I will try to explain:
During the winter olympics in the 90's I discovered this beautiful sport (as a young child) by randomly tuning in and watching 2 teams/countries play. I needed to pick a side and I picked Canada. After that year I watched (almost religiously) TeamCanada play every year at the world championships and my favourite players at the time were those who played there for Canada (not knowing the best players would be in the playoffs lol). I also watched the world cup of hockey and learned about some player called Brett Hull, a Canadian playing for the USA (and winning the tournament). At that time, because of that, the Blues were no option for me... I went with the Leafs (liked a lot of players and the logo/maple leaf obviously). I also liked the Oilers because a lot of players I liked were always there for the world championships (missing the playoffs, which I learned later). Like I said the Blues were kind of no option back then, even tough I liked a lot of the players
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During the Olympics 4 years ago, I really liked 1 defenceman and he happened to play for the Blues, so I started to follow the Blues a bit closer. The logo really attracted me, the fans don't seem to hate the Leafs, they even tried to adopt the Canadian fans during the playoffs when all Canadian teams didn't qualify..... so to sum it all up: no more Brett Hull on the roster
, Alex Pietrangelo, nice logo/jersey, classy organisation, cool fans, what's not to like anymore...
Now that I am on your board, when the Blues win it all this year or the next year, I do realise you won't ever let me go