WASHINGTON — Adam Gaudette’s face curled into a smile when the subject matter turned to something that he’s often been asked about throughout his hockey career that led him back to the NHL with the Blues on Thursday. What’s up with your tape job? It’s a unique, yin-yang work of art that wraps white tape from the heel to halfway down a black blade, leaving the toe uncovered. He used it in college and rediscovered it about two years ago when he played for the United States at the World Championship in 2022. “I just like how the toe gets that little extra whip off the ice with no tape on it,” Gau…