On February 1 of this year, the St. Louis Blues had lost five of their last six games and with 53 points were ninth of 14 teams in the Western Conference, out of playoff contention and trailing eighth-place Calgary by two points. The Note trailed division-rivals Nashville by three points, Chicago by 13 points and Minnesota by 18 points. And they were only one point ahead of Winnipeg, Dallas and Vancouver. Any of Jake Allen, Patrik Berglund, Alexander Steen and Jaden Schwartz were simply awful at the time, as Allen couldn’t stop the archetypal beach ball while the forwards could not seem to generate any offense.
Lighting the Lamp: Dangerous Predators
