Nashville is still better whether they added this offseason or not, losing Stastny does not put us on equal footing with Winnipeg, Colorado is coming and will probably be 3rd in the Central. Chicago still has a roster that can bounce back after a down year, Dallas is Dallas, they could be a playoff team or they could be back of the pack just depends on how their role players play all year. We have a team of middling 2nd/3rd line players, a goalie who lately runs more cold than hot lately, and a worse backup, and our D, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz (who is unable to stay healthy a full season) and Fabbri (who with two bad knees will probably be a step or 2 slower and still undersized.) It's always been clear the Blues needed 2 good pieces to be a real contender, and for yet another year Armstrong doesn't come close to landing them. But at least he didn't let Buffalo fleece him again.