The Blues still haven’t completed a month’s worth of hockey, but they’ve found themselves atop the Central Division. They’ve accomplished this while losing six players to the Covid-19 protocol list, one to a two-game suspension, and now Brayden Schenn to injury. They’re having to continue to accomplish this while being up against the cap and short players.
So what gives? Why are the Blues the team in the Central that are defying expectations so early on, and why is it that power rankings compilers are having such a problem admitting that maybe they’re actually good?