St. Louis Blues: Grading Blues Performances In October

Mike Yeo

Grade: D

Mike Yeo was given an enormous opportunity to succeed this season. After the additions of Perron, O’Reilly, Maroon, and Tyler Bozak, the Blues were primed for a deep playoff run for the 2018 season.

Unfortunately for Yeo and Blues fans everywhere, everyone’s biggest fears came true. The Blues won two of their first eight games of the season and looked terrible for the majority of the month.

Not everything can be placed on Yeo’s shoulders, but part of the Blues struggles have been due to the decisions Yeo has made. Playing Bouwmeester, I understand, the Blues lack defensive depth. However, playing Bouwmeester in critical moments late in games does not make any sense to me at all.

This is inexcusable, there are so many different players that can play in place of Bouwmeester, and although one play (in most cases) does not decide the outcome of the game, a mistake here and there has lost plenty of games already for St. Louis.

Giving credit to Yeo for just a second. His decision to reunite the Schwartz-Schenn-Tarasenko line has reaped the benefits so far in limited time.

The only reason why I gave Yeo a “D” instead of an “F” is because he still has his job. In my opinion, if Yeo has done any worse this season, he would not even be behind the bench as the Blues, head coach.