Sometimes, escaping into a dream dulls the harshness of reality. For sports fans, this is an annual occurrence. When it becomes a ritual is when one should start to worry. The St. Louis Blues are experiencing their toughest season in over a decade, so their fans need some kind of medicine to dull the pain.
Thinking about the 2020 All Star Game coming into town in exactly one year is a good start.
Maybe it was Red’s voice. I don’t know. When the official announcement dropped today during the Winter Classic, straight from Gary Bettman’s mouth, the Blues Twitter account released a video that brought chills to my spine and warmed the heart on a cold start to the New Year.