FRANCHISE NOTES

     In response to TEAM MARKETING REPORT's survey on average
ticket prices, the Blues produced their own survey of their
average ticket price.  TMR's survey said the Blues average ticket
price was $9 more than the league average and more than double
the average price in league-low Edmonton and Tampa Bay.  But the
club's survey had top-end pricing "in line with the league
standard."  Blues President Jack Quinn: "I don't know where these
guys are coming from" (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 10/6)....In
Boston, Nick Cafardo profiles Robert Kraft's tenure as Patriots
owner, under the headline: "Kraft advisory:  Smooth sailing."
Subhead: "For owner, it's been a successful journey into
uncharted waters" (BOSTON GLOBE, 10/5).