Following back-to-back conference final appearances in 2010 and 2011, the San Jose Sharks failed to pull off an upset of the then-two seeded St. Louis Blues in 2012, falling in five games.
At the time it was a huge for the Blues franchise as it was their first series victory in 10 years. Since, St. Louis has maintained much of their core en route to their consistent regular-season success, but lost a few key pieces in the process. Here are the five most notable roster and team identity changes/similarities for the BlueNotes since team teal last met them in the playoffs.