Larry Pleau was named general manager of the St. Louis Blues on June 9, 1997. After two seasons as Blues' GM, Pleau has stabilized the organization's talent base, while steering the team towards challenging for the Stanley Cup.

Under Pleau, the Blues have had consecutive first round draft choices, in 1998 & 199, for the first time in 10 years, and he also introduced player mini-camps for the team's top prospects. His fan and media-friendly approach has gained him respect around the league as one of the most progressive thinking GM's in hockey today.

In 1999, Pleau signed scoring leader Pavol Demitra to a new contract and re-signed centers Pierre Turgeon and Craig Conroy to new deals as well. He also acquired goaltender Roman Turek from the Dallas Stars prior to the 1999 expansion draft—all moves that led to the team posting the best record in the NHL.

Pleau joined the Blues after spending eight seasons with the New York Rangers organization, most recently as vice president of player personnel. He joined the Rangers in 1989 as assistant general manager of player development. Prior to joining the Rangers, Pleau spent 17 seasons with the Hartford Whalers organization as a player, assistant coach, head coach, general manager and minor league general manager and head coach. He was also instrumental in drafting Ray Ferraro, Ron Francis, Kevin Dineen and Ulf Samuelson while a member of the Whalers organization.

Pleau played three seasons with the Montreal Canadiens (1969-1972) in the National Hockey League before being the first player signed by the Hartford Whalers of the World Hockey Association. He was a center/left wing for the Whalers from 1972 until his retirement in 1979. He played in 468 regular season games for Hartford, accumulating 157 goals and 215 assists for 372 points.

In addition, he also played for the 1968 United States Olympic Team, the 1969 U.S. National Team and for Team USA in the 1976 Canada Cup.

One of the game's great innovators, Pleau has emerged as one of the NHL's most successful executives.