When you listen to most fans, and even some analysts, the St. Louis Blues seem bound for trouble. They missed the playoffs in 2022-23 and there doesn’t seem to be a lot of room for improvement.
St. Louis definitely has issues. Their salary cap is at the forefront of that.
When you look at CapFriendly right now, the Blues have over $7 million in space. That seems like a decent amount.
The problem is that they have that much space, but at least five slots to fill. If you pay just $2 million per player, you’re already out of money and in the hole.