If there was one constant in the 2018-19 season for the St. Louis Blues, it was Ryan O’Reilly.
The man was a legit workhorse, playing defenseman-type minutes and putting up the best numbers of his career. O’Reilly matched his career in goals, put up 77 points, played all 82 games, and is up for the Selke Trophy. More importantly, and impressively, he was the best center on the face-off dot in the NHL.
It’s that kind of production that can lead fans to generate unreal expectations when a player nears 100 games played on the season when the playoffs reach two rounds of age.