Placing even 1% of what is going on with this team on Jake Allen right now is preposterous (is it allowed to use that word here?)!! No doubt he was a disaster mid-season but his play over the last 10+ games has been just fine. And the shot you are referring to was deflected by one of his defenseman's stick blade. Watch the replay. I'm sure he would like to have a redo on that shot but let's not pretend it was just simple shot and he missed it. It had changed directions just enough to go off his glove instead of in it. That being said, Jake Allen needs to play at a high level from here on out, if the Blues are to have any chance.

And I have never given two flyin' forks about moral victories against any team, especially the Hawks. Maybe that's OK at the high school and college levels but it just makes you a loser at the pro level. The Cubs went 108 years with a whole bunch of moral victories and the Blues have now exceeded 50 years of moral victories. Playing them close and losing in the last 5-10 minutes is loss, just the same a losing 10-1. It gets you zero points and goes on your record as a loss. Perhaps someone in the STL media and in the Blues locker room needs to hammer that point home, instead of treating these players like some sort of boy-wonder celebrities. Rant complete!!

Right now the success or failure of this season rests completely on the guys with the bigger salaries. If they can't find it in themselves to play up to the levels they are being paid, this team won't make the playoffs.