A challenge for all GameTimers ...

First of all let me start by thanking you for taking the time to consider joining the blues family, our organ-i-zation is on the way up and we hope to see plenty of exciting new faces next season. We’re a hard working bunch: On the ice, around the interwebs, in the bars. There are a wide variety of reasons for becoming a fan of the blues which I will touch on today as well as the ones presented by my colleagues on these boards.

The blues are a franchise with history, unlike some of these Bettman bastard child franchises that got tossed around on the map all willy nilly to increase TV revenue the blues have been rooted in St.Louis for 40 years. The link posted today on our main page gives a nice overall history of where weve been. We have had strong runs in the past but the chalice of lord stanley has continued to elude us, but our time is quickly approaching. We are on track with our incredibly strong stable of young talent that will bring a bright future to the franchise that I hope you will be a part of.

Currently we are rated by talent scouts as the deepest organ-i-zation(im both contractually and comedically obligated to spell it like that) as far as prospects go. We have plenty of fresh faced rookies and up and coming prospects willing to work hard to win a place on the roster and a spot in your heart. We have been able to do this because of strong leadership by the front office that has put YOUR saint louis blues on the track towards contendership. While various other clubs are mired in terrible contracts, poor play, salary cap hell, and just downright apathy we have been able to pave a bright future under the guidance of Davidson and Jarmo The Blessed. While they are still young as far as ownership regimes go they have shown they are more than capable of making rational decisions that dont make you want to throw a controller and start drinking by 3. The blues lost in the first round of the playoffs last year but instead of complaining and wailing by true fans it was a time of rejoicing thanks to the bright future ahead.

Last year we were considered all but written off by the so called “Experts” who get “paid to do this sort of thing” by the middle of the year. Thanks to our hard working never call it quits attitude and game by game coaching philosophy we were able to prove the assorted fuckheads wrong. We have the entire package if your looking to pick a favorite player out of our hard working bunch. We’ve got the scorer , the crazy goalie , the kid , the good looking foreign badboy who will probably never call you back after the first date but you will love him for it , the czech guy who will fart in your helmet when your not looking and thats just the tip of the iceburg. The lovable cast of characters is growing daily, and really who else are you going to cheer for?

If your looking for a western team theres really only one choice. You don’t want to have your emotions played with by some scrub team and the contenders all carry baggage. I will break down how the rest of the west pans out.

Redwings: I will admit, when I watch bull fights I cheer for the bull. When i watch cops I always hope this is the episode the dude gets away. But only douchebags like the fucking redwings. Its like cheering for the flaming hoop evels gonna jump through.

San Jose: At the top already, cheering for them is a bandwagon move and you seem like a classy lady.

Vancouver: nuff said

Chicago: After this season they are jenna jameson fucked.

Calgary: We got Al MacInnus from them and they were the victims of the monday night miracle. Can’t say too many bad things about em. You’ve already got a canadian team though.

Anaheim: On their way out.

Columbus: They are a good up and coming organ-i-zation, seem to be headed in the right direction, and I dont have too many reasons not to cheer for them. oh wait .

The blues still have a few years to go before they are serious contenders but we are a fun exciting hockey team who work hard every night and are going places. There is still room on this bandwagon for a few more people but after next season room might be at a premium. Get in on the blues action before TJ Oshie gets elected to public office. There are some flashier big market teams out there who can buy you lots of high priced free agents for low cap prices and the blues were only sixth in the standings but I hope you will join us so we can be first in your heart.