Post-Game Talk: 2018/2019 Stanley Cup Champions! St. Louis Blues!

[thedustman]

I've gone to sleep and woken up a couple times since what I think was Wednesday night, so unless my dreams are getting super meta, I think I'm starting to believe this is real life.

 

[LosANZElesKings]

Congrats Blues fans.

 

[hockensm77]

Shaving today. The Fougere soap I have will always smell like victory from here on.

I can't bring myself to shave it off yet. This beard = victory. Or my Happy Hair, as my wife called it...

 

[ChicagoBlues]

I want to troll the Predators board soooooo bad!!!!

 

[Novacain]

 

[elkranio]

MFW I can't bump that thread.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

At some point, we're going to discuss what names get engraved on the Cup. There's a limit of 52; here's who I think goes on based on what teams have done in the recent past. In no particular order:

1. Alex Pietrangelo, Capt.
2. Jake Allen
3. Ivan Barbashev
4. Jordan Binnington
5. Sammy Blais
6. Robert Bortuzzo
7. Jay Bouwmeester
8. Tyler Bozak
9. Vince Dunn
10. Joel Edmundson
11. Robby Fabbri
12. Carl Gunnarsson
13. Pat Maroon
14. Ryan O'Reilly
15. Colton Parayko
16. David Perron
17. Zach Sanford
18. Brayden Schenn
19. Jaden Schwartz
20. Alex Steen
21. Oskar Sundqvist
22. Vladimir Tarasenko
23. Robert Thomas
24. Craig Berube [Head Coach]
25. Steve Ott [Assistant Coach]
26. Mike Van Ryn [Assistant Coach]
27. Sean Ferrell [Video Coach]
28. David Alexander [Goaltending Coach]
29. Tom Stillman [Chairman]
30. Doug Armstrong [General Manager]
31. Chris Zimmerman [President/CEO of Business Operations]
32. Bruce Affleck [Executive Vice President]
33. Dave Taylor [VP, Hockey Operations]
34. Bill Armstrong [Assistant GM]
35. Al MacInnis [Senior Advisor to the GM]
36. Larry Pleau [Senior Advisor for Amateur Scouting]
37. Kevin McDonald [GM, San Antonio Rampage / Pro Scout]
38. Larry Robinson [Sr. Consultant, Hockey Ops]
39. Rob DiMaio [Director of Player Personnel]
40. Tim Taylor [Director of Player Development / Pro Scout]
41. Dave Farrish [Pro Scout]
42. Ryan Miller [Director of Hockey Ops]
43. Ray Barile [Head Athletic Trainer]
44. Dustin Flynn [Assistant Athletic Trainer]
45. Joel Farnsworth [Head Equipment Manager]
46. Rich Matthews [Assistant Equipment Manager]
47. Andrew Dvorak [Equipment Assistant]

I'd say those 47 are safe bets; 1-23 are automatic, 24-44 are pretty much a given. That leaves 5 spots. My guesses if they use all 52:
-- They petition to get Mackenzie MacEachern added [29 games played, so 11 short of 40 + 0 games played in the playoffs, but could have played 41 games if he had dressed for every game he was up and he didn't play down in the minors after being called up] and that's successful. MacEachern is the only possible player petition that would be successful.
-- Rich Jankowski, Senior Director of Team Services
-- Glen Wesley, Development Coach
-- Dave Rogalski, Development Coach
-- Todd Mitchell, VP/GM of Enterprise Center

I don't think any of the amateur scouts get on the Cup. [Sorry Tkachuk, Wallin, Nemec, et. al.] I also don't think Bobby Plager gets on the Cup, even if they try to petition. [Sorry, Bobby.]

 

[TheDizee]

should put thedizee on the cup since i helped them defeat ref jose.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

should put thedizee on the cup since i helped them defeat ref jose.

Wouldn't that be a twist. "We're short a name of who we feel like we can get engraved on the Cup, so we're going to raffle off the last spot; if you as a longtime fan would like your name engraved on the Cup for all-time, tickets will be on sale at .........." Honestly, I can't believe someone hasn't suggested that on the main boards somewhere. Or, maybe someone did and it was [rightfully] blown to pieces by the rest of the posting crowd.

Truthfully, when the engraving is finally done and unveiled you should get a really good photoshop done of the image to insert your name on there in the correct spot. I would applaud it.

 

[The Grouch]

should put thedizee on the cup since i helped them defeat ref jose.

You turned your back on the Blues in the first round. You literally had another team's logo as your avatar while the Blues were still battling their way to a Stanley Cup victory. Benedict Dizee!

 

[TheDizee]

You turned your back on the Blues in the first round. You literally had another team's logo as your avatar while the Blues were still battling their way to a Stanley Cup victory. Benedict Dizee!

nah gave em one last chance, they didnt wanna lose me as a fan.

 

[carter333167]

Gotta say...really admire the way Vladi is celebrating the SC....home with his family and then made an impromptu appearence on the parade route looking as fresh as a daisy. Lots of kids probably keep you off the wild party train. Anyway, the parade route campers really appreciated Vladi's appearence.

 

[cupcrazyman]

Congrats to the St Louis Blues for winning The Stanley Cup !

 

[tfriede2]

I'll be straight .I would think you will have a great turn out at the parade..If you don't it will be a deception and the city doesn't deserve it but aside from that
Congrats!

That’s an odd take. Ok then.

 

[Spear]

If they petitioned to have a fans name put on the cup, gotta believe it would be Laila.

 

[Don'tcry4mejanhrdina]

A little late but congrats coming from this Pens fan who always had a soft spot for the Blues going way back to the MacInnis/Demitra days. Plus seeing your team rip the heart out of Boston fans was a bonus too.

Soak it up, you're going to be on cloud 9 all summer.

 

[Renard]

I didn't notice it until the series was over, but Halak was a back-up goalie for Boston.

 

[Novacain]

Out of all the small things about this I love, near the top is how juicy Sharks and Bruins are going to be from now on. They basically became our 3rd and 4th biggest rivals from these playoffs and for once we are the ones who get to puff our our chests a bit.

 

[TK 421]

Yeah we're now a part of the contender circle of hate. Hey Boston, Blues just won their 1st Cup in your rink! So here's a dollah twenty five and go f*** yourself.

 

[HighNote]

Looking back, the only way this Cup win could have been better is if we dispatched the Blackhawks in round 1 instead of the Jets. The Bruins are even my most hated team in the East.

I guess what would have been cooler would have been something like

R1: Blackhawks
R2: Stars
R3: Sharks
R4: Red Wings

 

[TheDizee]

Looking back, the only way this Cup win could have been better is if we dispatched the Blackhawks in round 1 instead of the Jets. The Bruins are even my most hated team in the East.

I guess what would have been cooler would have been something like

R1: Blackhawks
R2: Stars
R3: Sharks
R4: Red Wings

Sharks
Kings
Blackhawks
Redwings

 

[HighNote]

Sharks
Kings
Blackhawks
Redwings

Yeah that would be the real one, just disregard mine.

I forgot we could be on the other side of the bracket in the first 2 rounds.

 

[Matchbox 18]

New Nashville banner for next year!

 

[67Blues]

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New Nashville banner for next year!

You owe me a new monitor.

 

[KingBran]

I want to troll the Predators board soooooo bad!!!!

Amen to that!

Most hated team for me right now.

I just hope some of their bandwagon doesn't hop over to the Blues bandwagon. We don't want them.