To put a label on the 2025-26 season, there are a couple of things you can say about it. It has been erratic, underwhelming, and certainly surprising. This season has been much of the same prior to that miraculous 12-game winning streak, which set a new franchise record and catapulted the Blues into the playoffs via the last wild card spot.
The only difference is, there is one really big problem that is like a black cloud over this team all season long. Recently, it has been so bad that it is like rubbing salt into an open wound.