re: Choosing an NHL team to follow (STL Blues, it is - questions on pg. 7)

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Do you remember enjoying a particular team or player last playoffs?

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Honestly, as sad as it is, I have a hard time remembering which teams or players impressed me. If you had asked me a few months ago, I would've been able to answer this.

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However, if you refuse to make the smart decision, I'd go Oilers or Blues.

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The Blues are a team I would definitely consider. I've been impressed by the energy of their crowds and those jerseys are pretty nice.

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I will suggest the Minnesota Wild. I saw a lot of their younger guys come through Houston when the Aeros were here and the team is improving, they just need to get over the Blackhawk hump in the playoffs.

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The only hockey game I've ever been to was an Aeros game, so this makes a lot of sense. But, considering the Aeros are no longer with us, I'm not sure how big of a draw that is for me.

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You will get called a bandwagon fan, and I am biased, but I would follow the Blackhawks. I was a fan when I was younger and started following them heavily a few years back before I moved to Chicago.

As someone who is looking for a team to follow, they are a good one because:

1) they are a winner. Always makes it easier to get excited
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2) they have two young stars, Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, who both signed matching 8 year deals in the offseason

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That's tempting.