I agree w Kirk, some of you are putting way too much stock in this so called puck luck? Do you believe in curses as well
When we outplay the Kings, they still come up big (Quick decides to become a solid wall, routine defensive plays that are played correctly fail because of a bizarre bounce). You cannot deny that luck has not been on our side - just look at our injury history. Sure, our players have to be held responsible, because at the end of the day, they either did it, or they failed, but let's not act like the Kings are far and away a superior team (or that the Blues are a vastly inferior team) just yet.
In general, the Blues should be good enough that a seven game series can be won on ability, not luck. The problem is, when we've got everything going against us, (injuries, freak plays, bad calls) we have been to be good enough to overcome that AND the Kings AND the Hawks. Even though the Hawks and the Kings play the same teams we do, it always seems like the odds are stacked against us; we're racing to the top of the same mountain, but our boots were stolen. It's like we have to be twice as good as the other team to even have a chance.
Again, at the end of the day, the only thing that matters are results. But let's not forget that this year, we might get LUCKY enough to actually have more than half of our roster without broken bones. How cool would it be if one of Oshie, Backes, Tarasenko, Schwartz, or Steen didn't have a serious injury entering into the playoffs? (All except Schwartz were playing with an injury/broken bone or two, and so was Berglund, Ott, and Reaves). That shouldn't be too much to ask if we're playing the odds. We'd have to get really UNLUCKY for that to happen AGAIN.