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

[bluebird enthusiast]

The team really tested my fandom this year. Wish I wasn't just boxscore watching during the midseason doldrums, I bet it would've made the end result much sweeter for me.

 

[67Blues]

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.

Sadly I think you'll see some of the stupid chants at Enterprise next year because the Blues band-wagoners will jump to the games and start up those stupid chants like they do in Nashville because they think they are cool. It too shall pass.

 

[CraigsList]

How you guys doing? Still keeping those smiles on your faces?

 

[Matchbox 18]

How you guys doing? Still keeping those smiles on your faces?

Haven’t stopped since Wednesday night. Just an unbelievable feeling.

 

[Xerloris]

The team really tested my fandom this year. Wish I wasn't just boxscore watching during the midseason doldrums, I bet it would've made the end result much sweeter for me.

That's what you get!

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.]

I don't know if it will happen but I would like to see Bobby Plager, Chris Thorburn and Chris Butler Petitioned and possibly added. They 2 guys are the ultimate team players.

Also I wanted to make this list because I think it's interesting.

1. Alex Pietrangelo, Capt. -drafted
   
2. Jake Allen -drafted
3. Ivan Barbashev -drafted
4. Jordan Binnington -drafted
   
5. Sammy Blais -drafted
   
6. Robert Bortuzzo
7. Jay Bouwmeester
8. Tyler Bozak
9. Vince Dunn -drafted
10. Joel Edmundson -drafted
11. Robby Fabbri -drafted
12. Carl Gunnarsson
13. Pat Maroon
14. Ryan O'Reilly
15. Colton Parayko -drafted
16. David Perron -drafted
17. Zach Sanford
18. Brayden Schenn
19. Jaden Schwartz -drafted
20. Alex Steen
21. Oskar Sundqvist
22. Vladimir Tarasenko -drafted
23. Robert Thoma -drafted

 

[PocketNines]

That's what you get!



I don't know if it will happen but I would like to see Bobby Plager, Chris Thorburn and Chris Butler Petitioned and possibly added. They 2 guys are the ultimate team players.

Also I wanted to make this list because I think it's interesting.

1. Alex Pietrangelo, Capt. -drafted
   
2. Jake Allen -drafted
3. Ivan Barbashev -drafted
4. Jordan Binnington -drafted
   
5. Sammy Blais -drafted
   
6. Robert Bortuzzo
7. Jay Bouwmeester
8. Tyler Bozak
9. Vince Dunn -drafted
10. Joel Edmundson -drafted
11. Robby Fabbri -drafted
12. Carl Gunnarsson
13. Pat Maroon
14. Ryan O'Reilly
15. Colton Parayko -drafted
16. David Perron -drafted
17. Zach Sanford
18. Brayden Schenn
19. Jaden Schwartz -drafted
20. Alex Steen
21. Oskar Sundqvist
22. Vladimir Tarasenko -drafted
23. Robert Thoma -drafted

13 of 23 directly drafted

8 of 23, Blues traded assets to get (biggest piece going back):

Bortuzzo (Cole, a former 1st)
Bouwmeester (2013 1st round pick)
Gunnarsson (Polak, drafted)
O'Reilly (2019 1st & other players acquired by draft or trade of prospects)
Sanford (Shattenkirk ... fruit of the 2006 1st pick overall)
Schenn (two 1st round picks)
Steen (Stempniak, drafted)
Sundqvist (Reaves, drafted)​

1 of 23 a discount UFA with unique STL ties:

Maroon​

1 of 23 true UFA:

Bozak​

 

[Ted Hoffman]

Thorburn was in the minors all year, except for that last game. Based on past precedent, he won't get on the Cup.

Butler didn't have nearly enough GP (13) and was in the minors at and after the trade deadline. Same thing, he won't get on. For both of them, the only hope would have been to play in the Finals.

They'll both get rings, they'll be the custom rings for the players.

 

[Mafisen]

Is there any way to watch the "Quest for the Stanley Cup" from ESPN+ without subscribing?

I posted a link to Reddit in another thread.

 

[DangledUpinBlues]

It actually happened. WE WON.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Congrats to all the Blues fans and to the entire team. One day I hope to see my favourite team win the cup. Won’t be happening anytime soon, but if I could experience this just once in my lifetime, I would be happy.

Great story to go from worst to first in such a short time. You guys deserve it. Congrats again!

 

[execwrite1]

Hmmm ... 52 years of history, 52 weeks upcoming as Stanley Cup champions. It would be interesting each week to post a recap of a season in Blues history.

 

[BlueKnight]

What a ride, What a ride. It was a rollercoaster of a season. The team really tested my fandom It was hard watching sometimes but i still watched. Anyway I'm still in disbelief that the Blues are Stanley Cup champions. Seeing Petro lift the cup brought me to tears.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Hmmm ... 52 years of history, 52 weeks upcoming as Stanley Cup champions. It would be interesting each week to post a recap of a season in Blues history.

This....is an amazing idea. We need to do it.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

Hmmm ... 52 years of history, 52 weeks upcoming as Stanley Cup champions. It would be interesting each week to post a recap of a season in Blues history.

2004-05 might be pretty easy to do.

 

[LGB51]

This is pretty f***ing cool.

 

[FaceLiquor]

Hey guys!

Congrats Blues fans!

It’s FaceLiquor here telling you that you should be glad that I didn’t lick your faces.

Go Bluits!

 

[simon IC]

This is pretty ****ing cool.

Thanks for posting that. (Anybody know where I can find a shirt like the one JBo is wearing?)

 

[LGB51]

Thanks for posting that. (Anybody know where I can find a shirt like the one JBo is wearing?)

I got one just like it in lighter blues from NHLShop.com/blues.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Just got the email that my championship merch is supposed to be delivered tomorrow. Score!

 

[JoshFromMO]

I really think that Vegas lifted whatever curse this team had by making the Final in their inaugural year. STL carried the curse in their inception and its finalit broken!

 

[Thallis]

Thorburn was in the minors all year, except for that last game. Based on past precedent, he won't get on the Cup.

Butler didn't have nearly enough GP (13) and was in the minors at and after the trade deadline. Same thing, he won't get on. For both of them, the only hope would have been to play in the Finals.

They'll both get rings, they'll be the custom rings for the players.

I'd bet money the team petitions him on the cup.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

This is pretty ****ing cool.

 

[Bluesnatic27]

I hope MacEachern gets his name on the Cup. I loved the way he played when he was called upon. He embodies what I think of as the ideal 4th liner in today’s game and I’m sad he never got to play in a game this playoffs.

 

[Captain Creampuff]

Every day I still have moments where I don't believe it so I'll go watch a clip or look at some of our players on Wikipedia and see they are Stanley Cup Champions is just amazing. It's especially sweet since no one on the team had ever won a cup before aside from Sundqvist.

 

[KingBran]

Still insane. I cant go an hour without re-watching highlights from a game or the parade.