A bald-headed guy named Dom once told his crew, “ride or die!” Granted, these were criminals wearing surfer clothing while repeating four-worded sentences with “bruh” mixed in, but the phrase holds well for the St. Louis Blues with 18 days and ten games left in the 2017-18 season. Oh boy, oh boy, what is this team made of?
A new reality is settling in across the league. Playoff stalwarts like the Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers won’t be in the playoffs for the first time in a while. The Vegas Golden Knights may win the Western Conference in their inaugural season, which simply isn’t fair, but then again, neither are countless unwarranted sequels.