[BiggBob]

Big talk for the team that just got their 1st Stanley cup win ever...

And after only 14 attempts in 52 years...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/29/overtime-goal-gives-st-louis-blues-their-first-ever-win-in-stanley-cup-finals

[hanamizu]

Big talk for the team that just got their 1st Stanley cup win ever...

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The NHL, in its wisdom, decided to put all of the expansion teams in one division and all of the existing teams in the other—kind of like when the NFL absorbed the AFL. The Blues, an expansion team, were the best of a pretty rum lot. They made the Stanley Cup Finals three times and were swept all three times.

It’s been nearly half a century, but this time they a least have a decent chance of winning the Cup.

[gr8eman]

context please...when the NHL expanded they put the new teams (Flyers, Penguins, Blues, Seals, Kings & North Stars) in the same division. The original 6 teams all had been around since at least the 30s. If they had 2 regional divisions the Blues (or any other expansion team) would have never made the playoffs.