Real Blue's third episode begins with the hosts remembering Barry Melrose. Then comes some training-camp happy talk about Ross Johnston and Mason McTavish, and a lap around the league. That lap covers the Ducks' standoff with Cutter Gauthier, the Red Wings' GM vacancy with Dylan Larkin and Simon Edvinsson unresolved, and the NHL's expansion talk about Houston, Atlanta and why not Canada. They also take a trivia question about Doug Armstrong's lone GM of the Year award and revisit how national TV covered the Blues against the Bruins in the 2019 Cup final.
The main segment is a look back at the good side of Doug Armstrong, tracing how the Blues' Stanley Cup roster came together. The hosts walk through the trades, draft picks and signings: Jay Bouwmeester, Robert Thomas, Brayden Schenn, Oskar Sundqvist, Martin Brodeur's brief return, Ryan O'Reilly and Tyler Bozak. They also touch on the Vegas expansion draft, a theory about the Patrick Berglund no-trade list, Craig Berube replacing Mike Yeo, and Jordan Binnington's run. They end by saying Armstrong deserves his credit, and they promise that the other side of the ledger is coming in the next episode.
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