The St. Louis Blues have had a ton of great players enter their franchise history books. Many have been esteemed as one of the greatest to ever wear the Blue Note, but there is only one player that can be held to a higher regard than that.
There is only one player that is unanimously regarded as the greatest player to wear the Blues jersey, and that is Brett Hull. And, there was one season's performance that gave him that title.
That would be the 1990-91 campaign, in which Hull exploded with two giant single-season records. This performance catapulted him into the GOAT conversation and cemented his legacy in Blues lore forever.
Let's talk about how great it truly was.
The unbeatable 1990-91 performance
Back in 1990-91, Brett Hull exploded with a fiery offensive performance that set the Blues record book on fire. With 86 goals and 45 assists for 131 points, no other Blues player has gotten close to either that goal tally or the total point mark. Frankly, there hasn't been a Blues player to come along who rivaled the sheer dominance that Hull had on the ice.
Alongside his centerman Adam Oates, who had a franchise-setting 90 assists in his 61 games of action that year, the duo lit the league on fire. Hull also set a record for power-play goals, which he would tie just a couple of seasons later with 29. He brought home the Hart Trophy for league MVP, as well as the Lester B. Pearson award, now known as the Ted Lindsay.
That one year was a highlight year, but there were a couple more that were right alongside it in terms of greatness. From 1989-90 through 1991-92, Hull had 72 goals, the 86-goal masterpiece, and then capped it off with another 70-goal performance. All three seasons, as well as the following year in which he had 54 goals and 47 assists for 101 points, were all 100-point seasons.
That milestone has been missing from the Blues for a long time, in fact, Hull's teammate Brendan Shananon was the last to eclipse the 100+ point mark in 1993-94. There is only one current player who stands a chance at hitting that plateau, and that is Robert Thomas.
Hull was a force to be reckoned with in his tenure with the Blues, and his records still stand today. His performance in 1990-91 is the greatest single-season performance in Blues franchise history.