They’re not from Boston. (For more information see the previous slide).
Yet if that’s not enough of a reason for you, there are plenty of other reasons to pull for the Blues, such as the team’s incredible season turnaround is. On January 3, the Blues were in last place in the NHL with a 15-18-4 record.
Their 34 points ranked less than the Los Angeles Kings and Ottawa Senators, both teams who finished the season at the bottom. Yet, the Blues righted the ship in the second half of the season and their turnaround ironically started with their 5-2 win over the Capitals on January 3.
To go from the worst-ranked team in the league to Western Conference champions is a great story that Capitals fans can get behind.
Furthermore, the Blues are trying to erase a championship drought of their own. The Blues are the oldest active NHL team to never win the Stanley Cup and their last time in the Stanley Cup Finals was three consecutive appearances in 1968, 1969 and 1970. Capitals fans know what it feels like to go 40+ years without a Championship, so it’s easy to empathize with Blues fans on the verge of their first one.