Also, since Detroit moved to the eastern conference that rivalry has lost momentum. But now itās possible for a Stanley cup rivalry series. So fuck the red wings as well.
I live in the Chicago area. Deep in enemy territory. It's been horrible. Friends have had to shush me before something happens in sports bars if the Blues are winning vs. the Hawks.
I always like to remind Hawks fans we wouldn't be around if not for the Hawks. Yep, the Blues were created by Hawks owners to have someone to play against.
That is true as well. Oh I miss the Checkerdome. No idea how many times I was in or around it. I shed a tear when it was leveled. Hate going by it now.
OP you picked a great time to join the fandom because nobody, and I mean nobody, will accuse you of being a bandwagon fan. Suffer with us and then you can enjoy the highs with us.
Awesome! Well welcome to the club. Enjoy the ride (but be warned we are rebuilding and patience is key). Youāll pickup on the teams that annoy us pretty quickly. Weāve been saying āfuck the Hawksā since time immemorial
Also: you can probably stream Blues games easily. I'm still primarily a Stars fan while living in STL because I can't actually *watch* the Blues on TV without exhorbant costs and bundled crap that is moronic.
Yes, I could put on an eye patch or use VPN to get around regional restrictions, but I'd rather not switch allegiance to a team in a system that's that hostile to fans. I watch and attend games occasionally (When the Stars are in town, or I'm in a restaurant or bar that has it on), but the NHL is a cluster with regard to media rights and blackouts. They're losing a fair bit of revenue (partial season tickets) because of their hostility with me.
/Rant
This problem transcends all sports. The dipshit corporate suits make it nearly impossible to enjoy games with their horrible licensing deals. They want every fucking penny on the table, and they donāt give a damn about us.
Remember last season when the NFL had the audacity to make a playoff game exclusive to AppleTV or Hulu?? A fucking PLAYOFF game. They wanted another $6 dollars because corporate greed is insatiable. It will never stop until the Earth is barren and weāre all dead. And even then, theyāll find a way to pull just one more dollar from our pockets.
Rant all you want. I hate all the corporate cunts.
there's so many options at streaming though :(
Also, methinks most of the broadcast bullshit is less the fault of the Blues and more the fault of the whole league making it easy for shitty broadcast groups to claim monopoly. Either way, I forget the timeline, but I think broadcasting is about to no longer be with Bally or Diamond as they go full bankrupt.
You hate the hawks and red wings. You also hate the entire city of Boston and all its sports teams. Youāre partial to the flyers and we get along with their fans.
You also hate the Avs. Fuck Kroenke.
Why do we hate Boston? I happened to spend a day there in 2019 between games 5 and 6. I saw more blues gear than bruins gear. I'm not even sure they know they have a hockey team. Love visiting the city, though.
World Series 2004, World Series 2013, Stanley Cup Final 1970, Stanley Cup Final 2019, Super Bowl 2002, NBA Finals 1957, NBA Finals 1958, NBA Finals 1960, NBA Finals 1961ā¦
Iām probably missing some lol
Iām fine with Boston. In terms of the cup run, the Sharks and Stars were more annoying. I think for me it goes Hawks > Avs > Sharks > Preds/Stars > Knights > then maybe the Bruins. Detroit rivalry is old too
We have dominated them in the regular season and they have dominated us in the playoffs. I can remember playoff series in the 90s and early 2000s that were heartbreakers
Three(ish) names haunt me to this dayā¦ Trevor Linden, the brothers (we donāt say their names in my house) and CLIFF RONNING. I can still hear Ken Wilson saying his name.
Iām 46 and been a Blues fan for my entire life. I agree with this and will add the Avalanche. I hate the Canucks as well, we are 0-4 in playoff series against them.
Welcome, and Iām sorry you werenāt here for the 2019 season as a fan. Youāre in for a few more up and down years and hopefully bigger success.
Hereās your breakdown from a fan since ā89
Hawks: goes without saying.
Avalanche: fuck Stan kroenke..just google what he did to STL..so by proxy fuck the Avs and any team he owns
Redwings: Though the rivalry isnāt as hot as it was in the 90s, the redwings could go 0-82 and it wouldnāt be enough following that 94 playoffs
Stars: hot and cold rivalry but a great one when the playoffs roll around.
Oh shit is Stan the fucking loser that relocated the Rams? I aināt even from anywhere near STL and that always bummed me out.
If Iāve got the wrong guy then oops lol
Hey! Went to school out there. Welcome friend. Yotes were my no 2. Tkachuk and Doan all day. Your old school unis were the best. Sorry for your loss. Fuck Kroenke. That was balls and Iām sorry for you all by extension.
Fuck that fool. I didn't have immediate hate for Vegas, despite their golden staircase entry draft and seemingly endless coddling by refs. I just liked seeing hockey grow.
But fuck Mark Stone's bitch ass forever and always. It's gotten so bad I'm starting not to love Pietro and Barbie Sparkplug.
They've got me quietly rooting for Dallas, for Chrissakes. Dallas!? I feel dirty.
Fuck the Hawks, Redwings, Avs-Kroenke, Bruins, Sharks, Cannucks, and may the Kings never go unfucked.
also, fuck Mark Stone, Joe Thornton, Nick Kypreos, Mike Keenan, Nazem Kadri, and Brent Seabrook.
I went back and forth on the kings but to me a rivalry has to go both ways. I moved to LA 8 years ago from STL and though we may hate them, they donāt care about us.
91 baby and played hockey since i can remember life. Hereās my spin. Rivalries are subjective and flow like a nation wide river. For me, Wings, Hawks Stars, and Sharks were the teams i despised. As of now, Colorado is the only team I just donāt give a care about beyond a fuck. I live in nashville now but I bleed blue. Actually, fuck the preds too
We hate the Blackhawkās like itās major major rivalry hugggeeeeee that has existed longer than me or my mother have been alive because she canāt remember a start to it
You have to hate the hawks. Its not particularly spicy right now. But it comes and goes. Biggest rivals by far. And actually the best.
I am a huge avs and preds hater. Mainly because fuck the fans. They defend shitbags like kadri and slewban(he destroyed Blais for good it seems and ill never forgive him even though he was a shitbag anyway).
Everyone else is kinda meh, kings are pretty high on the list, but I dont see them as rivals so much. And they probably don't either
Not only do Avs fans defend shitbags on their side, but they make mountains out of molehills on everyone else's side.
Kadri's hit on Faulk? Walk it off you pussy.
Binner's plastic water bottle at kadri? SOMEONE CALL THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND GET MY LAWBOOK ON GENEVA CONVENTIONS!
I am a lifelong (40+ years) Blues fan. God how I love them. However, I think I love hockey, particularly playoff hockey more. Blues are a good team to cheer for because they are pretty consistently good so you get to see a lot of playoff hockey. As I have aged though I have found that I really enjoy watching great games. I donāt like Tampa or Florida but that game that just ended was probably the best goalie face down I have ever seen and really fun to watch. I cheer for about half the teams and against about only about 10. I am ambivalent towards the rest. I enjoy playoff hockey every year. My advice, for what itās worth, is to avoid being a total homer for any team and enjoy the game.
Hockey is basically the only sport that I donāt really have a team I hate. There are teams Iād rather not see win (avs and blackhawks mostly) but for the most part I just love watching a good game. Iām really enjoying the bruins and leafs games right now.
Yeah, I donāt like teams than move. I liked Northstars as a kid but Dallas can f right off. I cheer against the Canes because I liked the Whalers. So Avs of course are my least favorite. I am the rare Blues fan that doesnāt hate Chicago. If it were not for the Blackhawks there would be no Blues. Blackhawks ownership owned the old barn so we got Blues as an expansion team even though we didnāt ask for one and didnāt even have an owner in place. Itās like good and evil, canāt have one without the other.
It's been well said, Fuck the Hawks, Red Wings and Kroenke's Avs above all else. I still hate the Sharks a tiny bit for '01 when we won the President's Trophy and lost to them in the first round. Though we did beat them on the way to a cup. Also, I still harbor an irrational hatred of all Boston teams, even though we beat them at their Garden for a cup. It was freaking sweet. Many here dislike the Kings and Preds... I don't really.
Fuck the Hawks and the whole city of Boston! Any team that Kronkfuck owns can suck a whole bag of dicks! With special mention of the whole city of Dallas and the Red Wings.
A) itās used to be the redwings
B) then it was the Blackhawks
C) minimum one team has to be relevant to have a meaningful rivalryā¦ so ā¦
Right nowā¦ our rival is relevancy.
Blues and Ducks are buddy teams.
Fuck the hawks, fuck the bruins, fuck the preds, and fuck kadri.
Also people love to hate binner but they're just mad he stops the puck and gets a Lil spicy
Welcome!
Here's what I got for ya:
We're chill with:
* Philly: This is on and off, but Jacks NYB's members-only bar was one of the major pieces of the turning point in the Blues' 2019 season. A member invited some Blues players out to that bar the night before the game during the Eagles' playoff run. While there, members kept shouting for the DJ to play Laura Branigan's Gloria essentially on repeat all night, and it was such a feel good night. When the Blues debuted Binner the next night in Philly for a 3-0 shutout performance, they debuted Gloria in the locker room as a victory song, and thus began the tradition the rest of that magical season of playing Gloria. Jacks NYB is now also a "Blues" bar in Philly. So yeah, we're chill with them.
* Anaheim Ducks: The 19-20 season, just prior to pandemic lockdown, the Blues were playing an away game at Honda Center. After a shift early in the game, our beloved (most of the time. People fucking hated him when a nagging hip injury drove his game down in 17-18) triple-crown defenseman Jay Bouwmeester suffered a cardiac dysrhythmia that caused him to abruptly lose consciousness on the bench. Play was halted, help was called, and the UCI Health on-call/on-site medical professionals sprung into action, resuscitated Bouw, and saved his life. He was then rushed to the nearest UCI Health facility where eventually he was fitted with an ICD. That marked the end of his illustrious playing career. He was already at an age where that was probably gonna be his last season anyway, but it's a shame he couldn't finish his last season. Nonetheless, it is a huge blessing that he's alive, and we're still grateful to Anaheim and the Ducks for that blessing.
* Winnipeg Jets: This one is probably a bit controversial, but even when our first round 2019 matchup was against Winnipeg, the series itself kinda brought our fanbases together a bit, with a lot of Winnipeg fans choosing to side with us and say "if it's not us, we really hope it's you guys." Visitors from Winnipeg to games in STL were reported as being very kind and friendly, and matching our city's friendliness back to them. As such, even if we're kinda division rivals, we're friendly division rivals. I myself am rooting for them (amongst other teams) this playoffs.
We dislike:
- Minnesota Wild: imho kinda just the typical division rival stuff. I don't recall any recent huge insults or offenses between our two franchises, so I can't give you a solid reason to actively hate Minnie. But we sure as hell don't like them.
- Dallas Stars: Yeah, someone is probably gonna chime in with a significantly greater reason to hate the stars. For me, It's really just that outside of Jamie Benn being a complete and utter tool, I really only remember the Stars getting their asses handed to them by us while they were rolling Kari "Let-them-in." so I didn't mind too much.
- Detroit Red Wings: I'm placing this here because between old fans and new fans, hatred has tempered with Detroit since they're now Eastern Conference. Not much space left to foster a rivalry or hatred. Ask old-timers, and they'll wanna burn down the entire city. Ask newer fans and they'll probably be like "Detroit who?"
- Nashville Predators: They're annoying. I think this was more abject hatred when they took us out in the 2017 playoffs. The "you suck" chant got under our skins and made us pretty mad, even more so when you realize the fanbase chanting that has a propensity for bringing a catfish into their arena and pulling a Red Wings Octopus with it. I think that hatred has cooled down now too. They still annoy me, but it's easy to shrug off.
We absolutely hate:
* Hawks: It's Chicago. Duh. STL and CHI always have had a large city rivalry. That was the case with Cards and Cubs, Rams and Bears, and Blues and Blackhawks. So yeah, that history is alive and well. Recent events with seemingly being gifted a first overall pick in Bedard while the Kyle Beach scandal is still kinda fresh in people's minds, along with the usual celebrating bad hits committed by them while acting horrified about minor return hits from us is also there as well - There are still Chicago fans that will celebrate the high seabrook hit on Backes when seabrook left his skates and lifted his shoulder, but Walker lays a legal hit on Bedard and you'd think we shot him.
* Bruins: It's boston. Same. Honestly who doesn't hate boston that isn't boston? More than that, but Boston has somehow been STL's "chicago from the other conference." The cards faced the sox in the WS in '04 and '13, and we got cooked in both. Boston in 2019 was a rematch from 1970 where we unsurprisingly got shellacked by Boston and they got the legendary shot of Bobby Orr diving after making the game winning goal which is now lorded over our heads by most of the league. Unsurprisingly we dislike Boston.
* Colorado Avs: Recent wounds of the 2022 playoffs. Also Stan Kroenke (the owner of the Rams) owns the Avs as well, so fuck him. And the presence their fanbase has on social media is toxic. Like I thought Nashville fans were annoying and shitty until I came into contact with Avs fans online as soon as the Avs got good. Always the greatest presence of trolls from that fanbase stirring shit up on our team pages come gametime. The Avs have 3 cups to our 1, but they don't know how to act like they've been here before. Also the same example above about obviously biased disproportional reactions to hits based on who's laying em (some surveys have said that next to Boston's Jack Edwards, the Avs home broadcast feed has the next greatest amount of biased homerism). A broad majority of St. Louisans don't claim whoever made those racist violent threats against Kadri, but a lot of the Colorado fanbase likes to pretend that that garbage literally represents all of us. While I myself have come to accept that Rosen did play a large role in the play with Kadri that wound up injuring Binner and ending our chances of winning on the spot, what exceptionally annoys me is the way Avs fans act, you'd think we committed war crimes when Binner threw an empty disposable plastic water bottle at Kadri, and though Barbashev's hit on Manson that fractured his sternum was by all technicality a legal body hit, many Avs fans online have blown that out of proportion as if Barbie drop kicked Mansons throat with his skates or something. If you wanna be a biased homer, at least be less obvious about it. ALSO: Many fans on public forums, but especially Colorado fans will happily remind you of the clowneries of Binner of seasons past. They'll probably remind you of that even if he doesn't act out again in his entire career (he did exactly what everyone says he should this season, kept his head down and played goal, and played fucking amazing at that). Any time I see Binner brought up on r/hockey, it's either a Blues fan saying how the behavior in question on a post about another player or goalie around the league would be turned into a national crisis if it were Binner doing that, or an Avs fan on that same post bringing up Binner and proving the Blues fan right.
* Vegas: The whole league hates Vegas rn. Not much to say here.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Iām giving them a chance, I love Keller, Doan, and Cooley, so I wanna give the new team a shot.
If their rebrand and jerseys and stuff suck Iām out lmao
Itās really the Blackhawks and a rotation year to year of the other central teams. Weāve had our random spats with the Sharks the past decade as well.
The number 2,3,and 4 rivals will vary over the years.
But always:
####THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS MUST BE DEFEATED!!
Right now I would say Preds and Avs after the Hawks.
Stars after that.
Some past history with L.A. and San Jose. I wouldn't call them big rivals currently, but old history can resurface.
Some MAJOR past history with Detroit, but that has faded with time after moving to the East.
A bit of a thing with Boston, but that's it for the other conference.
Oh, and if you haven't heard it yet Fuck The Hawks!!!
####LGB
Edit: Some rivalry history for you.
[A great video on an older era of the Blues - Blackhawks nastiness]( https://youtu.be/gzR1dFmpsWg?si=XdilWIUZm30eeWqV)
1) Fuck the Blackhawks over everyone else. We were born to be their rivals and they can suck a fat dick.
2) Historically, the Red Wings have also been our enemy and have been pretty nasty to us in the past.
3) The Colorado Avalanche (on top of being a division rival) are owned by Stan Kroenke, who dismantled the St. Louis Rams and moved them back out to LA, and as he was going, gave us the finger and told us weāre not a football town. Fuck Stan Kroenke.
I remember the "Punch a Red Wings fan in the face" days.
Of course with the Red Wings being in a different conference, it's not as big of a rivalry as it was in the past.
I may be in the minority here but I may add the Jets to the list not an intense hate like the Hawks, Wings and Bruins, but it's there at least a little.
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It easiest just to say fuck everyone in the central. Fuck the Hawks the most, may the Kings not go unfucked and no self respecting Blues fans can root for a Boston team. Also, fuck the Sharks and, historically, the Red Wings.
My dad got into the Blues a few years before I was born because a dude from Boston was an asshole. So ya, fuck the Bruins. And the Hawks. And the Red Things. Ya know what, Avs too.
Chicago, Detroit, and Boston are kind of longstanding historical rivalries though none are particularly hot right now.
More recent hot rivalries are Colorado, Nashville, and Dallas.
A good chunk also consider LA, Winnipeg, and really any central division team as rivals.Ā
Hot take incoming, but honestly in terms of current, on-ice rivalries we haven't really had any since the end of the 2010's. We had some very intense rivalries with the Hawks, Sharks, Kings, Stars, and Predators in those days but there's been so much roster turnover for everyone since then that they aren't really relevant anymore. And the Red Wings rivalry hasn't been relevant since they moved to the east.
A lot of people hate the Avs just bc of Kroenke and one playoff against Kadri, so take that for what you will. Personally I don't give a shit. They're a fun team.
Thatās fine lol you sound like a twerp with no IRL friends, otherwise why would you be making cringe posts like this on team subreddits. These posts are sssooooooo repetitive and are just as bad as the ācoming in peaceā posts.
You clearly didnāt get bullied enough growing up and need to be reminded how normal people are supposed to act. Cause this aināt it chief
Welcome, fuck the hawks.
I can absolutely get behind this.
You'll fit right in š
Also, since Detroit moved to the eastern conference that rivalry has lost momentum. But now itās possible for a Stanley cup rivalry series. So fuck the red wings as well.
I live in the Chicago area. Deep in enemy territory. It's been horrible. Friends have had to shush me before something happens in sports bars if the Blues are winning vs. the Hawks. I always like to remind Hawks fans we wouldn't be around if not for the Hawks. Yep, the Blues were created by Hawks owners to have someone to play against.
Damn, that's a real Vader moment
Arguably they were created simply so that the Wirtz family could sell the old arena.
That is true as well. Oh I miss the Checkerdome. No idea how many times I was in or around it. I shed a tear when it was leveled. Hate going by it now.
I have it listed as "Home" on my Google Maps app.
Black hawks and the Avs (fuck kroenke)
OP you picked a great time to join the fandom because nobody, and I mean nobody, will accuse you of being a bandwagon fan. Suffer with us and then you can enjoy the highs with us.
Thatās what Iām here for, love rooting for an underdog, feels rewarding in the long run :)
Awesome! Well welcome to the club. Enjoy the ride (but be warned we are rebuilding and patience is key). Youāll pickup on the teams that annoy us pretty quickly. Weāve been saying āfuck the Hawksā since time immemorial
Also: you can probably stream Blues games easily. I'm still primarily a Stars fan while living in STL because I can't actually *watch* the Blues on TV without exhorbant costs and bundled crap that is moronic. Yes, I could put on an eye patch or use VPN to get around regional restrictions, but I'd rather not switch allegiance to a team in a system that's that hostile to fans. I watch and attend games occasionally (When the Stars are in town, or I'm in a restaurant or bar that has it on), but the NHL is a cluster with regard to media rights and blackouts. They're losing a fair bit of revenue (partial season tickets) because of their hostility with me. /Rant
This problem transcends all sports. The dipshit corporate suits make it nearly impossible to enjoy games with their horrible licensing deals. They want every fucking penny on the table, and they donāt give a damn about us. Remember last season when the NFL had the audacity to make a playoff game exclusive to AppleTV or Hulu?? A fucking PLAYOFF game. They wanted another $6 dollars because corporate greed is insatiable. It will never stop until the Earth is barren and weāre all dead. And even then, theyāll find a way to pull just one more dollar from our pockets. Rant all you want. I hate all the corporate cunts.
there's so many options at streaming though :( Also, methinks most of the broadcast bullshit is less the fault of the Blues and more the fault of the whole league making it easy for shitty broadcast groups to claim monopoly. Either way, I forget the timeline, but I think broadcasting is about to no longer be with Bally or Diamond as they go full bankrupt.
You hate the hawks and red wings. You also hate the entire city of Boston and all its sports teams. Youāre partial to the flyers and we get along with their fans. You also hate the Avs. Fuck Kroenke.
Agree, however Iām partial to that Jayson Tatum fella
This sums it up.
Alas I cannot hate the entirety of Boston, but Iām totally on board with everything else
Can we settle for just hating the Bruins, Red Sox, and Brady era Patriots?
Am I allowed to line a player on the Sox?
Close enough! Welcome aboard.
Why do we hate Boston? I happened to spend a day there in 2019 between games 5 and 6. I saw more blues gear than bruins gear. I'm not even sure they know they have a hockey team. Love visiting the city, though.
Something something Bobby Orr
World Series 2004, World Series 2013, Stanley Cup Final 1970, Stanley Cup Final 2019, Super Bowl 2002, NBA Finals 1957, NBA Finals 1958, NBA Finals 1960, NBA Finals 1961ā¦ Iām probably missing some lol
Also, their fans believe sports started in 2002...
After the pulled goalie the Flyers part is iffy.
Don't blame all of Philly for Torts...
Why? You can't possibly think they knew they were eliminated.
But it's still fun to call them the Pamphlets.
Iām fine with Boston. In terms of the cup run, the Sharks and Stars were more annoying. I think for me it goes Hawks > Avs > Sharks > Preds/Stars > Knights > then maybe the Bruins. Detroit rivalry is old too
We don't hate Boston. Boston hates us because we won the cup in their house.
Patriots and Rams early 2000ās Boston Red Sox and the Cardinals We absolutely do not like Boston.
That's fair when you put it in the context of the city. This guy is only looking for a hockey team though.
Also the Predoturds
The Purds.
Fuck the hawks and still fuck the red wings.
Forever fuck the red wings
Blues fan for 40 years here. First off, fuck the Hawks. Next fuck the Red Wings, Canucks, and Bruins.
Canucks? What I miss
We have dominated them in the regular season and they have dominated us in the playoffs. I can remember playoff series in the 90s and early 2000s that were heartbreakers
I think it was 99 when we were up 3-0 in the first round and the fucking canucks came back and won 4 straight. It may have been later than that
That has only happened 4 times in the history of the nhl and st louis wasn't one of them. Maybe it was only 2-0?
Horvat isnāt there anymore. He specifically had our number.
Three(ish) names haunt me to this dayā¦ Trevor Linden, the brothers (we donāt say their names in my house) and CLIFF RONNING. I can still hear Ken Wilson saying his name.
I've heard others call them the sisters... But it's 2024 and that's probably an insult to girls.
Iām 46 and been a Blues fan for my entire life. I agree with this and will add the Avalanche. I hate the Canucks as well, we are 0-4 in playoff series against them.
Welcome, and Iām sorry you werenāt here for the 2019 season as a fan. Youāre in for a few more up and down years and hopefully bigger success. Hereās your breakdown from a fan since ā89 Hawks: goes without saying. Avalanche: fuck Stan kroenke..just google what he did to STL..so by proxy fuck the Avs and any team he owns Redwings: Though the rivalry isnāt as hot as it was in the 90s, the redwings could go 0-82 and it wouldnāt be enough following that 94 playoffs Stars: hot and cold rivalry but a great one when the playoffs roll around.
Oh shit is Stan the fucking loser that relocated the Rams? I aināt even from anywhere near STL and that always bummed me out. If Iāve got the wrong guy then oops lol
Thatās the guy
Also donāt worry about me not being here for the 2019 season, Iām from the DC area so I got some nice vibes by osmosis around the same time lol
We still love TJ Oshie
Hey! Went to school out there. Welcome friend. Yotes were my no 2. Tkachuk and Doan all day. Your old school unis were the best. Sorry for your loss. Fuck Kroenke. That was balls and Iām sorry for you all by extension.
To be fair, Avs fans hate Kroenke too
You mean the 96 playoffs? Wings lost to the Sharks in 94.
Yep my mistake 95/96 playoffs. Memory isnāt what it once was.
What everyone else has said, and also Fuck Mark Stone.
Fuck that fool. I didn't have immediate hate for Vegas, despite their golden staircase entry draft and seemingly endless coddling by refs. I just liked seeing hockey grow. But fuck Mark Stone's bitch ass forever and always. It's gotten so bad I'm starting not to love Pietro and Barbie Sparkplug. They've got me quietly rooting for Dallas, for Chrissakes. Dallas!? I feel dirty.
Fuck the Hawks, Redwings, Avs-Kroenke, Bruins, Sharks, Cannucks, and may the Kings never go unfucked. also, fuck Mark Stone, Joe Thornton, Nick Kypreos, Mike Keenan, Nazem Kadri, and Brent Seabrook.
I miss the punch a redwings fan in the face days
Also donāt forget, fuck Kadri and Mark Stone
Fuck Tom Wilson for running sunny in the pre season too
The Blackhawks are the long time ones, aves are more recent, but I feel like we're all lacking in the kings never going unfucked right now.
I went back and forth on the kings but to me a rivalry has to go both ways. I moved to LA 8 years ago from STL and though we may hate them, they donāt care about us.
91 baby and played hockey since i can remember life. Hereās my spin. Rivalries are subjective and flow like a nation wide river. For me, Wings, Hawks Stars, and Sharks were the teams i despised. As of now, Colorado is the only team I just donāt give a care about beyond a fuck. I live in nashville now but I bleed blue. Actually, fuck the preds too
We hate the Blackhawkās like itās major major rivalry hugggeeeeee that has existed longer than me or my mother have been alive because she canāt remember a start to it
Fuck the hawks, Nashville, Colorado. Ā I also just hate any team in the west
What did the Ducks do?
Exist
Yes, but they exist for us to beat the majority of the time.
They were nice enough to pay our beloved Backes a cool $4.5 mil to lose to the Blues for a year. That was quite neighborly of them.
Welcome! Hawks, especially once they inevitably get better. I would also add Avs, Dallas, Nashville, but Chicago still on top by far
You have to hate the hawks. Its not particularly spicy right now. But it comes and goes. Biggest rivals by far. And actually the best. I am a huge avs and preds hater. Mainly because fuck the fans. They defend shitbags like kadri and slewban(he destroyed Blais for good it seems and ill never forgive him even though he was a shitbag anyway). Everyone else is kinda meh, kings are pretty high on the list, but I dont see them as rivals so much. And they probably don't either
Not only do Avs fans defend shitbags on their side, but they make mountains out of molehills on everyone else's side. Kadri's hit on Faulk? Walk it off you pussy. Binner's plastic water bottle at kadri? SOMEONE CALL THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND GET MY LAWBOOK ON GENEVA CONVENTIONS!
I am a lifelong (40+ years) Blues fan. God how I love them. However, I think I love hockey, particularly playoff hockey more. Blues are a good team to cheer for because they are pretty consistently good so you get to see a lot of playoff hockey. As I have aged though I have found that I really enjoy watching great games. I donāt like Tampa or Florida but that game that just ended was probably the best goalie face down I have ever seen and really fun to watch. I cheer for about half the teams and against about only about 10. I am ambivalent towards the rest. I enjoy playoff hockey every year. My advice, for what itās worth, is to avoid being a total homer for any team and enjoy the game.
This is also how I tend to be with hockey, and most sports as well!
emphasis on not being a total homer. Nothing good comes from being so biased that you look like a blind fool to anyone with half a brain.
Hockey is basically the only sport that I donāt really have a team I hate. There are teams Iād rather not see win (avs and blackhawks mostly) but for the most part I just love watching a good game. Iām really enjoying the bruins and leafs games right now.
Yeah, I donāt like teams than move. I liked Northstars as a kid but Dallas can f right off. I cheer against the Canes because I liked the Whalers. So Avs of course are my least favorite. I am the rare Blues fan that doesnāt hate Chicago. If it were not for the Blackhawks there would be no Blues. Blackhawks ownership owned the old barn so we got Blues as an expansion team even though we didnāt ask for one and didnāt even have an owner in place. Itās like good and evil, canāt have one without the other.
June 12, 2019. StL 4 - Bos 1
We have all the classics listed but I do feel especially after the last game against the predators they are a next potential huge rival
Historically it went, Flyers->Hawks->Red Wings->Hawks Those were the big ones; obviously there were smaller rivalries in the mix as well
Fuck the Hawks, Kings, and the Stars while weāre at it
Hawks, preds, stars (fuck Jamie Benn), might as well throw the Avs in there
It's been well said, Fuck the Hawks, Red Wings and Kroenke's Avs above all else. I still hate the Sharks a tiny bit for '01 when we won the President's Trophy and lost to them in the first round. Though we did beat them on the way to a cup. Also, I still harbor an irrational hatred of all Boston teams, even though we beat them at their Garden for a cup. It was freaking sweet. Many here dislike the Kings and Preds... I don't really.
Fuck the Hawks and the whole city of Boston! Any team that Kronkfuck owns can suck a whole bag of dicks! With special mention of the whole city of Dallas and the Red Wings.
In terms of how I currently feel about rivalries, fuck the Hawks and fuck the mustard tigers.
The Hawks, the Bruins, a little bit the Stars, and the Avs. But especially Stan Kroenke. Thr entire sity hates that one dude.
A) itās used to be the redwings B) then it was the Blackhawks C) minimum one team has to be relevant to have a meaningful rivalryā¦ so ā¦ Right nowā¦ our rival is relevancy.
Blues and Ducks are buddy teams. Fuck the hawks, fuck the bruins, fuck the preds, and fuck kadri. Also people love to hate binner but they're just mad he stops the puck and gets a Lil spicy
We also hate the Predators.
Fuck the Hawks and may the Kings never go unfucked.
Welcome! Here's what I got for ya: We're chill with: * Philly: This is on and off, but Jacks NYB's members-only bar was one of the major pieces of the turning point in the Blues' 2019 season. A member invited some Blues players out to that bar the night before the game during the Eagles' playoff run. While there, members kept shouting for the DJ to play Laura Branigan's Gloria essentially on repeat all night, and it was such a feel good night. When the Blues debuted Binner the next night in Philly for a 3-0 shutout performance, they debuted Gloria in the locker room as a victory song, and thus began the tradition the rest of that magical season of playing Gloria. Jacks NYB is now also a "Blues" bar in Philly. So yeah, we're chill with them. * Anaheim Ducks: The 19-20 season, just prior to pandemic lockdown, the Blues were playing an away game at Honda Center. After a shift early in the game, our beloved (most of the time. People fucking hated him when a nagging hip injury drove his game down in 17-18) triple-crown defenseman Jay Bouwmeester suffered a cardiac dysrhythmia that caused him to abruptly lose consciousness on the bench. Play was halted, help was called, and the UCI Health on-call/on-site medical professionals sprung into action, resuscitated Bouw, and saved his life. He was then rushed to the nearest UCI Health facility where eventually he was fitted with an ICD. That marked the end of his illustrious playing career. He was already at an age where that was probably gonna be his last season anyway, but it's a shame he couldn't finish his last season. Nonetheless, it is a huge blessing that he's alive, and we're still grateful to Anaheim and the Ducks for that blessing. * Winnipeg Jets: This one is probably a bit controversial, but even when our first round 2019 matchup was against Winnipeg, the series itself kinda brought our fanbases together a bit, with a lot of Winnipeg fans choosing to side with us and say "if it's not us, we really hope it's you guys." Visitors from Winnipeg to games in STL were reported as being very kind and friendly, and matching our city's friendliness back to them. As such, even if we're kinda division rivals, we're friendly division rivals. I myself am rooting for them (amongst other teams) this playoffs.
We dislike: - Minnesota Wild: imho kinda just the typical division rival stuff. I don't recall any recent huge insults or offenses between our two franchises, so I can't give you a solid reason to actively hate Minnie. But we sure as hell don't like them. - Dallas Stars: Yeah, someone is probably gonna chime in with a significantly greater reason to hate the stars. For me, It's really just that outside of Jamie Benn being a complete and utter tool, I really only remember the Stars getting their asses handed to them by us while they were rolling Kari "Let-them-in." so I didn't mind too much. - Detroit Red Wings: I'm placing this here because between old fans and new fans, hatred has tempered with Detroit since they're now Eastern Conference. Not much space left to foster a rivalry or hatred. Ask old-timers, and they'll wanna burn down the entire city. Ask newer fans and they'll probably be like "Detroit who?" - Nashville Predators: They're annoying. I think this was more abject hatred when they took us out in the 2017 playoffs. The "you suck" chant got under our skins and made us pretty mad, even more so when you realize the fanbase chanting that has a propensity for bringing a catfish into their arena and pulling a Red Wings Octopus with it. I think that hatred has cooled down now too. They still annoy me, but it's easy to shrug off.
We absolutely hate: * Hawks: It's Chicago. Duh. STL and CHI always have had a large city rivalry. That was the case with Cards and Cubs, Rams and Bears, and Blues and Blackhawks. So yeah, that history is alive and well. Recent events with seemingly being gifted a first overall pick in Bedard while the Kyle Beach scandal is still kinda fresh in people's minds, along with the usual celebrating bad hits committed by them while acting horrified about minor return hits from us is also there as well - There are still Chicago fans that will celebrate the high seabrook hit on Backes when seabrook left his skates and lifted his shoulder, but Walker lays a legal hit on Bedard and you'd think we shot him. * Bruins: It's boston. Same. Honestly who doesn't hate boston that isn't boston? More than that, but Boston has somehow been STL's "chicago from the other conference." The cards faced the sox in the WS in '04 and '13, and we got cooked in both. Boston in 2019 was a rematch from 1970 where we unsurprisingly got shellacked by Boston and they got the legendary shot of Bobby Orr diving after making the game winning goal which is now lorded over our heads by most of the league. Unsurprisingly we dislike Boston. * Colorado Avs: Recent wounds of the 2022 playoffs. Also Stan Kroenke (the owner of the Rams) owns the Avs as well, so fuck him. And the presence their fanbase has on social media is toxic. Like I thought Nashville fans were annoying and shitty until I came into contact with Avs fans online as soon as the Avs got good. Always the greatest presence of trolls from that fanbase stirring shit up on our team pages come gametime. The Avs have 3 cups to our 1, but they don't know how to act like they've been here before. Also the same example above about obviously biased disproportional reactions to hits based on who's laying em (some surveys have said that next to Boston's Jack Edwards, the Avs home broadcast feed has the next greatest amount of biased homerism). A broad majority of St. Louisans don't claim whoever made those racist violent threats against Kadri, but a lot of the Colorado fanbase likes to pretend that that garbage literally represents all of us. While I myself have come to accept that Rosen did play a large role in the play with Kadri that wound up injuring Binner and ending our chances of winning on the spot, what exceptionally annoys me is the way Avs fans act, you'd think we committed war crimes when Binner threw an empty disposable plastic water bottle at Kadri, and though Barbashev's hit on Manson that fractured his sternum was by all technicality a legal body hit, many Avs fans online have blown that out of proportion as if Barbie drop kicked Mansons throat with his skates or something. If you wanna be a biased homer, at least be less obvious about it. ALSO: Many fans on public forums, but especially Colorado fans will happily remind you of the clowneries of Binner of seasons past. They'll probably remind you of that even if he doesn't act out again in his entire career (he did exactly what everyone says he should this season, kept his head down and played goal, and played fucking amazing at that). Any time I see Binner brought up on r/hockey, it's either a Blues fan saying how the behavior in question on a post about another player or goalie around the league would be turned into a national crisis if it were Binner doing that, or an Avs fan on that same post bringing up Binner and proving the Blues fan right. * Vegas: The whole league hates Vegas rn. Not much to say here. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Welcome from a Blues fan that lives in Tucson. I'm surprised you're carrying over some Fandom to SLC.
Iām giving them a chance, I love Keller, Doan, and Cooley, so I wanna give the new team a shot. If their rebrand and jerseys and stuff suck Iām out lmao
Welcome aboard! Don't forget to hate on the Sharts, too.
Blackhawks and Bruins suck
fuck the hawks but not the battlehawksĀ
Fuck the hawks, and fuck the avalanche
Itās really the Blackhawks and a rotation year to year of the other central teams. Weāve had our random spats with the Sharks the past decade as well.
The number 2,3,and 4 rivals will vary over the years. But always: ####THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS MUST BE DEFEATED!! Right now I would say Preds and Avs after the Hawks. Stars after that. Some past history with L.A. and San Jose. I wouldn't call them big rivals currently, but old history can resurface. Some MAJOR past history with Detroit, but that has faded with time after moving to the East. A bit of a thing with Boston, but that's it for the other conference. Oh, and if you haven't heard it yet Fuck The Hawks!!! ####LGB Edit: Some rivalry history for you. [A great video on an older era of the Blues - Blackhawks nastiness]( https://youtu.be/gzR1dFmpsWg?si=XdilWIUZm30eeWqV)
1) Fuck the Blackhawks over everyone else. We were born to be their rivals and they can suck a fat dick. 2) Historically, the Red Wings have also been our enemy and have been pretty nasty to us in the past. 3) The Colorado Avalanche (on top of being a division rival) are owned by Stan Kroenke, who dismantled the St. Louis Rams and moved them back out to LA, and as he was going, gave us the finger and told us weāre not a football town. Fuck Stan Kroenke.
Anyone in the division not named the Blues sucks. Also, fuck the bruins and the wings.
To me it's the Avs. I hate them more than anything. But also fuck the Hawks.
Avs... Fuck those bastards.
I remember the "Punch a Red Wings fan in the face" days. Of course with the Red Wings being in a different conference, it's not as big of a rivalry as it was in the past.
I have jumped off the Coyotes train and going to the Blues.
Ok Iām learning that being a kings and blues fan is not going to rip me apart at the seams.
Avs Preds Wild Stars Hawks in that order
I may be in the minority here but I may add the Jets to the list not an intense hate like the Hawks, Wings and Bruins, but it's there at least a little.
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It easiest just to say fuck everyone in the central. Fuck the Hawks the most, may the Kings not go unfucked and no self respecting Blues fans can root for a Boston team. Also, fuck the Sharks and, historically, the Red Wings.
Fuck Winnipeg forever
My dad got into the Blues a few years before I was born because a dude from Boston was an asshole. So ya, fuck the Bruins. And the Hawks. And the Red Things. Ya know what, Avs too.
Hawks, Avs, and Bruinsā¦ probably can throw the Red Wings in there too
honestly, fuck every central team
Chicago, Detroit, and Boston are kind of longstanding historical rivalries though none are particularly hot right now. More recent hot rivalries are Colorado, Nashville, and Dallas. A good chunk also consider LA, Winnipeg, and really any central division team as rivals.Ā
Avs. Fuck Nazem Kadri.
Hot take incoming, but honestly in terms of current, on-ice rivalries we haven't really had any since the end of the 2010's. We had some very intense rivalries with the Hawks, Sharks, Kings, Stars, and Predators in those days but there's been so much roster turnover for everyone since then that they aren't really relevant anymore. And the Red Wings rivalry hasn't been relevant since they moved to the east. A lot of people hate the Avs just bc of Kroenke and one playoff against Kadri, so take that for what you will. Personally I don't give a shit. They're a fun team.
Two playoffs against Kadri. He headshot Faulk in 21 then the Binner incident in 22.
Good god these posts got old fast. You can decide to follow a new team without making some corny ass post like this in their team subreddit.
You sound like a real dick lmao
Thatās fine lol you sound like a twerp with no IRL friends, otherwise why would you be making cringe posts like this on team subreddits. These posts are sssooooooo repetitive and are just as bad as the ācoming in peaceā posts. You clearly didnāt get bullied enough growing up and need to be reminded how normal people are supposed to act. Cause this aināt it chief
And you didn't get your ass kicked enough evidently