from Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

Their longest losing streak in eight years now stands at seven games (0-6-1) after a defensive meltdown of near-epic proportion against the Minnesota Wild at Bridgestone Arena.

"You know what? It's a matter of pride as far as I'm concerned," Yeo said. "You give up eight goals, c'mon. We've given up 16 in the last three games. We've always been one of the top defensive teams. The turnovers that we have and the lack of respect that we have for our goaltenders and for the game of hockey _ that's ridiculous."

A fuming Yeo mentioned Alex Pietrangelo, Jay Bouwmeester, Jaden Schwartz, Brayden Schenn, Alexander Steen, Vladimir Tarasenko, Kyle Brodziak, Scottie Upshall and Dmitrij Jaskin as players who he had no problem with on Tuesday.

Everybody else, he said he was not happy with.

"I like what those guys brought," he said, referring to the names he mentioned. "But we have too many guys that didn't match that. . . .The level of play of some players needs to come up, it's that's simple. Too many guys right now that aren't giving us a chance to win hockey games."

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