Everyone, and I mean everyone, seemingly puts together long playoff streaks with the Detroit Red Wings. As they made the playoffs from 1990-91 through the 2015-16 season, it is an impressive streak nonetheless.
But, there is another team that made nearly as long of a playoff streak, from 1980-81 through 2003-04. That team was the St. Louis Blues.
Here is why that streak should be in the conversation with the Red Wings' historic run, and why it also should not be.
Why it should be in high regard?
25 straight years of having a chance to win a Stanley Cup is a fantastic accomplishment.