<P> The team is named after the famous W.C. Handy song `` Saint Louis Blues . '' The franchise was founded in 1967 as an expansion team during the league 's 1967 NHL Expansion , which expanded the league from six teams to twelve . The Blues are the oldest active NHL team never to have won the Stanley Cup , although they played in the Stanley Cup Finals three times in 1968 , 1969 and 1970 . </P>
<P> The team is named after the famous W.C. Handy song `` Saint Louis Blues . '' The franchise was founded in 1967 as an expansion team during the league 's 1967 NHL Expansion , which expanded the league from six teams to twelve . The Blues are the oldest active NHL team never to have won the Stanley Cup , although they played in the Stanley Cup Finals three times in 1968 , 1969 and 1970 . </P>
when did the st louis blues enter the nhl
when did the st louis blues enter the nhl
1967
1967