HockeyBuzz Hotstove: Will the St. Louis Blues make the playoffs?

Let's see how they play under Yeo first. Even Pietrangelo said it was a wake up call.

The real question should be who are the players who care more about their personal stats then the blues winning and will they be set straight or possibly traded

Hitchcock and thin should not be in the same sentence

Yes.

No........ and Armstrong should've been fired first! He built this mess of a "team".

Yes they will. They are just slumping. It's team defense that is causing the poor save percent and GAA. Allen is more than capable once we stop giving up so many class A chances.

They should

they cant play any worse than they are so logic leads to believe they will at least get a wild card

Hitchcock and thin should not be in the same sentence
- rangerdanger94

I hear he got fired for eating all the donuts at the team meetings.

I hear he got fired for eating all the donuts at the team meetings.
- waitforawhistle

jog on ya wiener

Surprised no one bothered to look at schedule. Blues have more games against Colorado left than they do against Nashville, Chicago, and Minnesota combined. All 3 games against Phoenix left to play. A third of the league has over 60 points right now. Blues don't play any of those teams in their last dozen games. Blues have just about the easiest schedule remaining in the league. Doesn't mean they will make playoffs, obviously... but that's kind of a major factor.

Yes they will. They are just slumping. It's team defense that is causing the poor save percent and GAA. Allen is more than capable once we stop giving up so many class A chances.
- cuethenoise

At some point you have to say its more than a slump. When you've been the third worst team in the league since the start of December and have had absolutely atrocious goal prevention, you aren't slumping, you're just not very good. The Blues have a gaping hole at center, a flawed goaltending tandem, and their defense is a turnover machine. Not to mention their lack of discipline and leadership. The best thing for the Blues is to trade Shattenkirk and Berglund, and then hope to get a high enough draft pick so they can address one of those issues. They don't need to rebuild but retool. Which will be difficult with some of the contracts they have for another couple seasons.

Surprised no one bothered to look at schedule. Blues have more games against Colorado left than they do against Nashville, Chicago, and Minnesota combined. All 3 games against Phoenix left to play. A third of the league has over 60 points right now. Blues don't play any of those teams in their last dozen games. Blues have just about the easiest schedule remaining in the league. Doesn't mean they will make playoffs, obviously... but that's kind of a major factor.
- Antilles

Agree with this. The Blues will make the playoffs.