The fact the St. Louis Blues are inching closer to the salary cap ceiling is of no great surprise to most fans. Ever since Tom Stillman took over control of the team, he has given Doug Armstrong the freedom to spend near the cap.
Plenty of fans complain about where and how that money is spent. Many, including myself, at one time or another have questioned if the talent on the Blues was worthy of being that close to maxing out every dollar.
We finally got somewhat of an answer to that question. The Blues won the 2019 Stanley Cup with a good mixture of high-dollar contracts and smart deals that were either picked up from other teams or team-friendly contracts that maximized the dollar to production rate.