When the season began, there were a lot of expectations on the St. Louis Blues. They were coming off one of their best seasons in team history.
They finished with over 100 points in the regular season. The Blues then fought their way, sometimes literally, through two rounds of the playoffs to play in the Western Conference Finals for the first time in over 15 years.
Then the offseason came. While so many figured it would be a building block of a summer, the front office had other ideas.
Salary cap implications hindered many movements and Doug Armstrong painted himself into a corner with the entire Vladimir Sobotka saga.