If this NHL Western Conference Final would have wound up pitting the Blues against Stan Kroenke’s Colorado Avalanche, we would have made the mustachioed Dementor who drove the Rams from St. Louis back to Los Angeles a big part of the story. “Kroenke (stinks)” chants would have echoed in the Enterprise Center. Maybe the folks at Hotshots Sports Bar and Grill would have broken out its Kroenke-themed dartboards and urinal cakes.
Before we turn our full focus to the Western Conference Final that is happening, the one between the Blues and the San Jose Sharks, let’s spend a moment discussing the one that won't.