TORONTO — That season Craig Berube guided his hockey team to a Stanley Cup, it too was a mess at this time of year.

So much so, those 2018-19 St. Louis Blues fired bench boss Mike Yeo in the back half of November after stumbling to a 7-9-3 start and falling to last place in their division. They promoted assistant Berube to the head gig on an interim basis.

The group didn’t immediately rally; those eventual champions were tied for dead last in the league on New Year’s Day.

In order to write a wonderful comeback story, you need something to come back from.

Flash forward seven Novembers, and Berube is back in familiar territory. He can only look up to see anyone else in the conference standings.

“Same approach almost, right now,” the Toronto Maple Leafs coach said Monday. “Same approach.

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