Mike Babcock on Travis Dermott: “He is a real good player for us and plays well and is important… In the overall understanding of the game without the puck, that is his biggest challenge”

The peaks and valleys that go on with NHL teams — you’re taking on a team that has been on fire since mid-December in St. Louis. Is it no surprise with the talent they’ve got to see where they’re at now?

Babcock: I don’t know if you remember the last time they played us, but they played probably their best game until recently, and they smacked us around, to be honest with you. They were way better than us. We’ve got that to go off of, and then, obviously, the record and we didn’t like our last game.