Three Takeaways From Blues’ 2-1 Loss Against Blue Jackets

ST. LOUIS – A broken record when it comes to the St. Louis Blues that just doesn’t seem to want to go away.

Look like world beaters one game, put on a disappearing act the next.

Look as consistent as a game can get one game, then revert right back to the inconsistent, lack of urgent side seen far too often, and it was on display on Saturday in a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Enterprise Center.

The Blues (20-20-4) were stymied by Jet Greaves, yes, Jet Greaves, and came within 10.5 seconds of being shut out for the first time before Colton Parayko’s goal kept that streak alive:

But it’s not the kind of streak they care too much about. Well, it sort of is, but it’s another lost game in the standings when the Blues know they’re chasing the standings. And it’s another example of what’s happened far too often this season yet again.

Let’s go into the Three Takeaways:

* Jim Montgomery laid it out in bold — “The lack of urgency in our group is what’s hurting is in our consistency,” Montgomery said. “You look at the way we came out against Anaheim (Thursday in a 6-2 win), there was a direct purpose to what we were doing. Tonight there was not. It was wait-and-see. And that urgency us fearing losing is something that’s got to become part of our fiber if we want to get to the consistent level we want to be at.”

Tonight was a perfect example of taking it up a notch from a 6-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday and starting to surge in the right direction.

Instead, the Blues go the opposite way and level off in the wrong direction.

And how do they go about finding that urgency?

“Mentally you have to fear losing,” Montgomery said. “I know it sounds maybe stupid, but if you’re afraid of losing … you watch a boxer go into the ring. And if he’s loose, he’s going to get knocked out. You’ve got to really fear and respect this league or it’ll humble you. We get humbled a lot. It’s a mental preparation thing that we’ve…