On the night before the rest of the hockey world found out the St. Louis Blues were making a coaching change, Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo got a call from GM Doug Armstrong. Armstrong shared the news of his decision. Ken Hitchcock was out, and the Mike Yeo era was starting early.
The immediate emotions from Pietrangelo are what you’d expect. He was upset and disappointed. As the captain of the team, he also felt responsible.
Much of the post-firing analysis centered on the Blues' loss of a veteran group of leaders in the offseason as a big reason why it wasn’t working in St.