FIVE MINUTES FOR SCRIBING There’s a quality gap in the NHL Western Division, and the Blues are on the wrong side of it. Put the Blues against lesser teams, and they do just fine. But against the good teams? It’s ugly and embarrassing. As we saw this again Monday...
THE BLUES REVIEW: The Outcome: It wasn’t easy, but the Blues pulled out a 5-4 shootout win at Vegas on Tuesday night, picking up two points and improving to 4-2-1 on the season. For at least the next 24 hours or so, the Chicken Littles will stop cackling and pacing...
With the presumptive addition of Mike Hoffman, the Blues have 15 forwards in the mix for playing time. That number increases to 16 when Vladimir Tarasenko (shoulder) is ready to go. The population issue isn’t a problem. For obvious reasons, this is a positive. So...