You don’t need to jog Nick Bjugstad’s memory much for him to remember what it was like to play the Blues — it was his last game of the regular season with Utah.

At that time, Bjugstad was a witness to the Blues’ late-season surge that included clinching a postseason berth that night with a rousing 6-1 win over the Hockey Club. When he next takes the ice at Enterprise Center, it will be as a member of the Blues this time.

“As a player playing against them, there’s no space,” Bjugstad said. “It was not fun to play the last game here against them. I thought this team could make a deep run.”

As an unrestricted free agent this summer, Bjugstad signed a two-year contract with a $1.75 million cap hit, fortifying the team’s center depth. The right-handed Bjugstad, 33, had eight goals and 11 ass

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