louis Blues a musayar masu sa ido Mark Cundari, Reto Berra da zagaye na farko a shekarar 2013
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya bayyana barin Calgary a matsayin "mai ɗaci", yana kiran garin babban wuri don yin wasa, amma ya nuna fatan cewa a ƙarshe zai kai wasan karshe tare da Blues. Ya cimma wannan burin ne bayan da Blues ta samu gurbi a wasan karshe na uku a kakar wasa ta bana, kuma na 762 na aikin Bouwmeester. A yin haka, ya kauce wa karya rikodin NHL na Olli Jokinen na wasanni 799 kafin ya fara wasan farko (Jokinen ya wuce Ron Hainsey shekaru biyu bayan haka).