How can you look at what these two teams have done the last two years and think they’re equal?
The Blues are better, and it’s really not that close.
Kane is really the only area where the Hawks are better.
I think the difference is coaching.
The Blues were worse than the Hawks(and dead last in the NHL) last year until they fired their coach. Makes a huge difference, no?
It's not always just talent. It's finding the right coach that maximizes the talent on the roster.
There's nothing I can do to get Bowman to whack Colliton before next December. I've always believed that's been the problem. Also, the only D on the Blues that I'd take over any of the top 4 on the Hawks roster are Pietrangelo and Parayko. Keith is at least as good as Parayko, and I'd take Murphy and de Haan over anyone else on their roster.