The St. Louis Blues have never really played by other people’s rules. It might go too far to say they march to the beat of their own drum since they are not re-inventing the wheel, but they almost always do things the Blues way, whether that’s been right or wrong.
In 2018-19, clearly that proved to be right. General Manager Doug Armstrong made some strong offseason moves, offloaded some albatross contracts and eventually found the right combination of players.
The beginning of the season showed it was not magic right from the start. However, once all the pieces fell into place, St.