Jeff Marek welcomes Andy Strickland to break down where exactly the St. Louis Blues go from here after a bruising week of injuries, schedule congestion, and a roster that hasn’t rediscovered the identity it flashed late last season. Strickland outlines how the condensed calendar has directly contributed to wear-and-tear absences — including the loss of key fourth-line tone-setters like Nathan Walker — and why St. Louis suddenly lacks the physical edge it once relied on. He also explains why the Blues’ situation feels closer to organizational shock than routine adversity, given they returned virtually the entire roster from the year they pushed Winnipeg to seven. With major clubs accelerating deadline timelines due to LTIR rules and the Olympic break pause, Strickland details where St. Louis fits in a Western arms race and why competitive restoration may require harder internal choices than expected.

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