St. Louis Blues 20 Worst Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
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The St. Louis Blues kicked off the NHL salary cap era by trading their former league MVP Chris Pronger to the Edmonton Oilers, which when compounded with the retirement of Al MacInnes, broke their streak of 25 consecutive playoff appearances, and the team struggled as a result. Then GM Larry Pleau made some of his worst mistakes trying to fill that void on the blueline until he was eventually replaced with Doug Armstrong. Army certainly made a few errors over his tenure, but none that he wasn’t able to overcome. The team’s fortunes almost certainly would have been hindered, if not for some help by the Buffalo Sabres, who became a dumping ground for the Blues bad deals (like trading all their worst contracts for future Conn Smythe trophy winner Ryan O’Reilly).
St. Louis Blues 20 Worst Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
St. Louis Blues 20 Worst Contracts in the…
St. Louis Blues 20 Worst Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
The St. Louis Blues kicked off the NHL salary cap era by trading their former league MVP Chris Pronger to the Edmonton Oilers, which when compounded with the retirement of Al MacInnes, broke their streak of 25 consecutive playoff appearances, and the team struggled as a result. Then GM Larry Pleau made some of his worst mistakes trying to fill that void on the blueline until he was eventually replaced with Doug Armstrong. Army certainly made a few errors over his tenure, but none that he wasn’t able to overcome. The team’s fortunes almost certainly would have been hindered, if not for some help by the Buffalo Sabres, who became a dumping ground for the Blues bad deals (like trading all their worst contracts for future Conn Smythe trophy winner Ryan O’Reilly).