That’s Awesome!

This has to be really fulfilling for all those guys, considering the long road and the shape of the team (thanks, Bill and Nancy!) when they took over.

Both the write-up and JD’s autograph on a copy of Game Time.

Brilliant!

I’m dying here I couldn’t make last night’s game.

thanks for mentioning their presence at the doors, I hadn’t heard that yet.

Rec’d

You’re write up and that autographed copy of Game Time prove what we all know – we have the best ownership/management in hockey. They care about the team in more than a “how much can I make if…” way. They want people in those seats not to make money, but to share with the players on the ice the excitement of Blues hockey. They want our team to succeed for the players’ sake, for the fans’ sake, for the organization’s sake – not for the bottom line.

If more teams were run like ours (and those of you who know me know exactly who I am referencing and I’ll be seeing him in an hour of so coughWADDELLcough), the whole NHL would be a better place. Crap, if the LEAGUE’S front office had a tenth of our FO’s ability and enthusiasm, we’d be one of the top sports in the nation, hands down.

Even if we wouldn’t’ve made the cut this season, I still would have been proud and still would have considered our management model a success. As it stands right now, I KNOW it’s a success. Even though I’m far away, I still consider myself proud to be a Blues fan and to be part of this.

if she also wanted her copy autographed by Red Berenson Cowboy and that I could make it happen because I like kind of know him, sort of. She said she didn’t have time to wade through his entourage.

There was such a crowd around JD that I didn’t wait around to talk to him, but I thought it was super classy.

Thanks for this write-up. I’m SO PROUD!!!!

And doubly cool since the article he wrote the autograph on is much about JD himself.

So after the celebration last night, I decided to pick up my playoff tix. I couldn’t have been happier when I opened that envelope. I received the quantity I requested, tix to each game, and I moved up 7 rows from my season tix. Oh, and I’m only a partial STH.

On the flip side, last year I had a partial plan with the Cardinals, too; 1/3 season package with 3 tix to each. Near the end of last season, I received a letter from the Cards with my playoff ticket offer. They gave me 2 tix to only one game in each of the first two rounds, and the tix were in the nosebleed. I was kind of insulted with this, considering they had less of a chance to make the postseason last year than the Blues did this year. So guess who didn’t renew their Cards tix this year? That’s right, I’ll be using that extra money to pay for my Blues playoff tix.

This is the first year the Blues have made the playoffs since I became a STH, and holding those tix in my hand is one of the best feelings I’ve ever had. They haven’t left my sight since I picked them up.

It sounds corny, but I’ve never felt this appreciated as a fan. This organization continues to amaze, and I couldn’t be more satisfied with spending my entertainment dollars on this team to support the direction they’re heading. What an awesome time to be a Blues fan.

The day we became season ticket holders started out as a meet/greet free food & beer about two weeks before they signed Kariya. I got to ask JD a question (about goaltending, of course) and then at the end, they pointed out that the bowl was open and open seats were tagged. My wife dragged me in, and after about an hour of searching we found a pair that met the magic price location combination for her Mother’s Day present. (Thanks, Honey!)

We were one of the last people to leave, and as we finished signing our paperwork, Peter McLoughlin walked by, obviously on his way out. He saw that we had signed up, stopped, turned around and shook our hands and said, “Thank You,” with genuine appreciation.

Now THAT is the way to build a loyal fan base for a rebuilding team.

I stealthily avoided the crowd around John Kelly and the potential for telling him that “Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!” is probably the worst announcer catch phrase ever

Yes he is such a douche. If you see him out at a bar offer to buy him a SHOT!

… that they put a team together that made the playoffs in three years. Top to bottom, they’ve built a class organ-i-zation.

It took Chicago seven to get back. Fuckin’ slowpokes!

p.s. Does anyone else have revenge on their mind as we potentially face San Jose in the first round?

Wirtz had to kick off first. and yes, I like a healthy rivalry, and it doesn’t work when one team is a perennial patsy and the game means nothing to one of them.

Lower right hand corner of Round 1 West Headlines.

Solid.