We’re Kind Of Happy For Drake

As a girl – seeing Dally with the cup brings tears to my eyes, because he did everything he could for this town (and as a posted earlier, getting to know his wife & kids makes it that much more special, kind of like when Stilly won too – we brought Mrs. Stilly back peanut butter from Canada when she was pregnant because she was craving a certain brand so we surprised her after going up for a game in Detroit but stayed in Windsor to buy some Kokanee beer and peanut butter for her.) All I can say is hockey wives are the best sports wives out there – they sit among us, drink beer and get to be friends with the fans around them – have yet to see that from baseball & football wives. I know digress – (I know shut up and make a point already!) :)

Anyway, once again, a coach puts a player in a position to excel instead of placing the city hopes on their shoulders – see Hull, Shanny, etc.
I wish we could get over the thinking that one player is responsible for getting the team to the cup – it takes a certain chemistry, magic from the hockey gods and a coach to put his players in the BEST possible position to win. I love our grinders dearly, but 3 lines worth of them cannot win us dick.

I have to think Manny was puking after seeing “Oz” get his 3rd freakin’ ring. I’m sure that will charge him up for our new season!

Oh, did anyone else find it not right that McCarty the drunken, druggie was skating around on the ice with Stanley when he didn’t do a thing to get that team to the playoffs, win a game or otherwise in the few games he played after making his stupid comeback. That was not appropriate to me – but then again, douchbag Downey was out there too. I hope neither one get their name or ring- don’t you have to play a certain amount of games during the season to be recognized?

2 weeks until the Draft Party – Let’s Go Blues! :)

“Look Dally, that Perron kid from St. Louis actually fits inside this thing.”

On every team that has ever won any championship there are always a few crappy role players who get to say they are champions due to being on a team that would have done just fine without them.

Drake was a nice pain in the ass to have on our side, but I didn’t mind ditching his shoulda-already-retired ass.

Hull winning in not just Dallas but also Detroit kinda hurt. Makes me wonder whether his NHL legacy will be that of a Blue.

Shanahan still pisses me off. I wish we could have had him sign a contract clause that he would never play for Detroit.

Stevens wasn’t here long enough for me to care.

The Pronger trade was real bitch, but I didn’t mind him winning with the Ducks. I mean, they’re the Ducks. Who cares?

None of the other former Blues winning makes much of a difference.

It’s more of a reminder of all the missed opportunities. Pronger and Hull just may have been the best players on the ice for their respective teams when they won their first Cups, yet we couldn’t do shit when we had them on the same team.

Every postseason my dad and I sit around during the Cup presentation and wonder why in the hell the ‘96 team didn’t make it to the Finals. ’01 bothers me, but not as much for some reason. Maybe I feel that we overachieved to get to the WCF.

Diana, the NBC announcers said you can play a minimum number of games to get on the Cup during the regular season (40 rings a bell) or play in one Finals game. So Hasek, Downey and Chelios all hit the mark during the regular season and McCarty played in two Finals games.

To earn the status of getting your name engraved on the Stanley Cup, players must play at least 40 games through the regular season or one in the Cup final. Although not an official ruling, this standard helps dictate those who are considered part of the championship team. This ruling has allowed players like Aut Erickson and Milan Marcetta to get their names on the Stanley Cup. Neither played a single regular season game for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1967, but both played in the Cup final and as a result, earned the honour. Teams can get dispensation to include players it deems worthy to add. In 1972, the Boston Bruins included Ted Green on their list of engraved names. Green was injured in a violent pre-season game that season and missed the entire campaign, but was an integral part of the Bruins’ franchise nevertheless.

Drake showed the world that effort alone can make you a “decent” hockey player, cause he didn’t have much more than that.

I wouldn’t worry about Hull’s legacy. He pretty much built us an arena before leaving. The odd taste of weed and hooker spit will pass with time.

It’s sad Shanny couldn’t keep his hands off the merchandise. What do you want, he’s a stud.

I wonder who inherited Pronger’s baseball bat sized “Checking Stick?”

Anyone else want to join me in the puke that Darren McCarty will now be on the cup 4 fucking times???? WTF????
Somehow just playing 11 minutes in 2 games of the finals and 3 regular season gamesshould NOT qualify anyone to have the honor but then again I am just an emotional girl! :) (and I believe DMcC is a scumbag)

drake is hardly the first or only hard working= still in nhl player. heck he wasn’t even the only one on the blues. for all his faults, the only reason (other than some certian photos) ryan johnson isthe pros (much less the nhl) is work ethic.

but why people get excited about a player who is WELL past it getting a shot, i’m not sure i understand or agree with. should dallie have had the engraving during his heydays in p-nix or the loo, then it would embiggen everyone. how does a crappy player having a crappy season on a dynomo equate to team excellance via personal rewards?!?

Ah, piss on Dallas Drake. If he can’t lift the Cup while wearing the ‘Note, he’s dead to me…

B.

Nice—-I missed Downey. I’m relocating to St. Louis from Buffalo and will take the local blue and gold as my new team. Thanks for an informative blog!

Stevens. Hull. Pronger. Drake.

Wear the “C” in St. Louis…win the cup somewhere else.
Wonder if Brewer ends up lifting Lord Stanley’s if he leaves STL…

One minor edit needed to the original post:

“Chris Pronger’s trade to Edmonton was forced by a brain-dead bag of pus ‘owner’ whose sole claim to fame was being of the correct gender to legally marry a woman with a dead multi-billionaire uncle, who was in the middle of trying to sell the team and thought that tearing the franchise apart would somehow improve its value.”

Or, if that sentence is too convoluted, try this:

“Chris Pronger was traded to Edmonton. Fuck you again, Bill Laurie.”

I think it is awesome that Drake won. He deserves it. He leaves it all out there and he pitched in for our community while he was here with the Blues. Good for him. He is exactly what is right about hockey. Hard work and toughness do pay off from time to time.