The St Louis Blues officially changed the entire hockey worlds opinion in just one season. From mediocre to overnight sensation the St Louis Blues turnaround brought fans back to one of the teams most iconic moments back in 2019. While the Blues ultimately fell short of their goal, the team at least managed to show the league that they are not entering a rebuild but instead are already back to action and ready to compete. Today let’s delve into one of the most unexpected storylines of the year to explain not only how the Blues found success but how this team has a very bright future ahead. Subscribe to Jimmy Hockey for more NHL News and Breakdowns.
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The Blues can become the Florida Panthers of the Western Conference pretty easily. One of my regrets as a hockey fan was St. Louis not playing the Panthers for the Cup, that would have been one hell of a ride. Both teams play a similar style, they are really mirror images of each other. Nasty is the first words that come to mind.
Mark my words, Blues are winning the presidents trophy (very dumb reasoning)
The Blues and Capitals were probably the two biggest positive surprises last season that made the playoffs (Columbus and Calgary also were big positive surprises but missed the playoffs), and the two teams also had two of the best first round value picks in the 2025 draft. Carbonneau at 19 and Lakovic at 27 were fantastic value, guys that should have gone much earlier in the first round.
Those two guys are still a few years away from making an impact in the NHL, but it bodes well for the futures of both franchises to get such a great value in their first round pick while making the playoffs and surprising people with their success. They both got guys who should have been drafted in the top 16 by a team that missed the playoffs.
I would love to see the Blues offer Carbonneau and some other prospects and picks for Pastrnak because I think Pastrnak would be happy to escape Boston's mess and reunite with Montgomery, because Boston needs to tear it down and rebuild, and because I think St Louis is really close to being a Stanley Cup contender, and I think putting Pastrnak with Thomas would make them a legit Cup contender.
I would love to see Thomas and Pastrnak together. Thomas is one of the most underrated NHL players, and I would love to see a great playmaker like Thomas on a line with a great goal scorer like Pastrnak.