Fansided · Apr 25, 2015
Ken Hitchcock Should Have Pulled Allen On Powerplay
The St. Louis Blues now find themselves on the brink of yet another crushing first-round exit after a regular season as one of the elite teams in the National Hockey League. If the Blues bow out, either in Game Six at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday afternoon, or in Game Seven back in St. Louis, many people will call for Head Coach Ken Hitchcock’s head.
This is a long discussion, and presumes that with another head coach, the Blues, who have a storied history of playing below their means at the very worst possible time for many decades now under a vast array of head coaches, would somehow have defied that tradition.