Craig Berube is no stranger to early season club reclamation projects.

It’s just that last time, he was part of the solution rather than perceived as part of the problem.

With the Blues visiting Toronto on Tuesday, Berube is still celebrated in St. Louis for taking control of a scuffling side with a record of 7–9-3 on Nov. 19, 2018, gradually turning them into Stanley Cup champions. That wasn’t easy as the former assistant to Mike Yeo was still seven games under .500 on New Year’s Day. The calendar year brought a franchise-best 11-game winning streak and Missouri’s first puck predominance since it joined the NHL in 1967.

That was also the year of Toronto’s last Cup, and there is concern — legit or not — that its current five-game losing streak (8-9-2 overall) is spinning out of control

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