St. Louis Blues: Tribulation And Transitions

Growth spurts are awkward: just ask the St. Louis Blues.

Inconsistency and frustration have been par for the course for the Blues, who have been mired in a stretch of mediocre play. While the team’s young stars have been bailing the Blues out, conflicting play styles and forgotten fundamentals have set the Blues further behind the Dallas Stars, who the Blues play at home Saturday night.

As I wrote about last week, tensions are mounting in regards to coach Ken Hitchcock. Playoff failures aside, the Blues have dropped four of five since the start of December, with three of those losses coming on home ice. Throughout each loss, Hitchcock altered the lines on the fly, primarily by moving Alex…