It’s safe to say that the vast majority of Vancouver Canucks fans were rejoicing as they watched the St. Louis Blues defeat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 7 on Wednesday, capturing their first Stanley Cup in franchise history.
Eight years after the Bruins dashed Vancouver’s Stanley Cup dreams with a 4-0 Game 7 victory at Rogers Arena, Boston was now on the wrong end of a winner-take-all contest on home ice. Indeed, the Blues earned the love and respect of many on the west coast after winning their first Stanley Cup.
Now that the Blues have won it all after a 51-year wait, the Canucks are tied with the Buffalo Sabres for the second-longest drought at 48 years.