St. Louis Blues Top 6 Playoff Performances In History

Brett Hull/Adam Oates

Ok, if we are honest, I’m cheating a little bit here including two in one. But, it’s my list so there.

Truthfully, it is hard to separate Brett Hull and Adam Oates when it comes to playoff performances. Some of their best work all-time in their careers came when playing with one another.

We saw it really come together quickly in the 1990 postseason following the 1989-90 season. In that playoff run, the Blues got a total of 15 goals and 35 points with this duo in only 12 games. Unfortunately, they came up just short against the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round in a tough seven-game series.

The next year, the Blues got even more out of those two. Hull and Oates combined for 18 goals and 39 points in 13 games of the 1991 playoffs.

Sadly, they came up short again in the second round. St. Louis lost in six games to the eventual conference champions, the Minnesota North Stars.

It was nothing those two were doing or not doing that kept the Blues from advancing. As a team, they just could not lock down defensively, giving up 35 goals in those two series.

Still, Hull and Oates shined brightly before it burned out. Due to outside circumstances, like Hull and Gretzky, they never got the chance to shine for very long.

They only had two seasons together and two playoff runs. Nevertheless, you cannot overlook how huge their contributions were.

Scoring a total of 33 goals and 74 points in four rounds of playoffs and 25 games is a huge chunk of change. Sadly, they are another page in the history of the Blues never having all the pieces in place at the right time. You can’t hold that against them, though, with those numbers.