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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1895198" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/fixing-special-teams-should-be-near-top-of-blues-to-do-list-for-next-season/article_5bb5560a-4601-5e84-82fe-7b3fce4eeb2a.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jthomas" target="_blank">Jim Thomas</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Long before this Blues’ season started, there were concerns about the defense overall and the consistency of the goaltending. Those concerns proved well-founded, given the shortcomings in those areas again this season. Disappointing? Yes. But no surprise there, really.</p><p>But the utter collapse on special teams, well, who could have seen that coming?</p><p>Last season, the Blues set a franchise record on the power play with an efficiency rate of 27%. They ranked second in the league — their best power-play finish since the NHL began listing team power play and penalty killing percentages in the 1977-78 season.</p><p>The Blues were almost as good at killing penalties last season — ranking fifth in the league, with an 84.1% kill rate.</p><p></p><p>Granted, the Blues lost one of their top power play goal scorers, David Perron, to free agency. One of their core penalty killers, Tyler Bozak, retired.......Assistant coach Jim Montgomery, who headed the Blues’ penalty-killing unit with distinction last season, left to become the head coach in Boston. The Bruins, maybe you’ve noticed, lead the league in PK efficiency (87.2%) this season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1895198, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/fixing-special-teams-should-be-near-top-of-blues-to-do-list-for-next-season/article_5bb5560a-4601-5e84-82fe-7b3fce4eeb2a.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jthomas']Jim Thomas[/URL] Long before this Blues’ season started, there were concerns about the defense overall and the consistency of the goaltending. Those concerns proved well-founded, given the shortcomings in those areas again this season. Disappointing? Yes. But no surprise there, really. But the utter collapse on special teams, well, who could have seen that coming? Last season, the Blues set a franchise record on the power play with an efficiency rate of 27%. They ranked second in the league — their best power-play finish since the NHL began listing team power play and penalty killing percentages in the 1977-78 season. The Blues were almost as good at killing penalties last season — ranking fifth in the league, with an 84.1% kill rate. Granted, the Blues lost one of their top power play goal scorers, David Perron, to free agency. One of their core penalty killers, Tyler Bozak, retired.......Assistant coach Jim Montgomery, who headed the Blues’ penalty-killing unit with distinction last season, left to become the head coach in Boston. The Bruins, maybe you’ve noticed, lead the league in PK efficiency (87.2%) this season. [/QUOTE]
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