This isn't the time to stay the course or to hope for more from the current roster. That plan has brought the Blues to the brink in recent years as a slew of former No. 1 draft picks and other top prospects have matured into legitimate NHL talent.

This isn't the time to hope things get better. This isn't the time to wonder if this is the season that Player A or Player B have breakout years.

-Norm Sanders of the News-Democrat on the St. Louis Blues. Read more on the Blues needing to make a splash this summer.