from Bernie Miklasz of the Stl Louis Post-Dispatch,

I want to enjoy watching this Blues team. They deserve to be judged by what they’re doing instead of being lumped in with past disappointments.

Feel free to laugh at me later, but I believe this version of the Blues will ultimately prove to have more substance and quality than the recent Blues teams that raised hopes before deflating the party balloons.

This doesn’t mean I think the 2014 Blues will destroy all challengers to win the Stanley Cup. But I refuse to discount their chances by presuming failure up ahead. Why do that? Besides, the truth will emerge a few months from now, in what should be a brutally difficult Western Conference playoffs.

Wednesday I asked Blues GM Doug Armstrong why the current Blues should be viewed as more capable and trustworthy than their recent predecessors.

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