St. Louis Blues: The Ultimate Franchise Forward Lines
By Tyler Andrus
In their 52-year history, the St. Louis Blues have had loads of talented forwards come and go. What if we threw some of the best forward seasons in St. Louis
Blues history together into a starting lineup? Just because we won a Stanley Cup does not mean we should stop daydreaming, right?
From Bernie Federko in the 1980s to Brett Hull and his gang of future Hall of Famers in the 1990s to Vladimir Tarasenko‘s cup-winning 2019 team, the Blues have had several impressive individual scoring seasons.
To make our all-time starting forwards list the player must have played more than 50 games in a season for the Blues. As much as it hurts leave Wayne Gretzky out of this lineup, he only played 21 games in the Blue note and does not qualify into an ultimate Blues forward line.
Our selections for each spot were based on the best “version” of the player while they were in St. Louis. A basic lineup building strategy was also considered. This means that we have a grinding fourth line and not a line that somebody like 2015-16 Tarasenko can sneak his way on.
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