You can point to a lot of reasons why the St. Louis Blues took over 50 years to win their first Stanley Cup, but Doug Armstrong finally found the winning recipe that sent the Blues to eternal glory.
Armstrong took over the general manager position in 2010, and his road to the Stanley Cup took a long time and gave some fans some heartache over the years, but anytime you win a Stanley Cup, it becomes a lot easier to forget the painful years.
We can question some of the contracts that Armstrong had given out in the past.