Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kutevera mwaka unoodza mwoyo wa2005-06, uyo wakaona maBlues aine rekodhi yakaipisisa muNHL, manejimendi nyowani yakanangana nekuvakazve franchise. Pasi pehutungamiri hutsva, maBlues akakurumidza kugadza John Davidson semutungamiri wekushanda kweHockey, achifambisa Pleau kune chinonyanya kukosha. Uyu aimbove muchengeti weNew York Rangers akakurumidza kuita zvibvumirano zvinoverengeka, achitora Jay McKee, Bill Guerin naManny Legace kubva kune yemahara agency, uye kuunza Doug Weight kudzokera kuSt. Louis mushure mechinguva chidiki (uye chinobudirira) kumira muCarolina. Kurema kwakachinjirwa zvakare muna Zvita 2007 kuAnaheim Ducks, pamwe nemutambi mudiki weligi, mukutsinhana naAndy McDonald. Pakutanga kwemwaka wa2006-07, maBlues airatidzika kunge anokwikwidza muCentral Division. Zvisinei, kukuvadzwa kwakatambudza chikwata mwaka wose, uye kushayikwa kwemunhu ane chinangwa chechokwadi kwakavadzivisawo. Rutsigiro rwevateveri rwakanga rusina simba mukati mehafu yekutanga yemushandirapamwe, uye kupera kwegore rekarenda kwakapedzwa nekurasikirwa nemitambo gumi nerimwe. Musi waZvita 11, 2006, maBlues akadzinga murairidzi mukuru Mike Kitchen ndokumuisa aimbova murairidzi mukuru weLos Angeles Kings Andy Murray. Davidson akaisawo chirongwa chakasimba chekuvandudza pasi pemukuru wekutsvaga Jarmo Kekalainen, achishandisa chikwata chepamusoro chechikwata chepamusoro muna 2006 na2007
kuti vasarudze tarisiro dzakakwirira dzakadai saT. J. Oshie, Erik Johnson naDavid Perron. Musi waJanuary 4, 2007, maBlues aiva nechinyorwa che 6<unk>1<unk>3 mumitambo yavo gumi yapfuura, iyo yaiva yakanakisisa muNHL panguva iyoyo. Pasinei zvapo nokusvetuka kwakanaka kwemapoinzi 24 kubva mumwaka wapfuura, kuoma kwokutamba musangano umo zvikwata zvinomwe zvakapedza nemapoinzi anopfuura 100 kwakavachengeta kunze kwemitambo yegore rechipiri mumutsetse.