When they won the Cup this year, that was when I knew I had to update this playlist.
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I’ve been a Blues fan for a long time, but haven’t necessarily been a HOCKEY fan until 2017-18, so I recognize most of the names on the left of the board but when you go over to “missed opportunities”…over my head! Thanks for helping me learn my own teams’ history and the league as a whole!
My memory of the Cavalini bros. is that they used to have a weekly spot on a local rock radio station (KSHE-95) (94.7 on the dial). I wish I remembered more but they would always sign off by speaking in a high pitch voice “see ya’ later”.
When you get toward the end it is just amazing, at least in the Blues case, how building a Cup winning team is such a “long game” process! I remember the Keenan years where instant gratification seemed to be the objective and then how it blew up in our faces! It started with great hope…and ended with great anger! R.I.P. CuJo. You were always a Blue. That you never won a Cup breaks my heart.
How mad was I when the Blues traded Cujo? My oldest son's name is Curtis Joseph… born in 1995. Screw Mike Kennan.
Watched this in anticipation of which Shannon would say was their worst trade. Oates, Brindamour, Shanahan, Pronger, et al. So many times they shot themselves in the foot. Some of the biggest things not mentioned about the history would be the Gilmour scandal, how they lost Scott Steven's, and Demitra's plane crash. Story of so many things that kept them from greatness. 2019 was a catharsis no one, not a lifelong Blues fan, can understand.
Almost forgot about how Ralston Purina pulled a Florida Marlins in the early 80s and Mike Keenan was a mole for the Hawks, demolished the team (w one exception, brought in Pronger) or how StL only existed bc Detroit wanted to get rid of their old practice rink. Loved the "old barn".
RIP Peter Zezel.
The one I have been waiting for this off-season. Thank you Shannon.
Ron Caron was the GM of the Blues in the 80s who made a lot of those crazy deals. He was either a gambling addict or some kind of a Canadienne double agent.
What a title picture!!
Good stuff!
TY for giving my home town Notes some love, Shannon.
You rock, sir!
The Ronning, Courtnall & Momesso trade absolutely broke my heart though.
So basically we had a terrible front office, that didn’t know what they were doing. How tf you trade all those number one picks for duds.
For better context you should write the total amount of games each Coach has been a part of so we can do ratio's / win percentages instead of just overall wins.
How did your forget Mr. St Louis Blue Bobby Plager on the list of captains?
You rock. This is great.
The Mike Liut trade in 85 and Joe Mullen trade in 1986 was nothing more than a cost cutting move by the Blues cheap owner Harry Ornest. Harry was both a savior in Blues history, he saved them from being moved to Saskatoon in 1983, to being a villian and being so cheap, he refused to pay for the Blues players to fly back to St.Louis after the Game 7 loss in Calgary in the 86 Campbell Conference Finals and they had to pay for their own way back
Don't ever say dallas drakes name ever again. He doesn't exist. He isn't real. It never happened. He never was. I don't even know why im saying this about something that never happened and we don't speak about because its fake news and never happened and isn't real . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don't . . . . . . . . . .
The times I've cried as an adult are very few. But when they won on June 12th, 2019 I was crying tears of joy. 50+ years of me, my dad, and my grandfather (RIP) waiting was finally alleviated. PLAY GLORIA!!!!
My beautiful daughter was born the night the blues won their first stanley cup.
Al Arbor is the GOAT!
Thanks for doin what you're doin Shannon.
The Bishop trade is a great read, and possibly a great future video, because it's a good exploration into how GMs make decisions. The Blues had Elliott, whose career had basically been saved by St. Louis, and Bishop, who had been called up to back up Elliott when Halak was injured. Elliott played out of his mind, and the one-year deal that Bishop was on turned into a trade to Ottawa because of Elliott's spectacular play.
Love that uniform and always liked that logo. I prepared a Cup race chart video in honour of them winning the Cup in 2019.
Forgot about how St. Louis robbed philly for Braden scheen
The 83 Draft was missed because the then current ownership [Ralston-Purina] washed their hands of the franchise when the NHL nixed the move to Saskie. Therefore, no one was running the ship – Emile Francis took a job in Hartford rather than wait around for instructions – don't blame him, and he will always be remembered fondly in STL. Crazy time.
Adam Oates signed a 4 yr contract in 1991 and decided in 1992 he was underpaid and loudly threatened to walk out if his contract wasn't renegotiated. This of course dropped his trade value considering all the other GMs knew he was disgruntled. Damn shame. Janney had some good years with Emerson & Shanahan tho- til Shannie stole his wife- oof.
Don't try to say Jake Allen isn't trash. Rank the goalies by win percentage and see where he ranks then.
You're a cat lover, I like you even more!
The way the Blues won the cup, the journey and everything we saw, a complete cinderella story from being the absolute worst team in the league to winning the cup. This year more than made up for the 52 years I've/we've suffered and been disappointed by a lot of bad breaks and bad luck. Hardly anyone saw this coming this year. A complete surprise. I am still euphoric months later. Berube not winning coach of the year was a TRAVESTY!!!
Damn the Blues management made some stupid moves and cost us superstar draft picks.
It's obvious to me that Blues management were more about the mighty dollar and more interested in giving away talent and salaries to get average players. It only took them 50 years for management to get their shit together!
Should have mentioned the screw job the Blues got from the NHL with the Stevens and Shanahan UFA signings.
Frank?
I’m still in shock just a bit when saying the Blues are Stanley Cup Champs, what an amazing feeling after waiting my whole life to see it! I was spoiled growing up as making the playoffs was a sure thing, i am pretty sure the Blues hold the record for consecutive playoff appearances in all 4 major sports… One note, we did miss the playoffs last season (2017-2018) by one point. Let’s go Blues! (We Went Blues!)
LGB!
I so hype I get to see practically the same St.Louis Blues team this year. WE WENT BLUES!
As a Flames fan I can tell you the Wideman Tourette’s are a very real thing and is what I think Dennis had when he ran into the ref a few years ago
what you failed to mention in the Doug Gilmore trade, he was basically dumped due to an ongoing scandal involving an underage girl. they needed him out of town
also while not trades or drafts, the 1977 death of Bob Gasoff in a motorcycle accident on Gary Unger's farm and Pavol Demitra dying in a plane crash with the Russian Team were two events that had a big effect on the team.
That Erik Johnson's draft could have been Toews… if only
Thanks for giving the history of the Blues
ST. LOUIS BLUES IN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME
01. 1973: Doug Harvey
02. 1974: Dickie Moore
03. 1975: Glenn Hall
04. 1978: Jacques Plante
05. 1982: Emile Francis
06. 1991: Scotty Bowman
07. 1993: Guy Lapointe
08. 1996: Al Arbour
09. 1997: Glen Sather
10. 1998: Peter Stastny
11. 1999: Wayne Gretzky
12. 2000: Joe Mullen
13. 2001: Dale Hawerchuk
14. 2001: Craig Patrick
15. 2002: Bernie Federko
16. 2003: Grant Fuhr
17. 2004: Cliff Fletcher
18. 2007: Scott Stevens
19. 2007: Al MacInnis
20. 2008: Glenn Anderson
21. 2009: Brett Hull
22. 2010: Jim Devellano
23. 2011: Doug Gilmour
24. 2012: Adam Oates
25. 2013: Brendan Shanahan
26. 2015: Phil Housley
27. 2015: Chris Pronger
28. 2017: Paul Kariya
29. 2018: Martin Brodeur
30. 2019: Guy Carbonneau
31. 2019: Vaclav Nedomansky
spiffing brit
looking back after 2020 season blues got swept allen doesn't pass cujo and gets traded to Montreal
Great job dude! Did my blues well!
Oh man tarasenko with Ottawa would’ve been sweet
Jesus Christ! That's a big board bud.
I love that I’m watching this a day after tarasenko just scored his 500th goal
Finally got Lord Stanley Cup trophy YES!!!!!!!!
I never understood why the Original 6 were in a separate division from all the new expansion teams. Is it to cut down on travel? Did the teams never play outside their own division? It just sounds like a horrible way to align competitive balance.
I was surprised to see Steen that high on the team scoring ranking.