from Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

You go day-to-day, game-to-game — and then series to series.

Summer fades. Leaves drop. Winter, snow. Leaves come back. April showers. Summer nears.

You look up and all of a sudden it’s Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. The Blues have played 113 games this season, be it preseason, regular season, or postseason. Now, there’s just one game left.

One for the Cup.

“You win or lose,” Carl Gunnarsson said. “That’s what it is. . . . It’s the biggest game for all of us — ever. It’s one chance. Put it all in.”

You could argue Wednesday’s contest against the Boston Bruins is the biggest game in St. Louis sports history.

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