The St. Louis Blues acquired both Tyler Bozak and David Perron a year ago today, and both were instrumental in the team’s success last season. The only swing and miss move that general manager Doug Armstrong made was signing goaltender Chad Johnson.
However, with the acquisitions of Bozak and Perron, Armstrong proved that the first day of free agency could be crucial to a team’s season. St. Louis was also able to acquire Ryan O’Reilly on July 1, but the team acquired him via trade.
Fans often make hasty remarks about moves that a team does not make and are often slow to appreciating when a move works out like it was intended.