#5: The 1999-00 St. Louis Blues Could Not Survive the First Round
The 1999-00 St. Louis Blues finished with the NHL’s best regular-season record behind stars like Chris Pronger and Al MacInnis during the league’s defense-heavy era. Expectations for a Stanley Cup run were enormous, but the Blues struggled under playoff pressure and lost a shocking first-round series to the eighth-seeded San Jose Sharks.
