Why wouldn't they after Berube guided them from last in the NHL on Jan. 3 to Cup champions? Since 1967, no other team in any of the four major North American sports leagues had won a championship after being in last place after one quarter or more of the season, let alone reached the final.
"That was something else to do that, to be honest with you," Berube said. "To just get in the playoffs was an achievement in itself, but I felt good our guys weren't satisfied with that. I knew that going into the playoffs we could probably do something, make a little bit of noise, and here we are. It happened."
When Berube took over, St. Louis was 7-9-3 and winning the Cup wasn't on their radar.
"You don't think about the Cup in November," Berube said. "You think about getting your team back on track, or we did anyhow, and getting moving in the right direction."
Berube played a big role in that by getting the players to believe they could have success. That sometimes involved some tough love, but the Blues were receptive to his message.
"He gave us a lot of confidence," center Oskar Sundqvist said. "He's a demanding coach, but he's fair. Everyone's playing so hard for him, everyone really wanted to win for him and he did a hell of a job and we made it."