Hitchcock has Blues goal-oriented

The big prize remains the Stanley Cup for each and every NHL team, but there are certainly a number of goals driving squads throughout the regular season on the way to the playoffs.

"They validate the season," Hitchcock said of the goals, via In The Slot. "They validate why you start putting your gear on in September, training like crazy and traveling all over the (United States and Canada) and asking a lot of your players. It validates some of the goals you had in September. 

"Our goal was to win the division, win the conference and have a crack at the Presidents' Trophy. We're in the race and if you're in the race, you might as well try to win it. That's our goal is to try and win it. If we don't, it'll take us 10 minutes to move on. We're not going to lose any sleep over it. But what the heck, if you're fighting for it, let's fight for it."

Source: Lou Korac, In The Slot