Complacent. com·pla·cent adjective \kəm-ˈplā-sənt\
Satisfied with how things are and not wanting to change them.


This pretty much explains the St. Louis Blues on this three game road trip. They don't seem to care about what happens in the games. They are there to play, and make money. If they win games, great, if not, oh well.

The effort in tonight's 5-0 loss, was embarrassing. Taking six penalties, allowing 40+ shots on goal for the first time all season, and didn't give starting goalie, Jake Allen, any help whatsoever. The Blues allowed 31 shots in the first two periods. That is about the normal total they allow all game long, and Allen couldn't hold them in the game.

They hardly held the puck, and were still out hit. Usually the team with the puck has the least amount of hits, because it's hard to hit with the puck. That just echo's the effort put into tonight's game.

I'm not going to pick out any certain player's game tonight, because almost everyone was flat out bad.

The Blues enter the break on a three game losing streak, and three tough/embarrassing losses at that.

The Blues have three more games before the new year, all three of those games coming against central division opponents.

If the Blues can't put things together, I think we could start 2015 with some roster transactions. We've seen this movie before. The Blues players look like they are starting to quit on their coach. This has happened with Mike Kitchen, Andy Murray, and Davis Payne. It's looking more and more like it's starting to happen to Ken Hitchcock as well.

Hitchcock, to me, is on the hot seat as is. There is a reason when the Blues renewed his contract, it was only for one season. But the Blues core, is looking to end his tenure a little early.

If Hitchcock is let go at all this season or after the season, it will be the fourth coach the Blues core has seen. When do to the players start taking the blame? I wouldn't be surprised to see a deal come to fruition before the trade deadline.

We are watching a complacent Blues team, and something needs to be done to change that complacency.

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