The St Louis Blues had a lot go wrong in the 2025/26 season, to put it mildly. From goaltending woes to a real up and down season that saw them miss the postseason by probably a couple of wins, the Blues have a lot to go over this summer to find out what went wrong, where it went wrong, and how to fix it. Some players still had bright campaigns, while others just flat out didn't or were underwhelming. Here's the 3 worst individual performances of the Blues' 2025/26 season.
Jordan Kyrou
Despite finishing 5th on the team in points with 51, such a number is a far cry from what's supposed to be one of the Blues' best young stars. The 27 year old from Toronto saw his goalscoring total from just a season ago literally get cut in half, scoring just 18 when he had 36 last season. He did at least manage a near identical amount of assists, but the lack of goals also contributed to a steep decline in points, with that aformentioned 51 a far cry from the 70 points he had in 2024/25. Playing in exactly 10 fewer games probably didn't help much either, but there may be some hope for Kyrou to rebound in 2026/27. Kyrou's ice time also took a significant dip this season, from roughly 1433 minutes in 2024/25 to roughly 1130 minutes this season, a different of over 300 minutes. This was caused by his inconsistency and an even bigger issue, his turnover habits, which sometimes contributed to the Blues losing late game leads, leading to numerous overtime and shootout losses.
Jordan Binnington
At the very least, Binnington had some bright marks on his 2025/26 report card, performing exceptionally well for Team Canada at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics en route to a silver medal. However, the same cannot be said for his performance in the NHL regular season, a bit of a different game, shall we say? Binnington, despite being the Blues' starting netminder, found himself outclassed by backup Joel Hofer, and let's face it, Hofer might even have a leg up on him going to camp this summer. Binnington had a not terrible but not great record of 13-20-7 on the season, starting 39 games and playing in 2 additional ones with a .823 save percentage, considerably below any bit of .900, which is the ideal percentage most NHL goaltenders should be aiming for. Hofer exceeded that with a .909, making some real interesting conversation on whether he should be between the pipes for next season instead of Binnington.
Brayden Schenn
The veteran Blues captain didn't exactly have the best first campaign wearing the "C", having the lowest plus/minus rating on the entire team, and for the captain to have something like that means something went seriously wrong. Schenn did miss quite a few games in his defense, only playing in 61 games, but 12 goals and 16 assists for just 28 points is a shockingly low total for playing in that number of contests. The other thing that probably didn't help the 34 year old much were the constant trade rumors, which honestly after this season may have been extinguished. Unless you're the Nashville Predators trying to capitalize and fail on acquiring another veteran past his prime goalscorer, that is. Oh, you wanna know what the biggest kicker is, though? Schenn's not even on the team anymore- he was dealt to the New York Islanders for Jonathan Drouin, a goaltending prospect and some 2026 draft picks!
Honorable, or in this case perhaps some dishonorable mentions for the worst performing Blues this season come in the form of Oskar Sundqvist, who, like Schenn, also missed considerable time due to injury, so it wasn't exactly sunshine and rainbows for the 32-year-old Swedish defenseman. Sundqvist's career has been defined by injury, having torn his ACL multiple times, hampering what's otherwise making him a reliable bottom-6 defenseman. Sundqvist also struggled in the faceoff circles, often being outclassed by much more offense-minded defensemen who won faceoffs more than he did. And one more thing to mention, not really for Sunny himself but for Schenn, rather- his play this season coming right after a stellar campaign in 2024/25 makes you wonder if his rather large 8-year $52 million contract was even worth it. Clearly it wasn't since it only went 6 of the 8 years it was drafted for after starting in 2020 after Schenn came over from Philadelphia.
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