@@matthewdaley746 As a Blues fan, I loved that Hull scored the Cup winning goal for the Dallas Stars after he left STL, and I was furious with management that they just let him walk! I think their good karma really began when they retired #5 for Bob Plager. Go watch the video and try to do it with dry eyes.
@@mr.intensity2685 You don't know the half of it, the Flames traded his entire prime for some spare parts, only won the Cup because of an Oilers collapse, broke up, within, two years, and, the Blues never won anything, with, him, anyway, absolutely horrific.
@@matthewdaley746 Well at least early on, they were very well managed with people like Scotty Bowman and Al Arbour. Okay, they made the finals 3 years in a row from the expansion Western Division, but there were 5 other teams out west that worked hard and would have loved to have represented the West in the finals against Montreal and Boston. The Blues at least separated themselves from the rest of the west those first 3 years.
@@sdgakatbk That Canadiens team wasn't losing to anybody, except, a Toronto team that made, "A Deal, With, The Devil," in 1967, and, the Blues weren't beating, Bobby Orr, and, Phil Esposito, blood simple.
@@sdgakatbk Only three times has a team played in the Final five straight times, they did it twice, and, I don't care what anybody says, Toe Blake's team that won five straight Cups was the greatest team ever, even, though, only eight wins were sufficient.
Representing the note means so much to me… idk ifs it’s a small market type of thing but everyone in the league saw how much we bleed blue here in st.Louis when we won it all in 19…
St. Louis has a lot of former players who stuck around the area. A few years ago, I was in the line going into the game, and a guy next to me says, "Hey, do you remember Dwight Schofield? Here he is!" Pointing to the guy with him. I recognized him immediately, even though he was only with the Blues for a couple years in the mid-80s. He's living in the area and involved in the youth hockey movement. It's a good city to be a former athlete.
I was born in ‘03, meaning my first taste of Blues hockey was arguably their darkest stretch except for the Saskatoon scare. My mom was an usher and later receptionist for them, and my dad’s father worked the KMOX radio station, so I was bound to get hooked sooner or later. This team has had tons of highs and lows, but there will always be 2019 no matter what the future holds.
Thank you for your work here, Shannon. We Blues fans love our team, and have ridden all the highs and lows with them. And as you pointed out, there have been plenty of both ! LGB !
Our greatest sniper for sure!! I would not call him a great captain. Others did more to fill the leadership roll in the locker room by all acounts. Bret was a great player that did his own thing. I would call Hull the 2nd greatest player in Blues history. Many would rank him 1st. But best player doesn't always equal best captain. They are just different rolls. (For what it's worth I rank Brian Sutter as our best captain.)
I could swore Keenan had been a plant from Chicago to destroy the team: broke up Hull & Oates and traded Shanahan (didn't know about the Janney thing at the time).
The fact that Federko, Hull, Mcinnis, Pronger, Demitra, Gretzky, etc., all could never win a cup with STL is just bonkers. And the team that finally won went on an incredible run without any "superstars". It's both the great thing and the maddening thing about sports.
Not, as maddening, as the fact that they took advantage of the most diluted Playoff Format in professional sports, for over two decades, without, reaching the Final, or, the fact that their players would form the foundation for countless, Champions, and, Dynasties, without, ever being able to secure their own.
@@matthewdaley746 Keep seeing u comment. You must be a disgruntled Chicago Blackhawks fan. Too bad cause the next time they win the Stanley Cup babies that haven't even been born yet will be adults!!!
@@ralphjenkins6392Where was the lie, I'm actually a realist, also, I'm, not, a Blackhawks fan, and, considering the horrific atrocities they've committed, If There's Any Justice, In, This, World, Or, The, Next, their next drought will be far longer than their last, simple as that.
Once at a Kings vs Blues game at the St Louis Arena, the Kings owner, Jack Kent Cooke was standing alone in a corridor, my friend and I were in high school and he talked to us briefly.
Hey Shannon, one correction. Lynn Patrick, not Scotty Bowman, was the Blues first coach and GM in Fall 1967. The Blues started poorly, so Patrick stepped aside after a couple months and turned the reins over to his young assistant coach Scotty Bowman.
early blues beat up on the flyers so brutally it forced them to rethink things. thus the back to back champion broad street bullies were assembled. thx blues
ua-cam.com/users/shorts0wFfd4b1qlg?feature=share It’s interesting how it ended up getting them Binnington. I think Steve Dangle did a big trade tree they mentioned it.
This does not get talked about enough as one of the craziest series of events in hockey history - The Blues offer sheet Stevens to the biggest contract for a defenseman in the league from the Capitals - The contract was a large part in leading a mass rise in money for other players that eventually led to the 94-95 lockout - The Capitals received 2 first round picks, one of which being Sergei Gonchar - The Blues offer sheet Brendan Shanahan from the Devils - The Blues offer a couple of up and coming rookies Curtis Joseph and Rod Brind'Amour - An arbiter ruled that Scott Stevens was a more fair compensation - Stevens was pissed and held out for the Devils camp before eventually joining the team and winning a few cups - Shanahan goes on to score a few 50 goal seasons with the Blues before they trade him for Chris Pronger
@@maxferry8902 Blues owners trying to buy a cup, passed off the other owners who demanded StL Blues be punished, ergo loss of the best defenseman in the league.
@@NotInMyRepublic Wasn't born yet so I'm not sure but that wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. Regardless the arbiter was right, especially not knowing what CuJo or Rod would become. Just an insane series of events that changed the league forever.
Was really hoping Jake Allen would reach that Most Goalie Wins record (so close), still good to see an old Whaler at the lead though for the Blues. The Demitra dying in that plane crash in Russia was just more salt in the wounds for one of the more trying times in Blues history.
@@NotInMyRepublic I'm still pissed off at Sutter for not being there for Bob Plager's retirement of #5. It sounded like he (Plager) was irritated, if not hurt, by his absence. IDK if you saw the video or not. It's on UA-cam. Hopefully you were in attendance, which would be even better. Hopefully Sutter attended Plager's. Funeral. I haven't seen that video yet but it's online.
Been a fan since 1993. I became a fan the afternoon I saw them on TV sweep the Blackhawks in 1993. Saw my first live game on April 10, 1994. Blues/Dallas skate to a 2-2 tie in the old Arena. Been obsessed ever since. The summer of 2019 will forever be one of the big highlights in my memory bank. It’s amazing when you think of all the amazing players who’ve come through this organization. So many amazing memories. If it wasn’t for Nick Kypreos taking out Grant Fuhr, I really think the Blues would have won the Cup in 96
Amazing how Blues fans act like their team is the only 1 that gets injuries,& if they'd only stay 100% healthy-theyd win for sure! LETS GO AVS...AGAIN!
Yeah, no, if Grant Fuhr doesn't get hurt in 1990, the Oilers don't win their fifth Cup, period, there's a reason he kept moving around during the second half of his career.
@@matthewdaley746 Jon Casey gave up so many weak goals in that series vs Detroit which i truly feel fuhr would have stopped. Lots of flopping around from Casey who was a stand-up goalie, and not the butterfly style which fuhr was The blues would have beat Detroit in 5 and then easily would have trampled the inexperienced Avalanche in 6 games.
It's even better that they're no longer known as that one team where, Champions, and, Dynasties, are built, simply, by trading your trusty, "Bag Of Pucks."
Awards History: Art Ross: None Bill Masterton: Blake Dunlop (1981) + Jamie McLennan (1998) Calder: Barret Jackman (2003) Conn Smythe: Glenn Hall (1968) + Ryan O'Reilly (2019) Frank J. Selke: Rick Meagher (1990) + Ryan O'Reilly (2019) Hart Memorial: Brett Hull (1991) + Chris Pronger (2000) Jack Adams: Red Berenson (1981) + Brian Sutter (1991) + Joel Quenneville (2000) + Ken Hitchcock (2012) James Norris: Al MacInnis (1999) + Chris Pronger (2000) King Clancy Memorial: Kelly Chase (1998) Lady Bing: Phil Goyette (1970) + Brett Hull (1990) + Pavol Demitra (2000) Lester B. Pearson/Ted Lindsay: Mike Liut (1981) + Brett Hull (1991) Maurice "Rocket" Richard: None Vezina: Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante (1969) William M. Jennings: Roman Turek (2000) + Jaroslav Halak and Brian Elliott (2012)
Very interesting video! 👍 clearly a great team with rich playoff history. One of the most dangerous contenders at present time. Excellent video and thank you for your detailed work.
A streak due far more to a terrible system than their prowess, weird thing, they only reached the Conference Final twice during that streak, 1986, and, 2001, Al MacInnis played in both.
‘They’ve been the play-offs allot’ Bit on an understatement. I know you are only doing since 2000, but they went 25 strait seasons without missing the play-offs. (and of course no cup)
Wichita, KS will host a Blues preseason game in this year. I think the Blues would like a closer location for the Affiliate in the American Hockey League the Springfield, MA. Unsure how the relocation of Springfield Rifle to Texas will effect sports dollars in the area.
Shannon, got an idea for a video. Could do one or more vids on old famous arenas. I loved the "old barn" the Blues played in but be awesome to see vid on Nassau, Joe Louis arena, or United Center etc...
Was at Okanagan Hockey School as a 14 year old and Gary Unger ran a drill around shooting from the slot, and the goaltender didn’t make a single save on him out of 15-20 shots.
@@NotInMyRepublic Given that their ownership was historically dumber than a post, the fans should just be happy the team stayed in town, their Cup was a bonus, those Avs were invincible.
@@matthewdaley746 ownership in '01 much better than early / mid 80s. Your point stands as a reminder to how important a hot goalie normally is to win the cup. Kuemper in CO like Osgood in Detroit being exceptions I can think of.
Make for a much longer video, was hoping Shannon would discuss how important ownership is to a teams' success. And how, failing good ownership (looking at you Ralston Purina) a team can fold or be moved, (Winnipeg neighbor Saskatoon Saskatchewan).
Imagine guaranteeing the Flames' Cup was a one-off, and, seeing him leave town, while, winning Cups in his next two destinations, the Coyotes were the only other team where he never reached the Final, and, he barely played for them.
Nostalgia: In the early 70's Glen Sather played LW for St.L, and they had a young John Davidson playing Goal (Yes, that John Davidson). Although they went through Head Coaches regularly, in the 1970-71 season they had two of the greatest Coaches in NHL history in Al Arbour & Scotty Bowman.
Yeah, and, five of their 1986 players played on the 1989 Flames, in a Cup they only won because their future goaltender, Grant Fuhr, choked away a, 3-1, lead, to Wayne Gretzky, and, the, Kings, and, everyone, but, Glen Sather, knew, he was washed.
I feel like these history videos could have a "# of HoF Players" section. You don't have to list them, just throwing out a number. Think it could be a nice piece of information for these videos.
A shocking number of HoF players that are in the hall because of what they did on other teams played for the Blues. Brodeur, Kariya, Gretzky, Hawerchuk, Stastny, Housley, Scott Stevens, Arbour, Carbonneau...
@@Toxic_Male_Minimalist JB50 #3/88 Brock Beukeboom For Eric Brewer Eric Brewer Woywitka and Lynch For Pronger Pronger For Shanahan Shanahan For Stevens Stevens For Trevor Halverson 1991 1/21 Sergei Gonchar 1992 1/14 Brenden Witt 1993 1/11 Eric Fichaud 1994 1/16 Miika Eloma 1995 1/23
Hockey Guy, I'd like to see you do a Throwback Jersey Promotion off the Channel Down the Road, and I'd feel the Blues need to revive the Single Letter "BLUES" Jerseys where they where bigger than the Blue Note. Do a Jersey History Video because I'd like to see how the Past Teams (North Stars, Nordiques IE) Didn't Change Willy Nilly.
If memory serves, that 1984-87 wordmark-over-note look is the only Blues jersey Shannon doesn't own an example of-unless he found one since the last jersey ranking video. I imagine they are pretty rare now.
That jersey is the second-worst jersey in Blues history. The worst, of course, is the one with the diagonal stripes and large area of red on the bottom. The Blues jerseys look best with the Blue Note only. No word marks. Also only in blue and gold. NO RED, PLEASE!!!
@@OldRustySteele I agree. NO RED! No wordmark needed either, and certainly no little generic-font "St. Louis" on the Note, as if it had to be labeled that way in the store and somebody forgot to remove it.
@@barkofsky11 Hey Barko, you and I think exactly alike! That said, I do like the alternate Jersey which has the Blue Note framed by the Gateway Arch inside the circle. That one is OK. Matter of fact, years ago I had envisioned a logo with just the Blue Note framed by The Arch. Nothing else. Still simple and classy. I’m 68 and have been a fan since 68, so I’ve lived through every Blues season and seen every Blues jersey. While I like the original and the Winter Classic version of the original, I still think our current modern one is the best. I especially like the road white since it makes the Blue Note stand out even better! I wear my white jersey in winter (or what passes for winter) here in San Antonio and I often get people unaware of hockey say what a good looking jersey it is without even knowing what team it represents.
Maybe I’m being prickish but shouldn’t you include in a team history the year they entered the league? And how long before they won their first Stanley Cup?
It’s amazing how a single cup completely changes the narrative around the team.
Capitals fans absolutely agree.
That is true. Same thing about a player.
@@gabrielc249 Brett Hull definitely another, as well, and, he'd win a second, too, just awesome.
@@matthewdaley746 As a Blues fan, I loved that Hull scored the Cup winning goal for the Dallas Stars after he left STL, and I was furious with management that they just let him walk! I think their good karma really began when they retired #5 for Bob Plager. Go watch the video and try to do it with dry eyes.
@@mr.intensity2685 You don't know the half of it, the Flames traded his entire prime for some spare parts, only won the Cup because of an Oilers collapse, broke up, within, two years, and, the Blues never won anything, with, him, anyway, absolutely horrific.
I’ve been a fan since 1976. That Cup was a long time coming. Thanks for this.
Around the same time for me.
How awesome was that first Cup lift brother?!!? :')
One stat I always find amazing is that over 50+ seasons, they've missed the playoffs just 9 times and made it 25 straight seasons from '80 to '04
That streak proved, how, diluted the Playoffs actually were, not, a coincidence, they didn't win a Cup, prior to 2019.
@@matthewdaley746 Well at least early on, they were very well managed with people like Scotty Bowman and Al Arbour. Okay, they made the finals 3 years in a row from the expansion Western Division, but there were 5 other teams out west that worked hard and would have loved to have represented the West in the finals against Montreal and Boston. The Blues at least separated themselves from the rest of the west those first 3 years.
@@sdgakatbk That Canadiens team wasn't losing to anybody, except, a Toronto team that made, "A Deal, With, The Devil," in 1967, and, the Blues weren't beating, Bobby Orr, and, Phil Esposito, blood simple.
@@matthewdaley746 True. If it hadn't been for Toronto in '67, they would have matched the late '50s Habs with 5 straight.
@@sdgakatbk Only three times has a team played in the Final five straight times, they did it twice, and, I don't care what anybody says, Toe Blake's team that won five straight Cups was the greatest team ever, even, though, only eight wins were sufficient.
Representing the note means so much to me… idk ifs it’s a small market type of thing but everyone in the league saw how much we bleed blue here in st.Louis when we won it all in 19…
St. Louis has a lot of former players who stuck around the area. A few years ago, I was in the line going into the game, and a guy next to me says, "Hey, do you remember Dwight Schofield? Here he is!" Pointing to the guy with him. I recognized him immediately, even though he was only with the Blues for a couple years in the mid-80s. He's living in the area and involved in the youth hockey movement. It's a good city to be a former athlete.
Gretz lives in STL too. Pretty telling of how big a hockey city we are.
St. Louis’ jerseys are always beautiful
Exception: the Gretzky Era w the red striping. Awful
@@NotInMyRepublic I like that one a lot, you can tell by my profile picture
@@NotInMyRepublic nahhhhhhhhhh lol
@@NotInMyRepublicmaybe the best jersey in any sport ever
I was born in ‘03, meaning my first taste of Blues hockey was arguably their darkest stretch except for the Saskatoon scare. My mom was an usher and later receptionist for them, and my dad’s father worked the KMOX radio station, so I was bound to get hooked sooner or later. This team has had tons of highs and lows, but there will always be 2019 no matter what the future holds.
Hey fellow ‘03er! Did not enjoy watching hockey for the first chunk of my life lol. Past few years have been excellent though
@@goreoproductions6955 yep!
Thank you for your work here, Shannon. We Blues fans love our team, and have ridden all the highs and lows with them. And as you pointed out, there have been plenty of both ! LGB !
The anecdote of Hull offering part of his salary to resign Oates doesn’t get talked about enough. A great teammate and captain
Did he? Didn't know that.
@@MrOctober44 I’ve heard it twice on this channel. Once in the Adam Oates career video and towards the end of this one
Our greatest sniper for sure!!
I would not call him a great captain. Others did more to fill the leadership roll in the locker room by all acounts. Bret was a great player that did his own thing.
I would call Hull the 2nd greatest player in Blues history. Many would rank him 1st.
But best player doesn't always equal best captain. They are just different rolls.
(For what it's worth I rank Brian Sutter as our best captain.)
I could swore Keenan had been a plant from Chicago to destroy the team: broke up Hull & Oates and traded Shanahan (didn't know about the Janney thing at the time).
@@NotInMyRepublic Er, Oates was traded in 1992, and Keenan didn't become coach/GM until 1994.
The fact that Federko, Hull, Mcinnis, Pronger, Demitra, Gretzky, etc., all could never win a cup with STL is just bonkers. And the team that finally won went on an incredible run without any "superstars". It's both the great thing and the maddening thing about sports.
Not, as maddening, as the fact that they took advantage of the most diluted Playoff Format in professional sports, for over two decades, without, reaching the Final, or, the fact that their players would form the foundation for countless, Champions, and, Dynasties, without, ever being able to secure their own.
@@matthewdaley746 Keep seeing u comment. You must be a disgruntled Chicago Blackhawks fan. Too bad cause the next time they win the Stanley Cup babies that haven't even been born yet will be adults!!!
@@ralphjenkins6392Where was the lie, I'm actually a realist, also, I'm, not, a Blackhawks fan, and, considering the horrific atrocities they've committed, If There's Any Justice, In, This, World, Or, The, Next, their next drought will be far longer than their last, simple as that.
@@ralphjenkins6392 Chicago won 3 recently and 6 in total
@@masonwright7700 Yeah, his emotions blunt the logic his statements are attempting, truly sad.
Once at a Kings vs Blues game at the St Louis Arena, the Kings owner, Jack Kent Cooke was standing alone in a corridor, my friend and I were in high school and he talked to us briefly.
After we beat Toronto in the playoffs eon's ago, Harry Ornest came down out of the owners box and I shook his hand.
Man I miss hockey 🏒 😢 LET'S GO BLUES
Hey Shannon, one correction. Lynn Patrick, not Scotty Bowman, was the Blues first coach and GM in Fall 1967. The Blues started poorly, so Patrick stepped aside after a couple months and turned the reins over to his young assistant coach Scotty Bowman.
early blues beat up on the flyers so brutally it forced them to rethink things. thus the back to back champion broad street bullies were assembled. thx blues
The early 90's Blues with their free agent history needs a video, lol. What they went through with Scott Stevens and Shanahan could be a documentary.
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It’s interesting how it ended up getting them Binnington. I think Steve Dangle did a big trade tree they mentioned it.
That's how they wound up with Binnington.
This does not get talked about enough as one of the craziest series of events in hockey history
- The Blues offer sheet Stevens to the biggest contract for a defenseman in the league from the Capitals
- The contract was a large part in leading a mass rise in money for other players that eventually led to the 94-95 lockout
- The Capitals received 2 first round picks, one of which being Sergei Gonchar
- The Blues offer sheet Brendan Shanahan from the Devils
- The Blues offer a couple of up and coming rookies Curtis Joseph and Rod Brind'Amour
- An arbiter ruled that Scott Stevens was a more fair compensation
- Stevens was pissed and held out for the Devils camp before eventually joining the team and winning a few cups
- Shanahan goes on to score a few 50 goal seasons with the Blues before they trade him for Chris Pronger
@@maxferry8902 Blues owners trying to buy a cup, passed off the other owners who demanded StL Blues be punished, ergo loss of the best defenseman in the league.
@@NotInMyRepublic Wasn't born yet so I'm not sure but that wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. Regardless the arbiter was right, especially not knowing what CuJo or Rod would become.
Just an insane series of events that changed the league forever.
Was really hoping Jake Allen would reach that Most Goalie Wins record (so close), still good to see an old Whaler at the lead though for the Blues. The Demitra dying in that plane crash in Russia was just more salt in the wounds for one of the more trying times in Blues history.
Glad Liut still has it. Pierson award winner and Hart finalist. Liut, Federko, and Sutter what made me a lifer.
@@NotInMyRepublic I'm still pissed off at Sutter for not being there for Bob Plager's retirement of #5. It sounded like he (Plager) was irritated, if not hurt, by his absence. IDK if you saw the video or not. It's on UA-cam. Hopefully you were in attendance, which would be even better. Hopefully Sutter attended Plager's. Funeral. I haven't seen that video yet but it's online.
Been a fan since 1993. I became a fan the afternoon I saw them on TV sweep the Blackhawks in 1993. Saw my first live game on April 10, 1994. Blues/Dallas skate to a 2-2 tie in the old Arena.
Been obsessed ever since. The summer of 2019 will forever be one of the big highlights in my memory bank.
It’s amazing when you think of all the amazing players who’ve come through this organization. So many amazing memories.
If it wasn’t for Nick Kypreos taking out Grant Fuhr, I really think the Blues would have won the Cup in 96
Amazing how Blues fans act like their team is the only 1 that gets injuries,& if they'd only stay 100% healthy-theyd win for sure! LETS GO AVS...AGAIN!
Yeah, no, if Grant Fuhr doesn't get hurt in 1990, the Oilers don't win their fifth Cup, period, there's a reason he kept moving around during the second half of his career.
@@JasonSmith-pe5py Precisely, if anything, they'd have, probably, lost faster, and, there's absolutely no way they beat the Avs, simple as that.
@@matthewdaley746 wrong!
@@matthewdaley746 Jon Casey gave up so many weak goals in that series vs Detroit which i truly feel fuhr would have stopped. Lots of flopping around from Casey who was a stand-up goalie, and not the butterfly style which fuhr was
The blues would have beat Detroit in 5 and then easily would have trampled the inexperienced Avalanche in 6 games.
1990-1991 blues still my favorite blues team to this day
That was the first season I watched hockey. The first game I ever watched was on St Patrick's Day, 1991. Apparently I picked a good one.
Should have done better.
Like you've said about Montreal, the league's more interesting and fun to watch when St Louis is competitive.
It's even better that they're no longer known as that one team where, Champions, and, Dynasties, are built, simply, by trading your trusty, "Bag Of Pucks."
Would love to see a video on the career of Federko.
I love this. Total erudition. This is like the sports version of the Antiques Roadshow.
It’s crazy how some players like Sutter have spent over a day of their like (almost 30 hrs for Sutter) in the NHL penalty box. Hockey is the best
Ahh hearing Demitra's name just makes me sad. Such an absolute tragedy. Rest in peace, Pavol. And all the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2011 team.
Awards History:
Art Ross: None
Bill Masterton: Blake Dunlop (1981) + Jamie McLennan (1998)
Calder: Barret Jackman (2003)
Conn Smythe: Glenn Hall (1968) + Ryan O'Reilly (2019)
Frank J. Selke: Rick Meagher (1990) + Ryan O'Reilly (2019)
Hart Memorial: Brett Hull (1991) + Chris Pronger (2000)
Jack Adams: Red Berenson (1981) + Brian Sutter (1991) + Joel Quenneville (2000) + Ken Hitchcock (2012)
James Norris: Al MacInnis (1999) + Chris Pronger (2000)
King Clancy Memorial: Kelly Chase (1998)
Lady Bing: Phil Goyette (1970) + Brett Hull (1990) + Pavol Demitra (2000)
Lester B. Pearson/Ted Lindsay: Mike Liut (1981) + Brett Hull (1991)
Maurice "Rocket" Richard: None
Vezina: Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante (1969)
William M. Jennings: Roman Turek (2000) + Jaroslav Halak and Brian Elliott (2012)
Thanks for this
Still in disbelieve that Berube didn’t win the Jack Adams
@@ukrainian.g.o.a.t.566 No problem :)
I've always found it funny that Brett Hull once won an award for "gentlemanly conduct."
@@D-Fens_1632 Few PIM
Very interesting video! 👍 clearly a great team with rich playoff history. One of the most dangerous contenders at present time. Excellent video and thank you for your detailed work.
A streak due far more to a terrible system than their prowess, weird thing, they only reached the Conference Final twice during that streak, 1986, and, 2001, Al MacInnis played in both.
Pavol Demitra is the most underrated player in our history
‘They’ve been the play-offs allot’
Bit on an understatement. I know you are only doing since 2000, but they went 25 strait seasons without missing the play-offs. (and of course no cup)
Playoffs were insufferably diluted.
This video reminded me how much I not only dislike the Avs, but the Nucks as well. #LGB
Wichita, KS will host a Blues preseason game in this year. I think the Blues would like a closer location for the Affiliate in the American Hockey League the Springfield, MA. Unsure how the relocation of Springfield Rifle to Texas will effect sports dollars in the area.
Each of these expansion teams have a certain mystique from my childhood. The 70's and 80's version anyway.
Been a Blues fan since 1969 so I've had all the ups and downs...
Bob Gassoff mention! ❤❤
Shannon, got an idea for a video. Could do one or more vids on old famous arenas. I loved the "old barn" the Blues played in but be awesome to see vid on Nassau, Joe Louis arena, or United Center etc...
Thank you for this man! LGB!!!!!!!!!!
Shannon brings out the BIG whiteboard for this one.
Great content and daily! Thank you Hockey guy and special guest, your cat haha!
Not fun fact: That 3 year period in there where we got kicked out in the first rd in 6, we went up 2-0 in all 3 series
2015 against Minnesota it was 1-1 after after 2 games.
Was at Okanagan Hockey School as a 14 year old and Gary Unger ran a drill around shooting from the slot, and the goaltender didn’t make a single save on him out of 15-20 shots.
Great rundown, sir!
I still say Covid owes STL a CUP, as we were first in the West and clicking on all cylinders until then. But, coulda, woulda, shoulda, I guess!
Franchises, are, "owed," nothing.
StL has had many woulda, should, coulda's. Man that '91 team SHOULD have won. Could say same about the '01 team.
@@NotInMyRepublic Given that their ownership was historically dumber than a post, the fans should just be happy the team stayed in town, their Cup was a bonus, those Avs were invincible.
@@matthewdaley746 ownership in '01 much better than early / mid 80s. Your point stands as a reminder to how important a hot goalie normally is to win the cup. Kuemper in CO like Osgood in Detroit being exceptions I can think of.
@@NotInMyRepublic Yeah, it was horrific the stars they gave away, but, because they rarely fell out of the Playoffs, this was simply overlooked.
Make for a much longer video, was hoping Shannon would discuss how important ownership is to a teams' success. And how, failing good ownership (looking at you Ralston Purina) a team can fold or be moved, (Winnipeg neighbor Saskatoon Saskatchewan).
Ownership was infamously incompetent.
You forgot the part where they traded for Matthew Tkachuk
Your lips to God's ears
Next year as a UFA. Tarasenko money will be freed up.
I wish.
Mike Keenan is still a hated name to Blues fans these day. Imagine running both Brett Hull and Wayne Gretzky out of St. Louis.
Imagine guaranteeing the Flames' Cup was a one-off, and, seeing him leave town, while, winning Cups in his next two destinations, the Coyotes were the only other team where he never reached the Final, and, he barely played for them.
Not particularly popular in Vancouver either.
@@richardferguson6893 Constantly getting run out.
He wasn't even coach when Hull left.
Brett Hull is my favorite St. Louis Blues player 💙
Love the Mike Liut thumbnail. That is all.
That board without any verbal description automatically induces a "That's what she said."
We've been to more than just the 2019 Cup
Where is the video about St. Louis almost moving to Saskatoon? 😭😭
How have I not seen this
It's on his channel if you search the archives.
Hey Shannon, check out how many top 10 picks they have had the past 40 years
Please do a history video on the Flames.
I still call it the Kiel center, can't keep up with name changes.
Everyone who isn’t legally obligated to use the sponsor’s name calls it the Kiel Center too.
That was always the best name in my opinion.
That's a big ass board!
So early the audio isn't there yet
Nostalgia: In the early 70's Glen Sather played LW for St.L, and they had a young John Davidson playing Goal (Yes, that John Davidson). Although they went through Head Coaches regularly, in the 1970-71 season they had two of the greatest Coaches in NHL history in Al Arbour & Scotty Bowman.
Yeah, and, five of their 1986 players played on the 1989 Flames, in a Cup they only won because their future goaltender, Grant Fuhr, choked away a, 3-1, lead, to Wayne Gretzky, and, the, Kings, and, everyone, but, Glen Sather, knew, he was washed.
On first look I litterally thought that the thumbnail was a scene from Slapshot
We'll see what berube has this season.
NHL games abstinence is creeping in... and there's no enough full length games on youtube I've discovered the past week.
Someday, the Blues will retire Demitra’s number.
I feel like these history videos could have a "# of HoF Players" section. You don't have to list them, just throwing out a number. Think it could be a nice piece of information for these videos.
A shocking number of HoF players that are in the hall because of what they did on other teams played for the Blues. Brodeur, Kariya, Gretzky, Hawerchuk, Stastny, Housley, Scott Stevens, Arbour, Carbonneau...
And the funny this is. If you trace back Jordan Binnington, he is a result of the Scott Stevens ordeal.
Go on
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Hockey Guy,
I'd like to see you do a Throwback Jersey Promotion off the Channel Down the Road, and I'd feel the Blues need to revive the Single Letter "BLUES" Jerseys where they where bigger than the Blue Note. Do a Jersey History Video because I'd like to see how the Past Teams (North Stars, Nordiques IE) Didn't Change Willy Nilly.
If memory serves, that 1984-87 wordmark-over-note look is the only Blues jersey Shannon doesn't own an example of-unless he found one since the last jersey ranking video. I imagine they are pretty rare now.
That jersey is the second-worst jersey in Blues history. The worst, of course, is the one with the diagonal stripes and large area of red on the bottom.
The Blues jerseys look best with the Blue Note only. No word marks. Also only in blue and gold. NO RED, PLEASE!!!
@@OldRustySteele I agree. NO RED! No wordmark needed either, and certainly no little generic-font "St. Louis" on the Note, as if it had to be labeled that way in the store and somebody forgot to remove it.
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Hey Barko, you and I think exactly alike!
That said, I do like the alternate Jersey which has the Blue Note framed by the Gateway Arch inside the circle. That one is OK. Matter of fact, years ago I had envisioned a logo with just the Blue Note framed by The Arch. Nothing else. Still simple and classy.
I’m 68 and have been a fan since 68, so I’ve lived through every Blues season and seen every Blues jersey. While I like the original and the Winter Classic version of the original, I still think our current modern one is the best. I especially like the road white since it makes the Blue Note stand out even better!
I wear my white jersey in winter (or what passes for winter) here in San Antonio and I often get people unaware of hockey say what a good looking jersey it is without even knowing what team it represents.
Not sure why but I always think of Mike Liut as a Whaler 🤷🏻♂️
Wait, Their first goal was a goal that broke a 2-2 tie, in the 3rd period? What?
No it ended up being a 2-2 tie.
I miss the ties.
Hi I’m in my young 40s and what’s a Federko
I doubt Tarasenko or Perron's number will be retired.
“This isn’t about measuring busts”
Hmm
Maybe I’m being prickish but shouldn’t you include in a team history the year they entered the league? And how long before they won their first Stanley Cup?
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No dice
Waiting for history of kraken video
Blues knocked the Sharks out of the playoffs in 2001 and 2012. So they have had some success against them.
LGB!!!
Back to normal for Blues. How long ? If they get a good team they will trade it, even mid season.
Saskatoon is a AAA hockey city
If they were to move Saskatoon should has a different name and not ending up like the Utah jazz
Where is Kadri?
All I see is Goons in St Louis
Ok. Curious, why? Because part of the infamous "chuck"Norris division or bc u didn't start watching hockey until a few years ago?