Griff, take down the Backes fathead off your wall and pay attention. This team will not have their full identity and potential realized until the 2nd half of the season. New coaches, a new captain, some new players, new leaders, etc... When you consider that and look at where they are today, nothing to complain about that isn't nit-picking...

We're on the same page with the need for a player or two to round things out but those guys don't grow on trees and they don't come cheap when it comes to acquiring one... We'll just have to hold tight and see what happens with a possible trade. You just pray some GM thinks Berglund is worth more than a bag of practice pucks. Just unloading him for a crappy draft pick would be worth it to free up cap space and get some other player in the lineup. He may go down as the biggest waste of money in Blues history.

When this team plays the way Hitch wants them to play, they are as good as any team in the NHL. When they don't, they look like one of the worst. They just don't have the depth of skill players to overcome poor effort or poor execution. But they have enough talent to win. We've seen it. They have the size and speed to play with anyone in the playoffs. They will just have a hard time winning any games without good execution and 100% effort. You hear teams occasionally say they got lucky with a win, because they didn't play as good as they could have. That's not the Blues...

Go Blue...