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A year later, with the Blues out of the playoffs, Brayden Schenn鈥檚 words feel almost like a warning. They weren鈥檛 originally meant that way. But after the team's play this season, those words just hit differently.

鈥淲e feel like we have built something back up in our locker room where guys are going out there and playing hard for one another, playing hard for the organization, the city, the fans, a little bit of everything,鈥� Schenn said during last year鈥檚 end-of- season exit interviews with media. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 what ultimately wins you hockey games.鈥�

In the shadow of another torrid finish to the season from Robert Thomas, Blues general manager Doug Armstrong wanted one thing to be very clear: He values the Blues鈥� best player quite a bit.

Thomas found his name in trade rumors at the deadline and enters the offseason after closing his season with 31 points in 22 post-Olympic games.

He鈥檚 amazing! He鈥檚 maddening! He鈥檚 Jordan Kyrou, the lightning-fast lightning rod!

I don鈥檛 think Blues fans have been this angry about a hockey player since Bob Probert.

I give Blues head coach Jim Montgomery credit that he went beyond a generic falling on the sword after he missed the playoffs for the first time as an NHL head coach. He went into detail.

This wasn鈥檛 speaking into the microphone and offering a perfunctory "I鈥檝e got to coach better."

Across 100 minutes on Saturday, the Blues processed their season.

On the club鈥檚 annual exit day interviews, eight players, coach Jim Montgomery and general manager Doug Armstrong dissected the poor start, strong finish and another year missing the postseason. They discussed the past year, and, for some of them, touched on what the future may hold.

Blues players, coach Jim Montgomery and general manager Doug Armstrong reflected on what went wrong in 2025-26 and how to use that failure to drive the future on Saturday during聽exit day interviews.

Below (and above) is a collection of seven key video clips from the day's interviews.

There was so much promise聽鈥� and so much promised.

But the hopes and plans and beliefs and expectations lacked execution, and the Blues submitted one of the most frustrating seasons in the last decade of the franchise. A season that was supposed to still be going right now ended prematurely thanks to a poor start in October, a lack of offense and inconsistent special teams.

The Blues announced Friday that assistant coaches Mike Weber and Claude Julien will not have their contracts renewed, leaving more holes on the 最新杏吧原创 bench to fill for Jim Montgomery.

Weber's and Julien's contracts expired after this season.

What once looked like the chance for the Blues' highest draft pick in almost 20 years is now likely to be another double-digit selection this summer.

With the Blues鈥� season-ending 5-3 win over Utah, combined with Nashville鈥檚 5-4 regulation loss to the Ducks on Thursday night, 最新杏吧原创 will be in the 11th slot for next month鈥檚 draft lottery, which is scheduled for May 5.

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