Playing in the new West Division this season might be a boon for the Blues, if not just for the absence of the Nashville Predators. The Preds had the Blues number last season, going 4-0 against them (the Blues managed a loss in bonus hockey) and helping make the push for the top spot in the West a little tighter than it should’ve been between the Blues and Avalanche.
The Blues play the rest of the Western Division teams pretty well, and in most assessments of the new division, they’re part of a three-way competition for the top playoff seed.