The dust has finally settled on a 2019 Stanley Cup playoff that was anything but predictable.
Each of the top divisional seeds lost in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and the Bruins were left as the top seed remaining headed into the second round of the postseason. They took advantage by getting all the way to the Stanley Cup Final, but the St. Louis Blues took greater advantage by going from a wild card team all the way to a Stanley Cup champ after a seven-game thriller with the Black and Gold.
Certainly, the power rankings and NHL world order will shift again after the July 1 opening of free agency, but here’s a final look at the power rankings for the 2018-19 season with props to the rightful Stanley Cup champ St. Louis Blues: