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Blues are hot but still running in place posted on 01/22/2015
The Blues have been red hot. They’ve won five straight games, scoring 29 goals in the process. Only one of the games has seen an opponent be closer than two goals in the third period. The penalty-killing unit at one point stopped 18 straight man-advantage situations for the opponent. In two of the wins, the Blues allowed just 20 shots or fewer. They’ve gone from scoring 14 more goals than they’ve allowed to 33, the third-best mark in the whole league.
And heading into Thursday night’s game against Detriot, the Blues are in third place in the Central Division, five points out of first.
Life is not easy in the Central, and the Blues are finding that out in the early days of 2015. They have walloped opponents up and down, figuratively at least, are playing some of the best hockey in the league and all they have to show for it is being in the exact same place they were before. The Blues are treading water beautifully, going nowhere fast.
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St Louis Blues Strength and Weakness and Stanley Cup Chances posted on 10/16/2014
Having finished fourth in the league all the St Louis Blues Coach needed to do was a few readjustments and the team would be perfect. But General Manager Doug Armstrong a nd
Head coach Ken Hitchcock were not satisfied with minor changes in the team.
Paul Stastny
There were a number of key acquisitions which included the signing of a new assistant coach Kirk Muller and goaltending coach Jim Corsi. But one of the most important acquisitions this season was centre Paul Stastny. The free agent was signed by manager Doug Armstrong and got a 4 year contract with the team.
Paul Stastny finished the last season with 60 points in 71 games last year. Despite this key acquisition by the Blues, they had to let one of their key talent go. Vladimir Sobotka has an underrated skill that helped boost the Blues defence.
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