2026-2027 NHL team preview: St. Louis Blues

LAST SEASON Fans of the St. Louis Blues have gotten used to watching their team heat up in spring after they’ve already played themselves out of contention, but they thought 2024-25 would be different. Led by coach Jim Montgomery, that season’s Blues really seemed to gel during the 4 Nations Faceoff break and came within two seconds of knocking off the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Winnipeg Jets in the first round. St. Louis looked like it had built something that could work in 2025-26 and beyond. Instead, the Blues reminded everyone why they needed a 12-game win streak just to claim the…