The St. Louis Blues winning the 2019 Stanley Cup did two things for the NHL. For starters, it proved that it doesn’t matter how you begin, but how you finish. The Montreal Canadiens should be able to relate to this, considering they were in a playoff spot for the majority of the year before things turned south.
The Blues were in last place at a point in the year and managed to fight their way to a divisional playoff spot after Jordan Binnington provided the team with some stability in net. Secondly, with St.