'Significant change' coming to coaching strategy for the Blues, but will it be 'reckless' enough?
After losing Brad Shaw and Kirk Mueller, the St.Louis Blues will be retooling their neutral zone strategy heading into training camp. From The Hockey News:
Following an off-season of change that has seen St. Louis say farewell to some key players, Hitchcock told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Jeremy Rutherford that the most notable alterations will be made to the way the Blues play in the neutral zone. The departures of David Backes and Troy Brouwer make the team smaller in stature — something Hitchcock acknowledged — but the hope is tapping into Yeo and Wilson’s system from their time with the Minnesota Wild will make up for the loss in size.