The St. Louis Blues are in an odd position going into the 2024-25 season. They've made some minor alterations, but they seem intent on going into the new campaign with a similar lineup to 2023-24.
If that sounds underwhelming, that's understandable. The Blues were less than stellar last season and missed the playoffs.
They might have been in things until the final couple weeks of the year, the bottom line is they still missed the playoffs. Banking on the same players to just perform better hasn't had a long history of success in St. Louis. Just ask the Cardinals how that goes.
The Blues have made some upgrades to the bottom six. However, no matter how that shakes out, they need their top players to perform up to snuff if they hope to end their brief playoff drought.
With that in mind, let's take a look at some of the possible roster combinations depending on how things go in training camp.