St Louis Blues

What a year the Blues are having. After starting out the season 6-7, the team has stormed back with a 23-6-7 record since Ken Hitchcock took the helm. The Blues have the lowest allowed shots per game, and the fourth best point percentage. All of these statistics are a huge improvement for the team. However, the team needs to keep working in order to stay the course for the playoffs, and needs to be active in order to have a chance at Lord Stanley's Cup.

The St. Louis Blues are playing top-notch hockey, and the buzz surrounding the club is growing after each game.

Coach Ken Hitchcock has preached a "total team effort" since taking the reigns from Davis Payne. His philosophy is working—players are setting each other up, finishing checks and cycling pucks and throwing the gloves off when needed to spark the team. 

As a result, many players on this team are having incredible individual seasons. 

The NHL All-Star game roster was announced on Thursday, and out of the numerous deserving players on the St. Louis Blues, only one of them was selected to play: Brian Elliott.

I am extremely happy for Elliott—it is gratifying to know that his spectacular play has been rewarded. But, I am displeased that he was the only pick from the team.

On November 4th, 2010, David Perron was hit on a cheap shot from the San Jose Sharks' Joe Thornton.

Now after missing 97 games due to a concussion, the Blues' star forward is ready to take the ice in front of a sellout crowd at the Scottrade Center as the Blues host the division rival Chicago Blackhawks.

The Portland Winterhawks are making their presence known in the Western Hockey League and the city of Portand. The Winterhawks currently stand with a record of 18-9-1-1 and are in second place behind the Tri-City Americans, who hold a two point differential.

The last seven days have been phenomenal for the St. Louis Blues.

After an underwhelming 6-7 start to the NHL season, the St. Louis Blues fired head coach Davis Payne and replaced him with the seasoned Ken Hitchcock. In their first game under "Hitch," the Blues dominated and shut out the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-0.

The St. Louis Blues are practically an invisible franchise.

They aren’t bad enough to pity, but they aren’t good enough to take notice of, either. They have made the playoffs just once in the last six years, and although they have looked at times like they may have turned a corner, they consistently return to mediocrity and, essentially, irrelevance.

Two years ago the St. Louis Blues were a team to watch out for. They were young, talented, and had just come off a successful season, in which they moved up eight spots in the Western Conference standings to sixth place.

It seemed as though this was only the beginning for a team filled with young forwards who were only getting better and the playoffs would be an annual event.

But sometimes things don’t go as planned.

With two games left in the season and the Blues heading to another summer without playoff hockey, it's a good time to reflect on the season that was. The next few installments will focus on the team awards and we start off with the MVP award for this season.

As we approach the end of the regular season, the focus of a select few teams will shift to the playoffs. For those that miss out on this most wonderful time of the year, their thoughts move to the offseason and the NHL awards.

In this vein, we look at a player who, despite having a serious case for the Calder Trophy, will miss out on the chance to win the award due to an obscure rule.