The story has been beaten to death already but it deserves to be told one more time. The St. Louis Blues were dead last in the NHL in early January. In June, they were the last team standing. It’s one of the best stories to come out of the NHL in a long time, made even better by a city capturing its first NHL championship.



There are some who have downplayed the Blues’ Stanley Cup win on the basis of it being a slightly unexpected result. To hell with that. This Blues team is no fluke and they have a decent chance of repeating the magic this season or at least representing the West in the Stanley Cup final. While the results at the time were iffy, this team carried a lot of hype from the offseason and there were inklings of a sleeping giant buried underneath all the losses. They’re the real deal and the team to beat from the West (leaving the final three teams left all coming from not just one conference, but one division).



The Blues winning it all...