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Originally posted by Nikilidstrom
As far as St. Louis goes, I don't see them not making the playoffs, since they only have to shake Calgary and Nashville to get there. Although I am sick of hearing how the loss of 2 "key" defenseman have caused their fall. Jackman is far from key, and alot of teams have had important players lost this season to injury, and are doing fine. If it is true that losing 2 Dmen derails your playoff hopes, you didn't have the depth to go anywhere in playoffs anyway. [/B]
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I partially agree with this. Right now the Blues biggest problem is offense, or lack of it. In the last 10 games the Blues have only scored 12 goals while giving up 27. In the 10 games before that they scored 26 goals while giving up 28. So defensivly they have gotten slightly better. 17 of the 27 goals came in a 4 game stretch so they're still averaging less than 2 goals a game on most nights. That doesn't mean much though when they are only averaging 1 goal a game themselves.
The part I disagree with is saying Jackman is not a key player. He led the Blues in +/- last year with a +23, played 20+ minutes a game and he and MacInnis were arguably one of the top 5 defensive pairings in the league.