I know it seems premature to digest what happened to this year’s Blues team - a squad that went from the best in the West to missing the playoffs for the first time in six seasons by a point. To be honest, I’ve been sitting on this for a week, hoping that I wouldn’t have to write it. But I’m also a realist, and I knew tonight’s game had two outcomes: a loss, or an eventual first-round mauling by the Nashville Predators.
Well, it was a loss, and I’m not surprised. Or disappointed. The Blues fought for the playoffs but they didn’t.