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Congratulations to the St. Louis Blues, a team located in the muck of the NHL's basement at the turn of the New Year, just to reverse their fortunes to a degree never seen before in the history of the league. The Blues are more hustle and muscle than dash and flash that makes their meteoric rise even more astounding. However, our crystal ball does not see a repeat of another Stanley Cup in their future which means we must look elsewhere. Let's decide that groups are strong bets to include in our NHL selections for next season. Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Bay Lightning Had the Lightning kept goaltender Ben Bishop in the fold, rather than trading him away a couple of years ago, we'd likely be considering Tampa Bay as the golden standard for professional baseball and the 2019 Stanley Cup winners. Instead, they heated to Russian netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy, an superb goalie in his own right, but one that withered beneath the strain of postseason play when he fell four consecutive games to the Blue Jackets in the first round and ended his brief playoff series with a 3.82 goals against average along with a dismal .856 save percentage over these four games. Regardless, the Lightning has a boatload of ability and are, far and away, the most explosive team in the NHL. Tampa Bay now knows that the regular season means nothing when the playoffs roll around, and competitions do not cradle if they drop behind. The Lightning, like their gifted goalie, will probably be the wiser next time around and although they might not tie a record for most wins in a year (62), since they did last year, expect the quad to toughen up on defense and also be a far more formidable adversary once the postseason arrives. Western Conference Winner: Winnipeg Jets Before you snicker, how a lot of you picked the Blues to win the West this season, and the Stanley Cup at the turn of this New Year? Therefore, you will excuse me when I part company from the chalk fans and the alleged pundits who consider only Calgary, St. Louis, Vegas, and San Jose could emerge out of the West to compete for a Cup next season. Although the Jets had a disappointing showing this year as compared to continue, when they dropped to a Cinderella team in their debut season, the Vegas Knights, at the Western Conference Finals, they amassed 99 points and were bounced from the first round by the eventual Stanley Cup champs. There are plenty of contract scenarios to be resolved and the defense has to be stouter than they were last season. But injuries also hobbled the Jets and we expect to observe that the vital parts of the puzzle locked up and inked to new bargains with the only potential casualty being Jacob Trouba, that would be qualified for another arbitration hearing before he becomes an unrestricted free agent the next year. Trouba is catnip to those groups looking for a youthful, offensive defenseman and although he'd appear back again in a Jets' uniform, he could fetch the missing pieces into the championship puzzle for Winnipeg. Read more: sportscoverage.net/football/