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If the Blues don't need to log out altogether, they certainly need to hit a restart button. And it would behoove them to figure out a fix for their sagging special teams. Over the last 11 games, the Blues have been outscored 9-3 in lopsided situations. One of the Blues' three power-play scores in that stretch came in the Concord C1 Chronograph CC-5 moments of a 7-4 loss at Anaheim.When the game is on the line, as it was midway through the evening at Colorado on Monday, the Blues' special teams have been more like primitive forms of water torture. After rallying to overtake the Avalanche 2-1, the Blues gave up a late second-period power-play goal and an early third-period PP marker before succumbing 4-3.

Meanwhile, the Blues' power play continued to sputter like a '78 Pacer. The unit went 0 for three, fanning with the man advantage early and late in the third, when it had a chance to impact Fake Rolex Submariner Date Watch rrx0904010 outcome. Going into the NHL schedule on Tuesday, the Blues ranked 26th among 30 teams in power-play efficiency, impaired by a -12 goal differential.The issue does not lack for attention. The team spends plenty of time practicing the power play. The replica 2TONE 18K GOLD/SS ROLEX SUBMARINER DATE WATCH BLACK SUB staff has tried everything but solar panels and lithium-ion cells to boost the output. At the same time, the team's once highly regarded penalty-killing group has dropped to 20th in the league overall -- not good when you are the third-most penalized team in the league.

"I think the difference is definitely the special-team battles," said Blues All-Star rep David Backes, who got his 16th goal in the loss Monday. "(At Colorado), we give up two power-play goals, whether they are well-deserved or not, that's the difference in the game. They get two with a man advantage and we get none."There aren't many games a team can win even strength if it has to spot the opponent a goal or two in power-play situations. And sometimes you can't win replica Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Squadra Hometime Black watches losing. The Blues were doing a stellar job of killing a four-minute Colorado power play in the third period, with the game still tied 2-2. Then, slightly more than three minutes in, Kevin Shatternick scored on the Avs' first shot of the power play.