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St. Louis Blues: 24 Years Ago The Blues Hired Their Winningest Coach

Coach Joel Quenneville of the St. Louis Blues Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr /Allsport

24 years ago, nobody knew what kind of coach the St. Louis Blues were hiring. Today, there’s only one or two names in the same category.

Hindsight is always a funny thing. If St. Louis Blues fans knew then what we know now, they’d have been more excited 24 years ago.

Instead, most of us were a little puzzled by the Blues choice for their new head coach. After firing Mike Keenan earlier in the season, the Blues named Jimmy Roberts as the interim coach but were conducting their search for a permanent replacement the entire time.