The St. Louis Blues are prepping to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning this weekend. It is going to be a tough task to get a win, for many reasons.
One of the biggest reasons it is tough is the coach of the Ligntning, Jon Cooper. Cooper’s rise to stardom had some beginnings in St. Louis.
One of his first coaching gigs was in the NAHL with the St. Louis Bandits. Then, he started to move up the ranks quickly after winning the Robertson Cup in the team’s first and second season in St. Louis.
It was those teams that make me believe Cooper is the one to lead this current Tampa team to a Stanley Cup and make them especially hard to beat, even at the end of the season.