Holding onto a lead in the Stanley Cup Final has given the Blues issues in the past. Can they change that pattern?
By Bob Duff, Featurd
En route to their record futility performance of 13 consecutive Stanley Cup final losses, the St. Louis Blues haven’t found it all that difficult to find a lead.
Maintaining a lead — now that’s an entirely different matter.
The 1968-70 Blues and the 1938-40 Toronto Maple Leafs are the only NHL teams in Stanley Cup history to lose three consecutive final series. But the Blues remain the one and only club to be swept in three successive final series.