Can someone explain to me what the hell happened in St. Louis? I know they got run over on the last day of hockey last season by the Avs and missed the playoffs by a point. But this year’s start has been miserable. With players like Tarasenko, Pietrangelo and Schenn, you would have expected more.
So it comes down to two things then. Mike Yeo and Ryan O’Reilly.
Mike Yeo was the coach until a few weeks ago. His style of defensive coaching never seemed to mesh with the players in St. Louis, so there was not a lot of buy-in.