They've had bad injury problems, but nothing that they haven't dealt with before.
The Blues are such a frustrating team to be so emotionally invested in. Every year they find new and creative ways to break our hearts.
Finished watching the game this morning.. ooof
The only way to salvage this season is to get a top 10 pick. If they land outside the bottom 10 it will be the cherry on top of a horrible season.
Neither is Petrangelo imho.I’m willing to sell Tank in the off season. He’s not the star player everybody thinks he is.
I think that some are looking at our roster, particularly at forward, with rose-tinted glasses.They've had bad injury problems, but nothing that they haven't dealt with before.
The Blues are such a frustrating team to be so emotionally invested in. Every year they find new and creative ways to break our hearts.
Why would DA get fired? He JUST got offered a new contract. Every move he's made has been to further the vision of moving to a faster, younger, more skilled team.Off the wall question: Let's say this game winds up being the catalyst for Stillman to fire Armstrong (or move him into an executive position within the franchise) and Yeo. I know Sutter's name has been thrown about as of late to replace Yeo, but who could the Blues get as GM if they wound up firing him?
Why would DA get fired? He JUST got offered a new contract. Every move he's made has been to further the vision of moving to a faster, younger, more skilled team.
I actually disagree that we're not going to see significant changes, at least when it comes to players getting moved out.I suspect that Yeo will be under a microscope next year and that half the coaching staff we currently have will be gone by opening night. I also suspect that with the exception of maybe a UFA signing, and rookies Thomas and Kyrou, the roster as you see it will probably be what we start with next year and we'll have the same conversation again this time next year.
I'd imagine Brodeur but I have no idea.This is why I called it an "Off The Wall" question
All that rest made them tired.The Blues looked like they were on the final game of a three-week road trip.
While I would love it if he did make major changes to the roster, I just don't see the appetite of other teams to take some of these players for anything significant unless they are bundled with prospects and/or picks.I actually disagree that we're not going to see significant changes, at least when it comes to players getting moved out.
We all know that Armstrong is a pretty cautious GM, but we've been a playoff team for most of that stretch. When we are winning in the regular season it makes it more difficult for him to justify making sweeping changes on the roster, easier to believe minor changes can change fortunes. He won't have that going into next season.
As for Yeo, I'd agree that he'll have a short leash next season. The position now is that this is a players issue. Once the players situation is resolved, then it's going to be a coaching issue.
Good post.There is very little chance that Yeo loses his job this summer. If he did, no coach with NHL experience and options will ever sign for Doug Armstrong. I'm not impressed with Yeo, but this is the reality of the situation:
He is in year 2 of a 4 year deal and his first full season as the head coach. He lost a top 6 forward for the season in training camp. He lost another top 6 forward for 20 games mid-season and that loss almost perfectly coincided with the team's tipping point from great to terrible. His #1 goalie has played somewhere between bad and mediocre depending on who you ask. Down the stretch, the team still has a shot at playoffs but the front office decides that we're not truly contenders if we make it and sells a top 6 C for futures. Part of that decision is probably influenced by the injury to the team's best LD 3 weeks before the trade deadline. Shortly after that trade, the team loses another top 4 LD.
I don't think injuries tell the full story and Yeo should absolutely get blame. But every potential head coach is going to look at that and think, "he was the scapegoat and wasn't given a fair shake to prove himself. I'm not going to put myself in that position unless it is literally my only job offer." That's not how you attract an upgrade.