St Louis Blues legends Wayne Gretzky and Martin Brodeur.

Wayne Gretzky would have been the right player on any team. However, Mike Keenan was the wrong coach on any team after 1995.

Thank you! I am thrilled that somebody is finally covering this. Not many people even remember Gretzky as a St. Louis Blue, much less talk about it.

Love this idea for a series. Can't wait to see one on Brodeur.

Do Mark Messier for the Vancouver Canucks. Great vid btw!

I was at the game where Gretzky got his first home goal as a Blue. But that was quickly forgotten as it was the same game as the infamous Tony Twist/Kelly Chase fight (Twist was living in Chase's apartment as he'd just been traded to Hartford with Shanahan in the Pronger deal, to which Chase famously told Twist "the rent just went up"). It's nice to say I got to see Gretzky play, but it's way cooler to be able to say I was there for that fight.

Thanks for using my concept for a video! hope this series can continue

Can't believe Gretzky didn't stay put, having Brett Hull as a linemate and Tony Twist as an enforcer!!!!!

Great idea! My suggestion would be Kariya and Selanne on the Avalanche. Both player still in their prime on a stacked team. Just didn't work out for either player or team.

Love this !! Do Brian Leetch with Toronto/Boston or Mats Sundin as a Canuck

Daniel Alfredsson plays almost 20 seasons with the Ottawa Senators, and then comes contract talks in the summer of 2013. Ottawa offers him a small one year contract worth around $1 million. Detroit then offers Alfredsson a one year contract worth $4.5 million, and then this was the darkest days in Ottawa Senators history. Daniel Alfredsson was initially supposed to wear #11 with the Detroit, but Daniel Cleary, who also wore that number backed out of an offer from the Philadelphia Flyers, in which Cleary returned to Detroit. Daniel Alfredsson almost had to wear number #24, but since Daniel Cleary had a lot of respect towards Daniel Alfredsson, he gave up his number and wore #71. Ironically, Daniel Alfredsson Red Wings jerseys with #11 were almost made shortly after he signed with Detroit.

Great video and a great idea for a series. The few I could think of doing next is Guy Lafleur as a NY Ranger, Ryan Smythe as an Islander, Brian Leetch as a Maple Leaf, Pavel Bure as a Ranger, and Scott Gomez as a Canadien

Nice work. After Gretzky joined the team for that playoff run, the Blues held their training camp at the New England Sports Center in Marlborough Massachusetts. I was living one town over at the time and was excited to see the Great One up close in a smaller setting. He was not there and now I know why!

Man those old Jofa helmets are like looking back at 1970s school photos (they're super dorky)

It's so crazy to me that I remember him joining the league when I was a toddler. Watched his whole career and now realize he has been retired now for longer than he played.. YAY. I'm old.

And this is why it took until 2019 for St. Louis to win the cup. How you don’t choose the Great One, over a coach is beyond me. Smh.

Great idea. I always found it strange that there is no Blues Jersey on the wall at his restaurant in Toronto. :)

Mike Modano as a Red Wing, Messier as a Canuck, Selanne and Kariya as Avs, the list is endless.

I think I still have an old VHS tape laying around somewhere of Gretzky's final game. one of the only things I can remember my dad going out of his way to tape when I was a kid. It was a surreal day, and just to add to the weirdness, it was also my 10th birthday. Strange memories...

Joe Nieuwendyk, Ed Belfour, Jarmoir Jagr, or any other number of randoms that ended up at the Panthers would be worth watching for sure

I think it's a good idea for a video series, subscribed!

Great idea, and very well put together execution. Definitely looking forward to more of these. A few ideas for future episodes, in no particular order: Vincent Lecavalier in Philly & LA. Olaf Kolzig in Tampa Bay. Paul Kariya & Teemu Selanne in Colorado. Marty Turco in Detroit. Martin St. Louis with the NY Rangers & Calgary. Dwayne Roloson in Tampa Bay. Cam Ward in Chicago. Dominic Hasek in Ottawa. Scott Neidermayer in Anaheim. Ed Belfour in Florida. Mike Smith in Tampa Bay. [THIS PLEASE!!]

Rob Ray playing his last season with Ottawa. Football, Thurman Thomas spending his last with Miami.

Chris Pronger in Edmonton for your next episode in this series. Runner up: Trevor Linden at the New York Islanders

Gretzky is still a big fixture for the St. Louis Blues. He married a local girl, owns a house here, and endorses the team. He goes to Blues games every now and then, too. You’ll see Blues fans wear his jersey at every game.

Do Selanne and Kariya on the Avs

Tomas Plekanec should be an interesting one. He wasn’t the face of Montreal but was there for his entire career until he got traded to the Leafs. Which even as a Leafs fan was weird

Do Ed Belfour in San Jose or the reunite of Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne in Colorado! that would be soooo nice

Peter Forsberg as a Flyer.

Very well done

Loved seeing Stevie Y in the picture! One of the greatest Playoff OT goals of all time.

Pavel Bure in Florida, Daniel alfredsson in Detroit, there are some

I would like to see more entries in this series. My hope is to see one on Bobby Orr to the Blackhawks.

Wayne Gretsky left and eventually Brett Hull because they had a monster as coach named Mike Keenan. Mike Keenan did have a point such as thinking the Bues were too soft especially with grinders being wanted to dig pucks out of the corners. He also wanted a more physical team. Keenan's personality however was so bad Gretsky could'n't stand it. The Blues missed out on years with Hull and Gretsky.

Selänne on the avalanche was a thing

What about Mike Hoffman's time with the sharks? Lol

Ray Bourque, the Avs legend

9:13 he also reunited with the man, the myth, the legend, Jeff Beukeboom

There’s a good reason why Mike Keenan works in Russia.

Jagr on the Caps. I was honestly thinking of suggesting the Jagr trade for Buyer's Remorse, but considering that the short term issues (the Pens getting a batch of dead-end prospects, the Caps getting half the expected production and all of the cancerous drama that characterized Jagr's later years in Pittsburgh) are canceled out by the long-term effects (both teams being put in position to win draft lotteries as prospects like Ovi and Sid reached draft age), I didn't know if it would work for that series. But Caps Jagr seems tailor-made for this, seeing as he was envisioned as "the missing piece" on a team that had a lot of pieces from a relatively recent Finals appearance, only for the team to stall and ultimately undergo a firesale.

Mike Modano: the Red Wings' Hometown hero.

There is an article a couple years back in "The Province " a Vancouver news paper.

01:29 - Gretzky looks just like Sean Penn here. Specifically, Spicoli from Fast Times and Ridgemont High.

Brian Leetch in Toronto

One player that had the bulk of his career in St. Louis was forward Bernie Federko. After it looked like he would finish his career there, at the last second, he ended up getting traded to Detroit. Not exactly the way he hoped it would end.

Looking forward to Lindros or Leetch! (Leafs Legends)

I really enjoyed this episode. Speaking of right player, wrong team, you could add Grant Fuhr on the Kings to the list. That was an odd one. Paul Kariya on the Avalanche also sticks out in my mind.

Of the 3-players traded to the Kings in this deal, Craig Johnson was the only one who did anything substantial, playing in 10-NHL seasons with several teams. Vopat and Tardif saw limited NHL action but played most of their careers in the minors (AHL, IHL) and in Europe. The #1 pick the Kings received in the 1997 NHL Draft never panned out nor did the 5th round pick from the 1996 Draft the Blues sent the Kings. However, hindsight being what it is, the Kings shed a fair amount of salary with Gretzky's departure, which was pretty much necessary at the time as the authorities were closing in on then Kings owner Bruce McNall for fraud. McNall went to prison not long afterwards, the NHL ran the Kings for a time then found other ownership and eventually the Kings won their 1st Cup in 2012. Meanwhile, the most interesting part of this entire video (to me anyway) is the fact that Blues management sided with Mike Keenan instead of Gretzky in the battle of..."either he goes or I go." Had the Blues known that they were going to part with Mike Keenan halfway through the next season anyway and stuck with Gretzky, the Blues may well have won a Stanley Cup in the late 1990's under the guidance of future hall of fame Head Coach Joel Quenneville. What could have been...

I remember when Gretzky became a free agent. I really wanted to see him come to Pittsburgh, even though i knew he wouldn't. Just to see him and Lemieux playing together would've been awesome, even passed Gretzkys prime.

The Kings actually started 95-96 off strong. They were 10-5-5 after 20 games. But Rob Blake got hurt (again) leaving Marty McSorley as the #1 defenseman and shots against skyrocketed. Goalie Byron Dafoe played very well early then started to play like the backup he was. Plus the Kings had no depth at center behind Gretzky. Their second line often had guys like Dmitri Khristich and Eric Lacroix. Younger players like Vitaliy Yachmenev (a rookie) and Yannic Perrault got off to great starts and faded. After that start they were 8-26-5 until the trade and were not well enough off financially to trade for help. After 20 games the talk was an extension for 99 but after another 20-30 games he was ready to go. Gretzky had over 100 points on the season even with that poor team (he still had Kurri and Robitaille on his line....even though they were aging they could still score). That Kings team just completely disintegrated after 20 games.

Had no idea Marty was on St. Louis.

You make excellent content

What if Grant Fuhr hadn't gotten injured too?

1:42 Gotta love that Tikkanen grin! Lol

Right team...wrong player..Mark Messier and the Vancouver Canucks. Greatest leader in pro sports my ass...

Doug Gilmour in a Habs uniform,just never looked right to Leaf fans.

Some music in the background would go a long way in these videos

next Hasek, please, the reason I´m watching now hockey, looking back at the feelings a get from that sabres series against dallas....

That Redwings great... Mike Modono

Brett Hull was a Coyote?

Keenan didn’t last much longer in St. Louis getting fired early in the 1996-97 season. As I recall recall Keenan was turfed just a few days prior to Christmas. This prompted a Calgary Sun sports cartoonist named Dave Elston to draw up a classic strip. It depicted the back side of Keenan as he left through a door marked “Exit”. All this while a group of St. Louis players in full uniform were singing “We’ll Have a Blues Christmas Without You!!”. Just one of many stops for “Iron Mike” during his rather illustrious coaching career. This included his final NHL coaching stint here in Calgary who signed him to a three year contract and fired him after two seasons.

Grant fuhr season ending injury in the first round of the 1996 playoffs was probably the major reason why the blues were not a Stanley cup contender anymore after the first round.of 1996 postseason. Hull and Gretzky were doing their part well.

I’ll never forget St Louis Gretzky because of his last shift as a Blue leading to my team getting a cup

Just goes to show , everyone hated Keenan

When I was a kid there was this other kid I knew who was like a total know it all type and was like “Gretzky was most famous for playing for the rangers” and that made me so mad and it started a massive argument between me and him and ended our friendship. Calling me a casual hockey fan would be very generous, of the many sports I watch I probably am least interested in hockey, but even I know that 99 is most well known for playing for the oilers AND THEN the kings.

Do Tony Espo in Montreal

Andy made him Captain right away?? I was not aware of that

What I find so cool is that my Dad actually went to a game when they played edmonton! We still have the ticket, 17 or 27 games right?

Guy Lafleur in Quebec

That was my 11th birthday that Yzerman OT goal agaisnt STL

I like it! Also Brodeur and any trades my wings have made Wendel Clark,Daniel Alfredson,Mike Modano.

What ever happened to David Clarkson and Mason Raymond?

Yes, Broduer and The Great One did play for the Blues.

I remember those days

He played for the Kings for 7 and a half (rather 3/4) seasons. NOT 5 and 1/2.

Pavel Bure for the Rangers, Pat Lafontaine for the Rangers, or Trevor Linden on either the Islanders, Canadiens or Capitals would be a good next part in this series

they argued over why the other person should get the captaincy, one of the many reasons hockey is the most respectful and most beautiful sport in the world.

You should just do the entire career of Jaromir Jagr for this series. His entire career after he came back to America in the last 2000s is nothing but wrong player right team.

Do one about Mike Modano with Detroit!

From one of your shots, Brodeur and the Blues. That episode should also includes Jordan Binnington.

Do John Leclair in Pittsburgh.

Daniel Alfredsson and the Detroit Red Wings. That would be a fun video.

The canucks almost had him signed. The deal was verbally agreed on but then owner John McCaw kept telling pat Quin to get the paperwork done.....they kept harassing Gretzky and he kept assuring the deal was done ...he eventually got annoyed and cancelled the deal.

Brett Hull in Phoenix

yeah they signed him for a playoff run. I got his jersey that year, still have it.

I know it was repetitive but the story was good so would u do another video with the zamboni game

It would have been GREAT if The Great One could have played longer for my Blues! They should have fired Keenan! The main reason being, they fired him anyway, early in the next season! My mind boggles at just how things would have gone with Gretzky alongside Hull, MacInnis, Pronger, etc. for another year or two or three, with the great Coach Q. Maybe it wouldn’t have taken until 2019 for the Blues’ first Cup? Maybe?

Do Dominik Hasek with Ottawa

I still have the SCORE Pinnacle card at my disposal(1996)! I wonder how valuable it may have become! Mike Keenan was a jerk with regard to his behaviour towards Wayne Gretzky!

hey odd man rush can u make a whatever happened to jmorme iginla (ik i spelled it wrong)

Should've went to Vancouver Bure-Gretzky-Mogilny that would have been scary Also had a way better coach back then and Vancouver had just been to the finals the year before so we still had a younger team still ready to win

I used to have Brett Hull GT, which is like, a steerable sorta snow deal... you know what it is I'm sure

I actually think that this is a good idea to do this series It's kind of a shame that Mike Keenan and Wayne Gretzky couldn't see eye to eye on a number of things, or that St. Louis decided to keep Keenan at expense of losing Gretzky, because of the bitterness that Gretzky had for Mike Keenan

Wayne Gretzky only left because of Mike Keenan. He almost re-signed too. It wasn't the wrong time. Keenan should have been fired in order to keep Wayne Gretzky.

Do Adam Oates for the oilers

Mats Sundin has to be next

Wayne Gretzky on the Blues was the best thing ever. If he wasn't on the Blues, Yzerman couldn't blow past him and score the single greatest Red Wings goal. Wayne Gretzky had it lose it Yzerman picks it up Yzerman moving blue line chance SCORREEESSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! STEVE YZEREMAN, DETROIT WINS!!!!" also will you do one on the greatest Arizona Coyote. Pavel Datsyuk yes it's a joke edit for missed word

Guy Lafleur would be a good one

When I first started watching hockey I knew Wayne played for the St Louis Blues before I knew he played for the kings

Keenan was so tough they said he "chewed coal"