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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1823271" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-just-when-you-think-you-have-the-blues-figured-out-something-crazy-happens/article_4b7d7858-6b98-5859-9bd4-37373322fff4.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Benjamin%20Hochman" target="_blank">Benjamin Hochman</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>As a sports journalist, I’ve seen some seasons. Twenty professional years so far, starting with the 2002 Tulane football team — and its spunky linebacker Blake Baker — to the 2022 Mizzou football team — and its savvy defensive coordinator Blake Baker. I’ve been around college and pro teams that have been spectacular, others spectacularly bad, be it in MLB, the NFL, the NBA or the NHL.</p><p>But I’ve never seen anything like this Blues season. It’s been beyond comprehension or explanation. Beyond bonkers.</p><p>The Blues won their first three games.</p><p>They lost their next <em>eight</em> games.</p><p>They won their next <em>seven</em> games.</p><p></p><p>They next went on the road and were blown out, 6-2 and 5-2.</p><p>And in the third and final game of the trip, they trailed 3-0 and by the end of the second period it was 4-1. It was the second game of a road back-to-back situation. They were down two forwards. And sure enough, the Blues scored three goals in the third to tie Florida — and scored in overtime to beat Florida.</p><p>Unfathomable.</p><p></p><p>This year, they have been so good and so bad that they don’t even know who they are.</p><p>Sure, one could argue that at 11-10-0, the Blues, despite the streaks, are just an average team.</p><p>Still, their ceiling is so high!</p><p></p><p>But their floor is so low!</p><p>Look, they still have the potential to be a playoff team and a tough playoff team, at that. But it sure seems a lot of the Blues’ problems lie squarely between their helmet flaps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1823271, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-just-when-you-think-you-have-the-blues-figured-out-something-crazy-happens/article_4b7d7858-6b98-5859-9bd4-37373322fff4.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Benjamin%20Hochman']Benjamin Hochman[/URL] As a sports journalist, I’ve seen some seasons. Twenty professional years so far, starting with the 2002 Tulane football team — and its spunky linebacker Blake Baker — to the 2022 Mizzou football team — and its savvy defensive coordinator Blake Baker. I’ve been around college and pro teams that have been spectacular, others spectacularly bad, be it in MLB, the NFL, the NBA or the NHL. But I’ve never seen anything like this Blues season. It’s been beyond comprehension or explanation. Beyond bonkers. The Blues won their first three games. They lost their next [I]eight[/I] games. They won their next [I]seven[/I] games. They next went on the road and were blown out, 6-2 and 5-2. And in the third and final game of the trip, they trailed 3-0 and by the end of the second period it was 4-1. It was the second game of a road back-to-back situation. They were down two forwards. And sure enough, the Blues scored three goals in the third to tie Florida — and scored in overtime to beat Florida. Unfathomable. This year, they have been so good and so bad that they don’t even know who they are. Sure, one could argue that at 11-10-0, the Blues, despite the streaks, are just an average team. Still, their ceiling is so high! But their floor is so low! Look, they still have the potential to be a playoff team and a tough playoff team, at that. But it sure seems a lot of the Blues’ problems lie squarely between their helmet flaps. [/QUOTE]
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