The St. Louis Blues lost to the Carolina Hurricanes last night, just in case you didn’t know. The game itself was not a catastrophe, however it continued to show the Blues’ lack of killer instinct.
Carolina is not a bad team. They are not the Coyotes or the Avalanche.
They are not a good team either. Carolina had six fewer points than the Blues entering that game and were five points out of a playoff spot. That gap has closed down to three, but the likelihood of them making the postseason remains slim.
So, the newest problem on the Blues’ mounting pile of issues is an inability to beat teams they should.