Remember when the St. Louis Blues were the best of the six expansion teams that entered the league in 1967-68 and went to three straight Stanley Cup Finals? No? Well, me neither, as I was still kicking around in pampers at that time.
For the first time since 1970, St. Louis is one win away from playing for Lord Stanley’s old mug. A victory tonight over the San Jose Sharks would pit the Blues against the Boston Bruins, the team that St. Louis’ Stanley Cup history is most intertwined with, as the Blues are the backdrop for Bobby Orr’s famous, flying Cup-clinching goal.