In honor of the St. Louis Blues, the lunchtime menu at Mrs. Baird’s Bakery will offer a nice warm pretzel bread with a beer cheese sauce made from real beer - not that Budweiser business.
Let’s enjoy this sustenance as we recap the offseason of the Blues and what their season could look like this year.
Last season stats:
Points earned: 99
Central division finish: 3rd (out of 7)
Final league finish: 10th (out of 30)
Best stat: 21.3% - power play conversion, good for 2nd best in the West, behind only the Edmonton Oilers
Worst stat: 14, the number of times they won when outshot by opponents, 4th lowest in the league (ahead of only the Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche, and Los Angeles Kings)
Key offseason player changes:
- F David Perron (expansion draft)
- C Jori Lehtera (trade)
- F Ryan Reaves (trade)
- F Nail Yakupov
+ F Chris Thorburn
+ F Beau Bennett
2017-2018 Freshness Rating:
(1 loaf of bread = lottery pick, 5 loaves of bread = deadly contender)
Offseason overview:
The biggest change to the Blues’ roster may be the changes they made behind the bench.