I disagree wholeheartedly. We should judge the player by the quality of his play while with The Blues. If the player played at least a full season with The Blues, he should be eligible - like Scott Stevens. Wayne Gretzky only played 14 regular season games for The Blues. So, maybe that, alone should disqualify him. But he was at the tail end of his career, and just a shadow of his prime abilities. So, his Blues' play, although decent, wouldn't make him one of the top 4 Blues' centres at their peak level as a Blue in any case. Glen Hall played 4 full seasons with The Blues, and his playing level in his first year with them (67-68) was as good as ANY Blues' goalie at his peak with this team. Both Hall and Plante played just about that same level the next season (68-69), and Hall's level was somewhat lower in 69-70, but still very high. I'd pick Hall and Plante as their 2 best, with Liut just a hare below (and he was excellent for them for a long time. Binnington started off great, but has shown some "coming down to Earth" this season.
So-Here's my list:
Shanahan-Oates-Hull
Turgeon-Unger-Demitra
B.Sutter-Berenson-Tarasenko
Mullen/Federko-O'Reilly-Gilmore
Pronger - MacInnis
Stevens-Pietrangelo
Ramage-Parayko/B.Plager
Plante
Hall/Liut
Bowman/Berube
Some of the forwards are out of position, but I wanted to put the 12 best on the team. It was difficult to leave so many great Blues off. But, I believe these were the most valuable Blues at the peak of their games as a Blues' player. These AREN'T the Blues who helped the team the most careerwise, which would add Bob Plager,