ISBN: 9781681063942. filter list by All Voters 1 Brett Hull Right wing 690 votes #3 of 502 The Best NHL Players of All Time #159 of 1,316 The Best Athletes Of All Time #2 of 64 The Greatest American Hockey Players of All Time 2 Bernie Federko Centerman 492 votes 3 Al MacInnis Most hockey fans wont need an introduction to Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Doug Gilmour. King, singer and guitarist B.B. He gave everything he had to the team, and it showed in his play. Federko was a leader on the Blues, and he kept the team in St. Louis. Berenson is eighth in assists for St. Louis with 240; seventh in hat tricks with five; fifth in game-winning goals with 29; second in game-tying goals with 19; eighth in power play goals with 53, and fourth in playoff goals with 21. Tkachuk came to the Blues via trade, and in the final twelve games of the 2000-2001 season, scored six goals and eight points. He also scored eight shorthanded goals in the 1980-81 season, a franchise record for the trivia buffs out there. Unfortunately, it wasnt until after Mullen was regrettably traded to the Flames in 1986 that he began winning Stanley Cups, which he did three times in his career. St. Louis Blues 1939 1 h 32 m IMDb RATING 6.5 /10 67 YOUR RATING Rate Comedy Musical Romance A Broadway musical comedy star tires of the same old grind and flees the city. Hes still a legend that got his start in St. Louis, and he assembled a great career with the team. It was only poor decision-making by Keenan that led to his departure following the 1994-95 season. The fact that he made the second round and actually competed with Mr. Blue Bobby Plager tells readers everything they need to know about Berubes impact during that time. Speaking of the Blackhawks, Darren Pang first rose to prominence as one of their goaltenders, though he was far from the greatest. While his departure stung, the overwhelming return, including Oskar Sundqvist and Klim Kostin, is still paying major dividends for St. Louis. And how do coaches and general managers figure into the equation? But hes most known for trading players like Curtis Joseph and Brendan Shanahan, and his acerbic personality is widely credited with chasing Wayne Gretzky out of town after just half a season. Hull would spend the next 11 seasons with the Blues, and go through his prime in St. Louis. Let's drop this puck!!!! Chase played the lions share (345) of his career games in St. Louis, and after his retirement, he served as the Blues color commentator on the radio for almost two decades. Then, he got his first start on Jan. 7, 2019, and the rest was history. Bryce Salvador, perhaps best known for his seven seasons with the New Jersey Devils, where he served as captain near the end of his career, played his first seven seasons in St. Louis. All told, Hitch coached 413 games in his tenure with the Blues, with an impressive .650 winning percentage. Hull has remained loyal to the Blues organization and to the city of St. Louis itself as he was partying just like any hardcore Blues fan when they won Lord Stanley back in 2019. Understandably, Blues fans are quite fond of the goaltender whom they most credit for turning their season from last in the league to hoisting the Stanley Cup. Sign up for our regular 'Blues Newsletter' for all the latest. Before his final contract, the Big Swede was a big personality who was much-loved by Blues fans. He calls St. Louis home and his first love, and Blues fans are beginning to show him the same appreciation. Mike Liut may not be the most recognizable name amongst goaltenders, but he is the best goaltender the Blues have had. Henry Joiner, sports writer| March 2, 2021, Different St. Louis Blues jerseys over the course of franchise history, Related Stories Business Advisory; Business Valuation; Corporate Finance; Cash Flow Modelling; M&A Advisory; Venture Capital; Private & Public Partnerships; Owner Supervision And Internal Control Players turned to Demitra to fill the void left by Hull, and Demitra performed. Then well go in-depth on the final four, finishing with our champion, the fan-selected greatest of all time. Player nationality and age distributions, draft rounds of players in the 2020-2021 season. During his very brief two-and-a-half seasons with the Blues, Oates played 195 games, while putting up 286 points, a 1.46 points per game average. only included with the team he finished with. Berenson became the first player in NHL history to score six goals in a road game, and was only one goal away from tying the NHL record for goals in a game. Jeff Brown had an impressive NHL career, scoring 584 points in 747 games as a defenseman. Plager was the original leader of the blue line for the Blues. 1. He played 18 regular-season games with the Blues, scoring 21 points. He was a warrior for the Blues, and is among the top 15 Blues. He is one of the best to ever wear the Bluenote, period. Tarasenko has been named to four All-Star teams and won two Stanley Cups with St. Louis in 2017 and 2018. When Brendan Shanahan or David Backes put on their skates, the crowds would go wild. Turgeon eclipses the top 10 for St. Louis, placing tenth in points with 355; ninth in game-winning goals with 25; sixth in playoff points with 45; and sixth in playoff assists with 31, despite being 45th on games played with the club. If there MacInnis also won the Norris Trophy awarded to the league's best defenseman, in 1999. David Perron is in his third stint with the Blues. In Perrons 550 career games with the Blues, hes scored 350 points. Unger was arguably the best player to come out of the Expansion Six era, and is among the greatest of Blues greats. Here is my ranking of the top-10 St. Louis Blues players of all-time. He had 341 career assists with the Blues, which ranks him third all-time. All these stats prove Tarasenko is to be an elite offensive forward in Blues history and definitely has the potential to be higher on this list since hes only 29 and has more good years left in him if he stays healthy following his shoulder surgery. Still, when the Great One plays for your franchise, he belongs in your tournament. But the two sons, both St. Louis natives, have a long way to go before theyve caught the legacy of their father, the man affectionately known as Big Walt.Father Keith Tkachuk Credit: Al Bello/ALLSPORTMatthew Tkachuk, Calgary Flames (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)Brady Tkachuk, Ottawa Senators (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers), The elder Tkachuk played 1,201 games in his career, amassing 1,065 games played in that time. The team brought Sutter into the big leagues for the 1976-1977 season, where he became one of the best Blues' players in history. Pronger played nine seasons in St. Louis and was arguably the NHLs top defenseman during that time. Speaking of legendary coaches, Scotty Bowman is the all-time NHL coaching wins leader with a remarkable 1,244. Its a mark the team has only matched or surpassed thrice since then. Shattenkirk developed into a fan favorite defenseman and power play weapon. Federko remained in St. Louis for 13 years and made himself a part of St. Louiss Mount Rushmore of sports legends. If the answer is not the one you have on your smartphone then use the search functionality on the right sidebar. Hull leads Blues franchise history in goals, goals created, even strength goals, power play goals, game winning goals, adjusted points, etc. He is second in goals (352); hat tricks (11); power-play goals (116), and fourth in game-winning goals (40). Joseph played his first 280 games in St. Louis, 10 more than he played in Toronto or anywhere else. In franchise history, Pronger is seventh all-time in assists and adjusted assists, he leads all-time in plus/minus rating, and is second all-time in defensive point shares. Is it as simple as choosing the player with the most points or games played? He won the Conn Smythe trophy that year as well, and it was the first of three consecutive seasons where he was a Norris Trophy finalist. Babych played 396 games wearing the Bluenote, and scored 345 points in that time. David Backes At number ten we have longtime former Blues captain David Backes. He joined the Atlanta Flames for the 1979-80 season, ending his decade-long tenure in the Gateway City. Some of the worlds are: Planet Earth, Under The Sea, Inventions, Seasons, Circus, Transports and Culinary Arts. Hull spent the rest of his career putting those questions to bed. .sno-63ffc6618f380 { He was a beloved pest, averaging 1.8 PIM per game during his entire career. Immediately thereafter, Sutter moved behind the bench, serving as head coach from 1988-92, winning the Jack Adams Award in 1991. That would earn him a Conn Smythe Trophy, which, coupled with the Selke Trophy he would win in the offseason, made OReillys 2018-19 a pretty incredible debut maybe the greatest individual season in Blues history. Votable lists that rank the top players to ever play on each team in the National Hockey League. It was a celebration no Blues fan nor Hulls liver will ever forget. During that time, he won 151 games, a mark that still stands as the franchises record (though Jake Allen is closing in). Kelly Chase gets the Enterprise Center hyper for Game 4.Tune in now on FSMW and FSGO. Following the 1993-94 season, MacInnis arrived with the Blues as a Restricted Free Agent (RFA), for whom they had to surrender Phil Housley and two second-round picks. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Cujo went undrafted, but he debuted with the Blues during the 1989-90 season. Modern-day NHL fans probably need no introduction to Ryan Reaves. He helped ease the pain of Brett Hulls departure from the franchise, scoring 89 points the season after he left St. Louis. MacInnis as a Blue is third all-time in defensive point shares, sixth all-time in offensive point shares and power play goals, and second all-time in plus/minus rating. With 14 goals and 48 assists, a league-leading plus-52 rating, and an inconceivable 30:14 average time on ice, Pronger led the Blues to their only Presidents Trophy. Now it's time to get into some more. st louis blues traditions. MacInnis finished his Hall of Fame career as a 7x All Star, a Norris Trophy winner, a Conn Smythe Trophy winner, and a Stanley Cup Champion (1989 with the Calgary Flames). The St. Louis Blues, Enterprise Center, Stifel Theatre and Levy Restaurants have a wide variety of roles available! Joseph is second in games played (280), second in wins (137), and first in assists (17). Over those six seasons, he became the best goaltender in Blues history. Berenson had two stints with the Blues, but in his time with the team, he was always an impact player. B.B. Drafted two picks before Tarasenko in 2010, Jaden Schwartz has often been described as the straw that stirs the drink in St. Louis. Here is my ranking of the top-10 St. Louis Blues players of all-time. St. Louis Blues NHL Change Team Team Facts Plays in National Hockey League Team colours Blue + Gold + Navy Blue + White Town St. Louis, MO, USA Founded 1967 ROSTER STATS DEPTH CHART IN THE SYSTEM LINES 2022-2023 Roster Past Rosters Total Cap Hit: $83,124,486 Cap data powered by Team Staff Head Coach Craig Berube Asst. In his ten seasons with the Blues, MacInnis finished seventh in games played with 613; sixth in points with 652; fourth in assists with 325, and sixth in power play goals with 64. Barret Jackman was the perfect embodiment of a St. Louis player, in many ways. Once he was there, he was there to stay. His playoff play was great too: 137 points (first), with 67 goals (first), and 50 assists (second). All told, Drake played 443 of his 1,009 career games with the Blues and retired one season after leaving town. Related: Top 3 All-Time St. Louis Blues Goalies. Taking over for Mike Yeo in November 2018, he turned the Blues around over time and coached them to their very first Stanley Cup. Blues fans loved him, opposing fans hated him, and that was just fine for Nasher. MacInnis spent the majority of his career with the Calgary Flames, earning a Stanley Cup ring in 1989 and winning the Conn Smythe trophy. The name has a bright and sunny feel, and with month names gaining acceptance, many people may start considering it! Al MacInniss ability to be a force on offense and defense shows how good he truly was as a player, especially in St. Louis and he deserves to be recognized as one of the best to ever play the game. Jackman played one season with the Nashville Predators at the end of his career but remains a Blues fan-favorite and a presence in the community. Mike Keenan coached the Blues from 1994-1997. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. Alex Steen has been a massive win for the Blues since the day he arrived in St. Louis, traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Carlo Colaiacovo in exchange for Lee Stempniak. He remains in the teams front office as a Senior Advisor to the general manager. CodyCross is an exceptional crossword-puzzle game in which the amazing design and also the carefully picked crossword clues will give you the ultimate fun experience to play and enjoy. Pronger was drafted by the Hartford Whalers (now Carolina Hurricanes) in the 1993 NHL Entry draft and showed very quickly he was destined for stardom. From there, Demitra played the best hockey of his career, playing in a Blues uniform for the next eight seasons. Backes played 727 games for the Blues, the seventh-most in franchise history. Thank you, sports. Few players made as significant a contribution in one season as did Maroon, and he deserves a spot on the bracket. Pronger would go on to be a 4x All Star, win the Hart Memorial Trophy (MVP), win the James Norris Memorial Trophy (Top Defenseman), and become a Stanley Cup Champion (2007 with the Anaheim Ducks). Pronger is known as being a pest and somewhat of a dirty player, but he was the undeniable leader of the Blues. Even now, only a handful of players rival the legacy hes built. He played 598 games with the team in nine seasons from 1995-2004, and during that time he averaged 29:03. Pronger is one of just two players (along with Hull) to win a Hart Trophy in Blues history, which he did in a phenomenal 1999-00 season. Top five sports stories of 2020 Pages: 160. Yes, it was a hard pill to swallow to watch Hull leave for the Stars before the 1998-99 season and immediately win a Stanley Cup with his new franchise (ironically under Hitchcock). Let us know in the comments! ET. She runs into the skipper of a showboat who befriends her, and they make plans to put together a musical revue. Theres no discounting that righteous 1980s flow, either. During his time with the Blues, Tkachuk also scored his 500th NHL goal and 1,000th NHL point. Demitra put up 204 goals and 289 assists as a Blue, both of which are top-10 in franchise history. Though he never lifted the Cup in St. Louis and departed on a regrettable five-year contract with the Boston Bruins, Backes is still beloved in the town where he spent most of his hockey career, and many expect him to have a future with the organization after he retires. 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