Hot take: Berube is NOT a good coach. He gets too much credit for the 2019 Cup run. On the flip-side, Binnington doesn't get ENOUGH credit.
These past few seasons, Berube has seemed lost. Good luck Toronto.
I'll fully admit I think Binnington has been a pretty normal goalie since that cup run, not bad, not great.
That being said, he was amazing in that cup run. I liked St.Louis a lot as a team but always thought they lacked 2 things to get them over the hump, a 1C and a goalie, Elliott/Allen were just too mediocre for a team with cup aspirations.
Blues acquired ROR, that was one of the big things out of the way, and then Binnington came out and we know the rest.
I think the biggest problem which hurt Berube was losing Pietrangelo and it's on Armstrong. I have no idea how you add a guy like Faulk, a right shot defenseman when you have Pietrangelo and Parayko, and you sign Faulk to an extension first. You then let your franchise top pair defenseman walk for nothing.