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 Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:16 am
 Arrival of Mike Keenan in 1994 made for stormy times in St. Louis as Hull's personality often clashed with fiery head coach/GM. Keenan would later strip Hull of his captaincy durin' 1995-96 season.
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:18 am
One of NHL's most anticipated, but short-lived scorin' duos was created on Feb. 27, 1996, when Wayne Gretzky was traded to St. Louis by L.A. Kings. Gretzky would sign with New York Rangers after season.
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:19 am
Golden Brett n' Great One carried Blues to a 1st-round win over Toronto before club squandered a 3-games-to-2 lead over Detroit in 2nd round.
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:21 am
Representin' U.S. in 1996 World Cup of Hockey, Hull was team's leadin' scorer (7 goals, 4 assists). His two tallies against Russia powered Team USA into best-of-three final where Americans upset Canada. Hull even sang a version of Aretha Franklin's R-E-S-P-E-C-T on bench.
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:23 am
1996-97 season saw Hull become 23rd player in NHL history to reach 500-goal milestone. He hit mark in St. Louis with a hat trick against Kings on Dec. 22.
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:25 am
With NHL players participatin' in Winter Olympics, Hull joined Team USA for Games in Nagano, Japan. Outcome was a downer as gold-medal favorites went home empty-handed, eliminated by Dominik Hasek n' Czech Republic.
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:26 am
One of great disappointments of Hull's time in St. Louis was that Blues never advanced beyond conference semi-final round durin' his 11 seasons. His last playoff hurrah came in 1998 with Blues sweepin' Kings before fallin' to defendin' Cup champion Red Wings.
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:28 am
Declinin' an offer from Blues, Hull signed with Dallas in July 1998, eventually fulfillin' his quest for a Stanley Cup (n', not surprisingly, doin' it in a controversial manner). He departed as Blues' all-time leader in goals (527), hat tricks (27), GW goals (70), power play goals (105), n' shots (3,367).
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:32 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:00 pm
hehe, i have that issue. he's a really nice looking guy, and... a great player.
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:05 pm
doc.hyphae hehe, i have that issue. he's a really nice looking guy, and... a great player. he's nothin with out this guy 
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:54 pm
and their record without him showed it!
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:36 am
Here's my list of 10 best QB-Coach Combos (remember this is just opinion-based n' not meant to be written in stone, ye can express what ye feel should be right, what should be left out, n' other various conditions) 10....Bud Grant--Fran Tarkenton In his 2nd stint in Minnesota {1972-78}, Tarkenton played 7 seasons for Grant, winnin' consecutive 6 division titles n' reaching Super Bowl 3 times. Vikings lost all 3 of their Super Bowl appearances -- to 3 AFC powers, Miami, Pittsburgh and Oakland -- but Grant n' Tarkenton together won 69 regular season games n' 7 more in playoffs.
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:39 am
9....Jim Kelly--Marv Levy Though they never scaled NFL's highest peak, there's room on my list for this underrated pairin', which led Buffalo to 4 consecutive Super Bowl trips in early 1990s. Kelly n' Levy won usin' Bills' K-Gun no-huddle offense, which featured multiple formation calls that confused defenses n' did not allow them to substitute n' match up against potent Bills.
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:42 am
8....Mike Holmgren--Brett Favre Holmgren n' Favre were together for 7 years in Green Bay, 1992-98, never once missin' playoffs durin' that span. They won a Super Bowl in 1996, n' were denied back-to-back titles in an upset by Denver in 1997. But definin' legacy of their time was how Holmgren managed to tame wild mustang of a quarterback that Favre was when he arrived from Atlanta before 1992 season.
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