The Blues were back at school Thursday morning.

With new colors and some fresh faces, a familiar coach leading his first training camp in St. Louis and the heightened expectations of a team on the rise, the Blues opened camp Thursday morning at Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights. While there are still three weeks before the Blues open the regular season at home Oct. 9 against Minnesota, the start of training camp marked the end of hypothetical hockey.

“Intensity was good,” Blues coach Jim Montgomery said. “Pace was slow in a couple of drills but really good in other drills where we had to battle each other. I liked the way our second and third effort is naturally being there on the first day. Execution was not where we would like it, but you kind of expect that a little bit

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