The St. Louis Blues had one of the most intriguing stories of all time with their first ever Stanley Cup championship. There were heartwarming elements, surprising elements and all the stuff any Hollywood writer or novelist would include in their script.
The amount of things that seemed made for a movie was almost beyond belief. All the stuff was right there.
You had a team with an unbelievable offseason. Doug Armstrong made deals like you read about, acquiring Ryan O’Reilly, Tyler Bozak and reacquiring David Perron. This was one offseason after pulling off a big deal to bring in Brayden Schenn.