The St. Louis Blues have had a serious fault in offense this season, which is not much different from years past. Essentially, following a performance of scoring the 13th-most goals in 2024-25, and adding some new pieces to help with the offensive end, there is no excuse as to why this team is at the bottom of the NHL in 2025-26.
If you were to look at the projected numbers for the end of the season, it shows everything you need to know about why this Blues team has failed all season long. It is crystal clear that the worst ailment with this franchise is that itstalented offense was downright embarrassing.
Let's take a look.
What it might look like at the end of the season
After 50 games, the Blues' leading scorer is Robert Thomas, who is on the Injured Reserve list, with 33 points. If he were to come back before the next contest against Dallas on Friday, which is highly unlikely, he would finish the season at his current pace with 54 points. To put that in perspective, Thomas' assists last season eclipsed that, as he had 60 assists.
Behind him is Pavel Buchnevich, who currently has 25 points on the season. He is on pace for 41 points at the end of it all. To round out the top three, Justin Faulk has 23 points right now and is projected to finish with 38 points.
So the top three Blues leaders in points, collectively, are anticipated to accumulate 133 points altogether. There is a very high chance that Nathan MacKinnon of Colorado, who is at 85 points through 48 games, will fly right past 133 points and reach his projected points mark of 145 points.
This is why the notion and conversation that General Manager Doug Armstrong is completely blowing up this core group is a lot more than an overreaction to this season's misfortune. It is the right decision. These players are not going to put up numbers like MacKinnon, Leon Draisaitl, or even Jack Eichel.
Defense and goaltending are still a very important part of the game, but it means nothing unless the offense is putting up numbers. Last I checked, the Blues have to score more goals than their opponent to win hockey games, and this season, they have failed to score.