Blues Off-season and 2025-26 Season

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Logan Mailloux has made huge strides over the past two months, but the dude HAS to stop deflecting pucks into our own net. I feel like he's done it 5 times since the Olympic break.

[GeddyWrox]

Logan Mailloux has made huge strides over the past two months, but the dude HAS to stop deflecting pucks into our own net. I feel like he's done it 5 times since the Olympic break.

How much of this is just bad luck vs things like incorrect positioning, etc? I honestly don't know.

[Popeye_Card]

Logan Mailloux has made huge strides over the past two months, but the dude HAS to stop deflecting pucks into our own net. I feel like he's done it 5 times since the Olympic break.

How much of this is just bad luck vs things like incorrect positioning, etc? I honestly don't know.

Some is luck. Some is poor positioning, at least in terms of trying to minimize the options for shots to deflect toward the goal. At least a couple have gone off of his stick/blade, which can be resisting the urge to try to block a shot that close to the goalie - you have to let your goalie track it all the way in.

[Popeye_Card]

Great game last night. Starting to get intriguing - 3 points out with 6 games to play, and the Blues would hold the tiebreaker (regulation wins) against any of the other teams fighting for that last spot.

Remaining schedule:
4 home, 2 road

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77	2026-04-07	8:00 PM		Colorado Avalanche			Makar likely still out								
78	2026-04-09	8:00 PM		Winnipeg Jets				Two teams battling for the last spot							
79	2026-04-11	5:00 PM	@	Chicago Blackhawks			Hawks playing for nothing but spoiler								
80	2026-04-13	8:00 PM		Minnesota Wild				Wild still jostling with Stars for home ice in their R1 matchup							
81	2026-04-14	9:30 PM		Pittsburgh Penguins			Penguins likely to be resting some players								
82	2026-04-16	8:00 PM	@	Utah Mammoth                           Mammoth likely not playing for anything - resting players

Should also mention Kings and Preds play each other next, so hopefully one of them wins in regulation.

[GeddyWrox]

Thomas apparently tired of hearing critics say he's no Mackinnon or McDavid. Pulled out a hattrick on Mackinnnon's home ice!!

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Thomas apparently tired of hearing critics say he's no Mackinnon or McDavid. Pulled out a hattrick on Mackinnnon's home ice!!

I think more than anything, those goals highlighted Snuggy's growth over the past couple months as a playmaker. He's always had the great shot, but now he's able to catch defenses and goalies cheating on his shot and setting up Thomas/Holloway to finish instead. Two months ago, Snuggy probably tries to take the poor-percentage shot on that late third period goal, and hope that Thomas can clean up a rebound as the open trailer. Instead he makes a gorgeous setup pass.

[st.lewis11]

Thomas apparently tired of hearing critics say he's no Mackinnon or McDavid. Pulled out a hattrick on Mackinnnon's home ice!!

I think more than anything, those goals highlighted Snuggy's growth over the past couple months as a playmaker. He's always had the great shot, but now he's able to catch defenses and goalies cheating on his shot and setting up Thomas/Holloway to finish instead. Two months ago, Snuggy probably tries to take the poor-percentage shot on that late third period goal, and hope that Thomas can clean up a rebound as the open trailer. Instead he makes a gorgeous setup pass.

All 3 guys on that line make each other better.

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Should also mention Kings and Preds play each other next, so hopefully one of them wins in regulation.

Nope. OT/SO win for the Kings last night. That complicates things as the Blues now sit 5 back of the Kings for the last spot, with only 1 game in hand.

Jets and Sharks also won last night. Blues need to win tonight, which would set up a critical matchup against the Jets on Thursday for which zombie team gets to stay in the playoff hunt.

[JCShutout]

Wow, Detroit eliminated. Pretty epic collapse. The 1st they traded to us for Faulk will at worst be #16. That’s pretty awesome.

RN the Blues’ own pick would be #6. If they lose out and get lucky they could drop to 4, not likely though. I’d be pretty happy if we could stick at 6 or under.

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According to this, Blues currently have the best odds to pick 8th or 9th, with a 6% chance of getting the top pick. Detroit most likely 14th.

https://www.tankathon.com/nhl/pick_odds

Worst case, they have a really good chance at being able to draft the Ruck twins with two top 15 picks.