Blues Still Choosing Between a Soft Reset and the Full Tear-Down

St. Louis has the kind of roster that keeps front offices up at night, because it is good enough to chase a playoff spot and messy enough to spark trade chatter anyway. The real question is not whether the Blues can compete, but whether they want to keep patching the holes or finally strip this thing down. That decision has a way of creeping from July boardrooms into September training camp before anyone wants to say it out loud.