My lunchtime noodling:  Blues regular season results:

2002-03    41-24-11-06    99pts    5th

2003-04    39-30-11-02    91        7th

2004-05    April Fool!

2005-06    21-46-15        57        15th

2006-07    34-35-13        81        10th

2007-08    33-36-13        79        14th

2008-09    41-31-10        92        6th

2009-10    40-32-10        90        9th

2010-11    38-33-11*       87*      11th*  

*assuming a win over the Preds Saturday

What can we learn from this?  The Blues were on their way down BEFORE the lockout, and the difference between making the playoffs and not making the playoffs isn't so much the number of wins as it is keeping the number of regulation losses under 30.