St. Louis will need to pick a style of play that best fits their needs if they wish to make a playoff run come March. They seem to have enough pieces to be a more complete unit, but need to find the right combination over the course of the second half in order to get the job done. Get your Blues tickets now, and be there when this team settles on their direction and makes a run at the NHL playoffs in 2010.

Led by their top scorers – rightwing Brad Boyes (34 points – 10 goals, 24 assists), center Andy McDonald (31 points – 16 goals, 15 assists), leftwing David Perron (28 points – 14 goals, 14 assists) and veteran left-winger Keith Tkachuk (27 points – 11 goals, 16 assists) – the Blues are a scrappy team that is seemingly still searching for an identity after having started the second half of the season. Are they a finesse team who relies on their top lines to do the job, or are they a tough team, like the one that had four fights against Chicago, that will attempt to bully their way into the playoffs? St. Louis may very well be a team that has a bench capable of doing both.

The goaltending stats have been fairly even so far this season, with the only true difference being that backup Ty Conklin (7-6-1, 2.76 GAA) has only appeared in just less than half as many contests as the Blues’ number one, Chris Mason (15-15-7, 2.54 GAA). While there is room for improvement for both net-minders, it is comforting to know that there is not much of a drop off between number one and number two if the need arises to shift the scales of playing time.

St. Louis will need to pick a style of play that best fits their needs if they wish to make a playoff run come March. They seem to have enough pieces to be a more complete unit, but need to find the right combinations over the course of the second half in order to get the job done. Get your Blues tickets now, and be there when this team settles on their direction and makes a run at the NHL playoffs in 2010.