Contracts have been signed, trades have been made, and trades have even been made for draft picks by other NHL teams since the Stanley Cup Final ended.
The St. Louis Blues’ season ended in April. In less than a week it will be July. And what have the St. Louis Blues done? They have re-upped a coach with one of the worst playoff records in professional sports over the past several years and told one of their aging and least productive core members, Barret Jackman, that they will not re-sign him.
That’s it.
Oh. And the friendship between Head Coach Ken Hitchcock and then-Detroit Red Wings Head Coach Mike Babcock put an end to the possibility of the latter coming to the Blues’ rescue.