The St. Louis Blues have a roster built to win championships as presently constituted in the spring of 2020. It is no wonder that fans would like things to remain as they are.
That was exactly what the Blues front office attempted to do. With the exception of Pat Maroon, who was squeezed out by salary cap concerns, the Blues brought all the main players back from their 2018-19 Stanley Cup.
A global pandemic through a gigantic wrench into those plans. Now, there are no guarantees that the Blues will get to defend their championship in what actually would have been a true defense by the same team.