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Originally Posted by timbit
Did St Louis jump to mind as Stanley Cup champions ?
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At the beginning of the season they were included among the teams many thought would come out of the West. The Blues had an awful start, and an inexplicably bad first half, but once they got rolling I recall that most people took them pretty seriously—in the second half St Louis looked like the team they were supposed to be from the beginning. It wasn't like it was the Oilers or the Coyotes sneaking in on the last day of the year.