Our friends over at GameTime touched on some things that were discussed on the radio recently. The St. Louis Blues were apparently much surer of the outcome of the 2017 NHL Draft than many would have believed.
As with anything, there is never any way to be sure about these sorts of things. The Blues apparently had a deal worked out to trade Kevin Shattenkirk at several points during and before the 2016-17 campaign and it all came to nothing.
This time, Doug Armstrong kept his aces up his sleeve and played them just right.