Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan lokacin takaici na 2005 <unk> 06, wanda ya ga Blues tare da mafi munin rikodin a cikin NHL, sabon gudanarwa ya mai da hankali kan sake gina ikon mallakar. A karkashin sabon gudanarwa, Blues da sauri ya sanya John Davidson a matsayin shugaban ayyukan wasan hockey, yana mai da Pleau zuwa matsayin mai ba da shawara. Tsohon mai tsaron ragar New York Rangers ya yi yarjejeniya da yawa, ya karbi Jay McKee, Bill Guerin da Manny Legace daga hukumar kyauta, kuma ya dawo da Doug Weight zuwa St. Louis bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci (kuma mai amfani) a Carolina. An sake cinikin Weight a watan Disamba na 2007 zuwa Anaheim Ducks, tare da dan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, a musayar Andy McDonald. A farkon kakar 2006/07, Blues sun yi kama da gasa a cikin Rukunin Tsakiya. Koyaya, raunin ya addabi ƙungiyar duk lokacin, kuma rashin mai cin kwallo mai gaskiya ya hana su ma. Tallafin magoya baya ya yi rauni a farkon rabin yakin, kuma ƙarshen shekarar kalanda ya ƙare da rashin nasarar wasanni 11. A ranar 11 ga Disamba, 2006, Blues ya kori kocin Mike Kitchen kuma ya maye gurbinsa da tsohon kocin Los Angeles Kings Andy Murray. Davidson kuma ya kafa ingantaccen shirin ci gaba a karkashin shugaban dan kallo Jarmo Kekalainen, ta amfani da tarin manyan zaɓaɓɓu na ƙungiyar a 2006 da 2007
don zaɓar manyan masu yiwuwa kamar T. J. Oshie, Erik Johnson da David Perron. A ranar 4 ga Janairu, 2007, Blues suna da rikodin 6<unk>1<unk>3 a wasanninsu goma da suka gabata, wanda shine mafi kyau a cikin NHL a wannan lokacin. Duk da tsalle mai kyau na maki 24 daga kakar da ta gabata, matsin lamba na wasa a cikin taron inda ƙungiyoyi bakwai suka gama da maki sama da 100 ya hana su shiga wasan karshe a shekara ta biyu a jere.