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Han-D’men
Posted on 1 Dec 2011 by Patrick McLellan.
Han-D'men The only other team with a better record in November than the St. Louis Blues was the Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins. Why? One of the primary reasons is coach Hitchcock’s implementation of a fast moving defense. When moving the puck out of the defensive zone, it is imperative that the defensemen have a good angle to either pass the puck or bank it off the boards and out of the d...
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Coaching Runaround part 1
Posted on 8 Nov 2011 by Patrick McLellan.
The Blues have made a tradition of firing coaches over the past few years. In 2004 the Blues were riding goalie Brent Johnson into the ground as they were risking their first spring of being outside of the playoff picture in 24 years. Although more than half of the teams’ payroll was invested in an underachieving top power play unit (Demitra, Tkachuk, Weight, MacInnis, and Pronger) and the ma...









