Revisiting the 2019 St. Louis Blues
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- The Blues won their first title three years ago and it was quite the run by a team few expected much out of that year.
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I think you made a critical omission when you didn't mention Yeo getting sacked in November and Berube coming in to win the Cup as the interim coach. He really deserves a lot of the credit for the comeback.
No disrespect to Mike Yeo himself, but as a coach, he just isn’t a great players coach. Berube took a talented bunch of underachievers, gave them their confidence back, and turned them into champions. He absolutely deserves credit for the turnaround. He didn’t become a Blues all-time great coach when he won the cup. He did that in the locker room just before the start of Game 7. “Pump it up, we’re here for a fuckin reason, because we’re a fuckin good hockey team, and we’re gonna fuckin come home with the cup here tonight. Let’s fuckin go!”
I will to my dying breath argue that this was the greatest storyline for a team winning a Cup...last place in the league, the emergence of Binnington from nowhere, firing the coach, "Gloria", the upsets in the playoffs, overcoming the SJ hand pass no-call to dominate, "you guys are f*cked" (Maroon), winning a Cup game in St. Louis for the first time ever (game 4, I was there!!!), and the absolute dominant game 7 performance Boston...to have FINALLY won the Cup in the fashion they did, man it was never more exciting to be a Blues fan in my entire life.
Couldn’t agree more. It took all the pressure off future seasons for me because how could it ever be as dramatic as it was the first time. Absolute highs that will probably not be replicated. Couldn’t ask for more is the way I look at it.
Not to mention the rematch 49 years in the making as well as Laila!
There's something about Our Town that causes our Championship wins to be EXCITING! The Rams' Super Bowl win in 2000, Game 6 of the World Series in 2011 and after over 50 years, the greatest moment in Blues history! I'm so glad I was able to see it...
One bittersweet aspect was that when March 2020 started, I really thought a repeat trip to the final was likely. They were still on a roll, and Colorado wasn't yet what they've become. But I like that it has the awesome story the way it happened. I dunno what happened to them during the break but had they done a repeat there would have been the inevitable "covid cup asterisk, fake dynasty" garbage.
So much to love about the blues winning in 2019. My favorite was watching Marchand cry.
I dont like either of those teams but thanks Blues for making the rat cry :D
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You may hate the rat, but you have to Amit he’s a good goal scorer, also the Marchand crying picture is a dead meme. Come talk to me when the leafs make it passed a round in the playoffs. May one day that happen
@@primerex04studios42 Mate you took that bait HARD. It's only game, why u heff to be mad (and take it so personally)?
@@primerex04studios42 Marchand crying will never be a dead meme lol
Steen, Schwartz, Pietrangelo and Bouwmeester where huge pieces of the puzzle. Back when they could defend especially on penalty kills. Steen was my favorite underrated, how great he played
I totally agree. Petro and Bouw were one of the best defensive pairs in the league that second half of the season. Steen was an absolute class act. He went from being a top line guy just a couple seasons prior, to the 4th line with great attitude. Made our other 4th liners better and gave us a complete roster. Really hard to win the cup without all 4 lines producing.
Sunny too bro.he was a energy machine
Steen and Tarasenko literally carried the franchise on their shoulders. They should've been the co-captains after Pietro instead of O'Reilly
Steen is all time st louis blue. He took on his bottom 6 role and was so huge every time he was on the ice.
MY favorite playoff team to watch all time. Love that Blues team and im not even a Blues fan
As a Flyers fan it’s been great to see Berube turn that team around
Some unbelievable wins enroute to raising the cup. True backbrakers for the other teams...Swartzy's goal in the last 15 seconds against the Jets in a game they never should of won started the magic. Maroons 2Ot winner and Pietragelo's backhand top shelfer against Tukka with less than 10 seconds in the period won them the Cup. A great run for sure.
Thanks Shannon.
As a blues fan since the late 80’s and suffering tons of disappointments in the 90’s, this was an absolute dream come true.
Man the buzz around the city & even in the counties around Stl we’re insane. I believe our window is still open but I’ll never forget our first cup… play Gloria!!
The Gloria Blues were as deep as any team ever. I think we’ll look back on Thomas centering the third line with Bozak and Maroon the same way we look back on Datsyuk on the third line of the 2002 Red Wings.
God that watch party in St. Louis was something else. St. Louis went bonkers that night it was something I will remember forever good times
As a lifelong Blues fan I was 37 when they won in 2019. As you said, year after year of disappointment. As a teen in the mid 90s watching them get bounced over and over again even when they had Pronger, Hull and the Great One. Just never could do it. (Det was always better) Then when Hitchcock took over they still couldn't. Finally....it happend. I stood there in my living room with my hands on my head in disbelief. When Petrangelo raised the cup I literally screamed aloud in my house in front of my wife and daughter and my eyes welled up. People were outside banging pots and pans and shooting off fireworks lol. All those years of heartbreak for us here and they finally won a cup. Over a million people came to the city for the parade. Amazing. Hopefully they have more to come. Lots of good teams out there and Col obviously is a problem lol. Was a great time to be a Blues fan. Still is. Ok..sob story over😊
I was there with you brother. The parade was a once in a lifetime experience too. I have pieces of the Old Barn on my bar at my house and several blues sweaters. I’ve been a Blues fan my whole life and the feeling when that last horn blew still makes my eyes sweat. I went outside and blasted Gloria from my back porch and promptly ordered my cup merch.
That October I was hit by a car on my motorcycle and was almost killed or paralyzed. Broken spine collapsed lungs and grocery list of other things. I remember laying in the ICU thinking at least I got to see our Blues win the cup. (I was also thinking a bit about Tony Twist lol) Once they found I could still move my legs and arms and that I wasn’t going to die I used them as inspiration and motivation to not let off the gas to recover as fully as I could. 3 months later I was back to work and haven’t let any moment pass by. This team has meant so much to so many of us that it goes way beyond the sport. “
@@Beer-can_full_of_toes Good Lord man what a tragic set of events. Glad you are doing ok now. Sheesh.
IMO one of the greatest playoff stories along with the 2012 Kings
is that the one where they barely sneaked in and then Quick just took over?? Or was that their second cup?
I never thought it would happen before 2019. It was incredible run that I will never forget. Ryan O’Reilly was the #1 center this team needed to get over the top. 2019 was his all world season.
One of the most amazing things about Binnington was his ability to rebound well from a bad game. He never had multiple bad games in a row, which meant the Blues were hard to get ahead of. Great win in 2019!
the blues stanley cup win left a mark on the Bruins.
As a Blackhawks fan, I was rooting for them. They were very good this year, if Binnington hadn't been injured, not sure the Avs winning this year after their Game 5.
yes avs would have won
@@masonwright7700 nah prolly not. They took our goalie out otherwise they were done
@@tylerbrunner6423 you guys took out your own goalie. Avs got pushed.
@@paulybeefs8588 avs beat Tampa soooo. St Louis was not better than Tampa lmao keep making excuses
@@tylerbrunner6423 excuses
When you realize the Blues lost in 6 to the eventual champs this year, you realize the Blues still have potential
I was not a big Gunnarsson fan for most of his tenure with the Blues, but I thought he played very well in the playoffs that year and that's not because of the OT goal.
What did it for me was seeing Blues players give Laila Anderson her very own Stanley Cup ring. Water works.
Hey Shannon, play "Gloria."
During the 11 game win streak is when I became a fan of the channel and have been sharing every Blues jersey video every since! #LetsGoBlues
Drove from Chicago to my hometown of St Louis to watch game 7 with my family. Then went to a bar and met up with my best friend and partied all night.
He has since passed from this Earth and I miss him to death. The summer of 2019 will forever remain special to me. And I hope the Blues never win a cup again. Nothing will ever top that season.
And I’ve been a Blues fan since 1993.
really hoping the blues keep Perron, and wish they could've somehow kept Schwartz. the 2 of them along with O'Reilly are some of the premier playoff performers in the league. those types of players are something you don't really see everyday and are essential to a good playoff run, especially with how the blues have been and are built as a very deep team without any major superstars.
The Blues' 2019 Stanley Cup win fascinates me. It's an incredible story.
Add in the coaching change, a certain pop song, and our good luck charm super fan, it truly was Hollywood.
the one thing I remember about that run was it looked like a power play everytime the blues had it, that 5on 5 play was ridiculous. the only reason the final went 7 is because they had no answer for that Bruins pp, which was just ridiculous
Would like to see Jon Hamm make this movie happen or something
It’s not movie worthy? Lol
Completely movie worthy. Last to first. Avenged the 2016 WCF loss to SJ, and their 1970 Cup final loss to the B’s. Ending one of the longest cup draughts ever whilst winning their first cup ever. We Went.
@@Matty_Rad lmfao they were tied for last and had games in hand over who they were chasing plus those teams were 8-9 points ahead and the league was very tight that year! 10 other teams had within 5 points of them when in last and 14 teams were within 10 points and St. Louis had games in hand on every single one!! Why does everyone act like they came from 20 points back when they didn’t?
Shannon got to be in it
@@Matty_Radthe cancer kid too
What a storybook of a ride this was. Watching the area come alive that spring was just as fulfilling as watching the games. My dad and I had row 10 seats at the only home finals win, and I got home from band practice on my birthday to watch them win the cup. I’ll always remember exactly how that moment went down.
This was an interesting team, still hard to believe they were last place that year. I had ruled them out. Great video Shannon!
They were 4 points out of a playoff spot in last place lol
@@WaddickLawnCare What? At the start of 2019 they had like 34 pts. They were dead last in the league. They were not "4 pts out of a play off spot"
Born and raised in St. Louis, grew up with the Blues and my Pens of the late 90s, so glad to touch the cup in 2019, I am a diehard fan of the Pens, but Blues will always be in my heart, hope they win again soon, play Gloria!
One Man Dynasty is such a sick nickname, good for Pat Maroon
You forgot to mention the name boom boom Gunnarson.
I like that you mentioned that Bennington wasn't actually the most consistent. Too many Blues fans in hindsight act like he just dominated every game and that was not the case. When he was on, he was a beast, but they were several games where he was off and giving up points. Don't get me wrong that's not to take anything away from him winning the cup or that run the blues had after he started
Was very happy to see Boston lose that final lol.
I moved to STL at the end of 2018 and they won on their first run I was there, yahoooooo!
As a Bruins fan this hurt. But not as much to me as others. The story of them getting on a run, making the playoffs and just kept on winning is a good one. I was actually watching Bennington and Blaise play for the Rampage in the AHL that season. So when the Blues started their roll I was actually cheering for them in the West. Sometimes things just click and you have what they had that year. Everyone on that team was well deserving of winning the Cup.
I I agree! Binnington will always be known as the guy that won the blues first cup single handed. We know that’s not true. But legend is a subjective.
Binnington is legit in the playoffs
@@salzerilli4789 yeah he’s looked great in 2019 and he looked great this year. But we can’t forget he wasn’t good for 2 years in between that span. Yes, the team wasn’t good either. But he really didn’t look good.
@@anthonyholmes3411 he was fine in 2020 prior to covid. That threw a lot of things off balance
Let's go, Shannon delivers at the best moments. Shannon you the man.-Tom's Audio Show
Tis a shame we didn't get a true chance to repeat, although there's nobody to blame for their performance in 2020 except themselves.
we are very close to winning it again
We were red hot towards the end of that 2020 regular season. I very well think we could’ve gone back to back if the season wasn’t delayed
You got a chance to repeat and didn’t? Wtf you on about lol
I actually believe St. Louis is better now than they were in 2019. Their defense is significantly less impressive, but their offense is so much better. If they hadn't had to face Colorado which was simply an absolute juggernaut this season and maybe had some better luck injury wise I think they could've easily won another cup this year.
As an LA Kings fan thank God they beat the Bruins that year I was seriously sick and tired of Boston win a championship in 2018 and 2019
As a life long Blues Fan I really appreciate your video! Love your content and depth. But yes Mike Yeo getting fired and Craig’s promotion were critical!
My dad is a life long Blues fan, I'm so glad he got to see them win the cup!
This was a team victory. I believe that if any of the top 12 forwards, 6 defenseman, or goalie hadn't been with the team for the duration of the run, they don't win it all. Someday I hope they put a bronze statue of the entire 1st Cup winning team and primary couching staff outside the building. It shouldn't be just one player holding the Cup.
Interesting side note, Ryan O'Reilly played with a cracked rib from the Dallas series through the final round and still won the Conn Smyth.
While the O'Reilly trade hurt Buffalo in the short term (the whole Conn Smythe thing...), Tage Thompson just scored 38 goals and 68 points this season, and is Buffalo's top center. Sort of makes up for it.
He most likely would not have gotten 38 goals on this years blues team. Too much talent around the individual player to let them stand out with the blues, and Buffalo is Buffalo right now.
I'm very happy that the trade has eventually worked out well for Buffalo, too. They're another hard luck franchise who's diehard fans deserve to celebrate their own Cup victory someday. Maybe Tage and the draft choice they got in the trade will do the trick. Then, the trade will have helped both franchises win their first Cup.
Great video Shannon! hoping the Blues can win the cup next year #LGB
For laila
For Charles Glenn
For all the fans💙
Man what a ride it was,watched game seven at a medford Oregon sushi restaurant LET'S GO BLUES
Waited 33 years to see them hoist the cup, it was worth it
I was alive when the Blues started, but only 2 years old. Didn't really start watching Hockey until I was around 9. So I guess around a 45 year wait for me. Hats off to those Blues diehards who were there since the first season. The 51 year wait.
Edit: Yes the Cup was won in the Blues 52nd year, but that makes a 51 year wait from first year to Cup year.
It was a 51 year wait for me! I’m 70 years old and I started following the Blues in 1968. I was convinced I’d die before seeing them hoist THE CUP!
Now I wanna see them win another. Disappointed that Armstrong flipped so many of the 2019 team away, but we are starting to gel with the new cast and with Bannister as coach.
LGB!!!!
Dream come true.
This team is the best of example of how firing your coach can turn the team around.
The Penguins did the same thing years ago.
I was a freshman in high school their first year in St. Louis in 1967-1968 so have seen them all. Outside of Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante their early years the Blues goalies just were not able to cut it for a long playoff run. Team depth also an issue. Jordan Binnington was the real MVP for this 2019 season in my opinion as they finally had a hot goalie for the playoffs. This past season after a poor regular season Jordan Binnington was again a hot goalie starting at the end of the season and the Blues would have even lost in the first round to Minnesota with Husso as goalie. It all changed with the Kadri injury of Binnington. I appeciated the assessment by the Hockey Guy following the game on the play saying the only thing for certain was Rosen did not push Kadri in to Binnington causing the injury and the player intent by Kadri would be discussed for many years. I still believe the Blues would have been the team that would have beaten Colorado this year with no disrepect to the Avs but Binnington can be a dominant yet streaky goalie capable of controlling a game like how Bob Gibson pitched many years for the Cardinals. Remember that game 7 performance versus Boston by Binnington. The last to first run by the Blues in 2019 was amazing and I would say did have better defense than the 2021-2022 team that had better offense. Good assessment on the 2019 team.
Avs were the better team so stop making excuses
@@masonwright7700 I agree, but a hot goalie in Jordan Binngton turns winners in to losers.
@@larryloveless2967 excuses
@@masonwright7700 Why would 2022 have been any different than 2019? Binnington when hot is a difference maker. It is really not different than any hot goalie in past playoff runs. Some still some up a little short but other runs go all the way with a hot goalie.
@@larryloveless2967 because avs won the cup.
The last time I was happy with a Stanley Cup winner. The 2020's have been very unkind to me.
Blues 2019>Raptors 2019.
I'll take that run more impressive.
Blues
Raptors
Nationals
Chiefs
Great year for new champs
I mean it was a one man championship lol
Blues were more underrated heading in but the raptors taking down a team that had won 3 times in 4 years was impressive.
The last time I had a good playoff bracket. Had the Blues winning that year. Since then, I’ve had to seriously reconsider what I know about hockey
I'm just wondering, could Vegas pass Colorado, St. Louis, Boston if they pass San Jose? That's a thing to think about. The 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs are the most unpredictable playoffs I've ever seen. San Jose and Columbus were THE REASONS, why there was no TB-VGK final. The SJ-VGK and CBJ-TB series were game-changers
thank you for this
Go back to the THG video of game 3 against the sharks with the hand pass. I called the blues winning three in a row.
LGB!
If only Parayko played the way in 2019 we might have made it past the second round. Instead 3 shitty ass goals against for a stupid CP move. I was so high on him coming into the year but what a let down that was. Binnington definetly was playing his game in the playoffs but of course Kadri is involved in an injury go figure. Nevertheless, there is always next year. We need our younger players to continue to step up and play hard. Getting Leddy back would be awesome. Getting Faulk and Krug really helped..too bad we didn't get to see Krugs much in the playoffs. He is definetly a dynamic player. When the Blues are healthy they are alot to handle.
I have no proof but before season began I picked the Blues to win Cup. Still picking them when playoffs began. The one and only time I have ever successfully predicted the NHL Champs. I am 39 yrs old.
You stuck with them even when they had the worst record in the league going into 2019?
Feels like this was just yesterday. LGB!
And remember, one of the best parts of that run was seeing Brett Hull completely hammered pretty much throughout the entire length of the Finals and then all of that Summer.
We Went Blues!!!!!!!
Legend has it he's still drunk to this day. :D
The fans saw Gretzky have it, lose it...2019 was just amazing. Glorious if you will.
Felt we were very close this year.
As a Boston fan that was a really disappointing cup final performance in the end. I think the Bruins were the better team overall and it showed in the first six, but they decided to absolutely implode in the deciding game.
Can't take away anything from STL though, they deserved to be there and didn't choke like my team did. I've got a little salt from the non-call in game 5 but not enough to say it wasn't a deserved cup win.
The blues had Gretzky. Yeah it was only like 2 months but I remember him on the blues.
You go to any Blues home game and you’re bound to see at least 1 guy with the Gretzky 90s retro jersey.
Couple things..
First off, if you look at their playoff history, the Blues would make it to the third round once every 15 years, like clockwork. The years in between would just be a slew of first and second round exits. In 2019 we weren't scheduled to win 2 rounds until 2031, I was way caught off guard when they made it past the second round..
Second, I'd like to take a moment to mention the way Berube handled the infamous hand pass to end the Sharks game. He didn't berate the refs during the press conference, and you know they took notice. Now how much do you think that played a part in the final when he said something about the calls and got a noticeable response.
Glorria
Kyrou was not on that team. 2 guys you missed - Robby Fabbri and Sanford. Binnington was the reason we won the cup, hands down. No Binnington, no cup. And if Kadri didn't injure him this year, the Blues would have hoisted Lord Stanley again.
Let's Go Blues!!!
Yes, I the Habs fan, had the bruins winning this series 😂
...and know you post this to make me sick! Haha! Nice one.
Hard to believe this team went into the calendar year of 2019 with the worst record in the league. The Stars were the only team during their run who had them on the brink and blew it. Smh
P L A Y G L O R I A
Coaching change mention?
Greatest team of all time. I'll fight you, unless you're an MMA fighter or named Tony Twist lol
If Ralston Purina had not failed to draft a player in whatever year that was ('83?) they would have been better off sooner.
Yes, so thankful for Tom Stillman and this ownership group. Was always a struggle. Blues almost relocated to Saskatoon Saskatchewan (make Winnipeg sound like nice place to play by comparison). Owners really do make a big difference to a franchise's success. See Buffalo.
Champs!
the leafs except they know how to win game 7
And let’s not forget Barbashev head hunting and the NHL being totally fine with it…
LGB!
Ok but does Pat Maroon get into the HOF?
No, but an answer in many future trivia nights
@@NotInMyRepublic who has the most cups without an HoF induction. Probably some Original Six Era Canadien, but still.
No he’s not a great player lol he’s lucky
Once again asking the hockey guy to play Hertl for entertainment
no sound?
Same here. Not getting any sound.
Give it a minute to process
works fine for me. you guys need to refresh
Love seein all the salty fans here in the comments
Can’t get the video to play
The Blues drank from the goblet in 2019 and ZILCH since then. What happened?? Not exactly the hallmark of a great team. Tampa Bay ate everyone's lunch until Colorado won it this year - beating the Blues en route to a victory parade. Are the Blues really done? What happened? The window of opportunity seems to have closed. Farewell St. Louis.
I know you're trolling but I'll respond anyway. This year the Blues lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champions. They beat that team in 2 games just like the defending Stanley Cup champions. Furthermore, the NHL's dirtiest player had to take out the Blues' goalie to ensure Colorado's tainted victory.
The facts speak for themselves. With Binnington in net the Blues were just as legitimate of a Cup contender this year as any team.
@@justbob3000 everything you said was true except kadri Injuring binnington!
2019 Blues were a One -Off Cup win.. ..will be remembered as a fluke run.....much like Boston's One - Off cup a decade ago. One and Done. ✅
They didn't get to defend there cup in 2020 because of covid. Chances the whole season. Otherwise blues go back to back
@@tylerbrunner6423 lmfao that’s hilarious dude your so delusional
@@WaddickLawnCare its called facts douche
Call it whatever you want, and I’ll take it. Seeing the Blues win the cup was a dream come true.
There's no such thing as a 'fluke' Stanley Cup championship. The champion has to beat 4 other teams in a 7 game series to accomplish that goal.
Winning an Olympic gold medal, or NCAA championship, can be a bit of a fluke where all it takes is one victory to win each playoff round. Also, a team may win one 7 game playoff series with a run of unusual 'luck' but not four series in a row. Last, in the final round the Blues beat the team that was tied for the 2nd best NHL regular season record. So, it wasn't like they played the other Conference's weakest opponent.
Only bitter loser fans refer to a Stanley Cup championship as a 'fluke'.
And they turned out to be scumbags how bout that
What are you even talking about kid?
@@Ygonnaeatthat3136 idk :/ I’m insane
No reason to revisit anything this arrogant team did. They are pathetic. Glad the Avs wooped em!
That's a weird fantasy world you live in.
@@defaultuser1447 Why is that? Because I despise the team you like?
@Rusty Metal Arrogant? Pot. Kettle. Black.
@@NotInMyRepublic You don't like the Av's?
@@finney2011 Arrogant? Compared to the Avs and their ridiculous fans? The Blues did very well against the Avs until a cheap-shot took out their goaltender. But you've been whining this same nonsense for weeks. Nothing like a poor winner.
Lucky team forgettable winner
What a strange and ambiguous thing to say
Lucky in what way?
Boston resident?
Right. It was luck they were dead last in hockey on Jan 1st to turn it into a championship. Yeah luck🙄👍
St. Louis will never forget and that’s all that matters. I live in the Tampa area now and here they’ve already forgotten the recent cup wins.