He saw how the Blues would trade players in an instant and wanted more protection. Maybe that was the rub with Hull and the contract. He formed a partnership with Adam Oates on the ice, the two becoming a 1-2 scoring tandem all the way up until Oates left. He could turn a slap shot loose finish a play coming in from the wing, or just unleash one of the deadliest one-timers to see a sheet of ice. The man wasn’t an easy person to be around, but he was a dynamic scorer.Įasily one of the best the NHL has ever seen and St. Once upon a time, Hull fired a puck at Coach Joel Quenneville, which led to the coach firing one back. In a Sports Illustrated article, Hull admitted to being “a big yapper.” He got into it with Mike Keenan after a shouting match with Grant Fuhr. Hull had butted heads with coaches before and was known to have a big mouth. The man wasn’t a rose or peach during his time here, at least off the ice and out of a fan’s sight. He won a Stanley Cup there, but may have been in the crease and stuff.
Instead, they offered him a three-year $15 million contract, which Hull declined and went on to take his talents to Dallas. Hull wanted a no trade clause and the Blues didn’t want to give it to him. Louis Blues were at a standstill in contract talks.
This was the first time sports broke my heart.Īfter the 1997-98 season concluded, Brett Hull and the St.
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