And there there was just the Blues... (Washington, Buffalo: layoffs, living in)

[stlouisan]

Well folks, it's official. The Kings winning the Stanley Cup makes the Blues the last active 1967 expansion team to have never won it. While there are other teams with droughts longer or nearly as long as us (Toronto, Buffalo, Vancouver, and Washington), the list is getting shorter and shorter. Can the Blues find a way to make it happen next year, or do you think we'll have to endure eternity as the laughingstock of the NHL?

[Caesarstl]

Originally Posted by stlouisan

Well folks, it's official. The Kings winning the Stanley Cup makes the Blues the last active 1967 expansion team to have never won it. While there are other teams with droughts longer or nearly as long as us (Toronto, Buffalo, Vancouver, and Washington), the list is getting shorter and shorter. Can the Blues find a way to make it happen next year, or do you think we'll have to endure eternity as the laughingstock of the NHL?

Here's hoping... But I def disagree with your terminology, I don't think many in the NHL would consider the Blues a laughing stock. From both the play level, all those years of making the playoffs in a row/being competitive, and the support level, the Blues have a pretty solid ongoing fan base that fills the stands. I think it's way more embarrassing for a team playing in a half empty rink/when citizens in the city hardly realize there's a team...

[aragx6]

I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a little part of me that was glad they didn't win this year. I should be living in STL by next year and would love to be a part of it. I did manage to finally get the SO rather interested in hockey this year though, so I'll take that as a personal win.