For the St. Louis Blues, the road to the Winter Classic has begun to feel a bit more like the Bataan Death March to the Winter Classic. As the team struggles to score goals, prevent goals, and generally remain interesting, the team is likely relying on hopes that the rivalry with the Chicago Blackhawks will keep enthusiasm high for the big game.
In full disclosure, however, I never harbored the animus toward the Blackhawks that so many did. I came of hockey awareness in the late 90s, and the Blackhawks took an extreme back seat to the pain and suffering inflicted by the Detroit Red Wings.