Finally!!!!

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,496]

I have been a St. Louis Blues fans since day one.  I lived through the Red Berenson years, the Garry Unger years, the Bernie Federko/Brian Sutter era, saw Brett Hull score 86 goals, see the team win the President's Trophy, seen Chris Pronger and Al MacInnis defense years.  I seen the team at it's worst when Emile Francis took over in the late 70s and saw Ralson Purina buy the team and rename the St. Louis Arena to the Checkerdome.  I had to endure the Mike Keenan fiasco, and see The Great One come only to dissed the team for New York Rangers.

 

After all that, to see the team teased the city and it's fans with great teams only to lose in the first or second round of the playoffs.  Then, for the first time in the team's existence, from 1967 to now, to see the Blues actually win the Stanley Cup.  It was almost as magical and unseemly as the Cubs winning the World Series.

 

Finally!!!!!

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

Congrats to the Blues !! But the

Preds will  get the next one! We came 

close the last two years ! 

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,496]

The Stanley Cup is one of the hardest championships to win - if you get into the playoffs, then you have to play 3 series just to make the finals.  Plus, hockey is so physical, and the playoffs seem to elevate the physical play, getting through those rounds can be demanding and can wear a team down.    It's not necessary the best team that wins, but one that endures through each series.  It's also the team that's the hottest and playing at its best at the end of the season.  It seems that the President Trophy winner usually doesn't fare too well in the playoffs, that team usually put everything into the 82 game regular season, that it ran out of gas come playoff time.

[WHNJ701 4,165]

my biggest complaint about hockey and basketball is here it is the middle of June.  the seasons are way to long for a fall/winter sport.  seems like they drag it out way to long.