ST. LOUIS -- Give Bryan Little credit.
On a night Little's Winnipeg Jets teammates -- and even head coach Paul Maurice -- were talking about moral victories and the pride of effort in a 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues, Little was having none of it.
"It was a better effort but it doesn't make it any easier to swallow -- we lost again," said Little, who had a goal and a team-high four shots against the Blues on a night he was clearly the best Jets player on the ice.
"But it doesn't make it better -- or make this trip feel better -- that we put in an effort.