There are the well-charted on-ice changes for the St. Louis with Vladimir Tarasenko finding his scoring touch again, scoring from multiple lines, solid d-zone play, Jordan Binnington, and Jay Bouwmeester‘s transformation from defensive liability to an asset for examples. Confidence was the catalyst for these changes.
The first was the firing of head coach Mike Yeo. Something that should have happened over the summer so that the new coach could have time during camp to install his system and prepare the players. It took Craig Berube a month to do this and change the negative locker room culture.