Blues

The Blues hockey club is unique among St. Louis sports . Their games are the only ones which are far funner to attend in person than to watch on TV. There's the fast and unpredictable action on the ice, packed houses, "The Blues Come Marching In" song, Towel Man, and the 5-goal free taco incentive. It was even better in the smoky old Arena.

But the Blues are unique for another reason. In nearly 45 seasons, they've never hoisted the Stanley Cup. This defies all odds.

Consider:

• They went to the playoffs for 24 straight seasons.


• They've won the President's Cup for having the best regular season record.


• They've boasted talent such as Red Berensen, the Plagers, the Sutters, Gary Unger, Bernie Federko, Adam Oates, Brett Hull, Brendan Shanahan, Al MacInnis, Chris Pronger, and for a season, Wayne Gretzky.


• Fourteen Hall-of-Famers claim the Blues as their team.


• The Cardinals baseball team won three World Series in the same span.


• Even our football team hauled down a Super Bowl.

How is it possible they've never been NHL champions in all that time?