St. Louis Blues Season Preview

Make sure to check out my other season previews below this post! The Blues were within two wins of the Stanley Cup Final last year , but getting further than that this year is going to be harder than before. The Blues have lost Steve Ott, Anders Nilsson, Brian Elliot, Troy Brouwer, and David Backes this offseason and have added David Perron and Carter Hutton. Hutton will be the backup for Jake Allen since Brian Elliot is now gone and Perron will most likely be on the second line for the Blues since he can get points somewhat consistently. That being said the Blues traded their former starter which means they either have more trust in Jake Allen or Elliot is getting older who knows, but their goal tending should be a bit weaker than last year plus Brian Elliot was the league leading save percentage guy.  David Backes was the Blues captain since 2011 and is now gone which will hurt their play undoubtedly. He was their second leading scorer with 21 goals and Troy Brouwer who is also leaving was number 3 with 18 goals. Both of these departures will require someone to step up and score more. Troy Brouwer was the tough guy who can score goals and he definitely leaves the toughness spot open. Aside from all their losses they still have great players like Vladimir Tarasenko, Robbi Fabbri, Alexander Steen, Alex Pietrangelo, and Jake Allen, but they really need more depth players who can score for them. This season you expect it to be good enough to make the playoffs, but the actual playoffs may have them be taken out early unless they acquire someone else or all their young players step up. How big of and impact will these losses have on their play this year? Will their young players step up for the team? Will they make any more moves this offseason? stay tuned....