

“We felt like we just wanted to put ourselves in a good position to make the playoffs again, then when we got there it was time to show what we can do.” “It fell on our shoulders… every year it’s always ‘we have to change the system’ and do this, that or the other and nothing really changes from our standpoint,” said Shattenkirk. Those long looks into the mirror led most players to the same conclusion. We had a guy who’s won us a lot of games, he’s done what he needed to do.” I think that was a big question mark for our team last year. “It seemed like the media was shocked when (Hitchcock) was coming back.

“Last summer was a great experience for all of us because we kind of finally opened our eyes and realized that we needed to change,” said Blues defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk. Turns out the Blues spent that extra time after the latest early exit – the first-round defeat against the Minnesota Wild – to do some serious soul-searching. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
