On January 1, the St. Louis Blues found themselves dead last in the NHL. General Manager Doug Armstrong was ready to blow the team up and have a firesale. He surely isn’t regretting not taking that path as his staff, supporting head coach Craig Berube and rookie goalie Jordan Binnington, went from last to Stanley Cup Champions. The Blues completed their historical turnaround with a seven-game series triumph over the Boston Bruins at the 2019 Stanley Cup Final last week and if their improbable championship run along with the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs established anything, it’s that taking the underdog from the playoffs isn’t a terrible idea. Only look at how this fan was rewarded with taking a chance on the Blues when everyone else had written them off.If you’ve got the extra money to throw on a long time like that, it can’t hurt. The Blues Cup win was not the future on an underdog that has been rewarded. From the next round, the President’s Trophy winner and four division winners from the regular season was eliminated. As pointed out here last month, if you were on this tendency before it developed or as it grew more powerful, you had been set up well for the remaining playoffs.
The regular season was not as mad as the playoffs. From the list under their preseason chances to win the 2019 Stanley Cup, the entire list made the playoffs.
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