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Last Year's Rank: 14
Title Track: 62
Ownership: 7
Coaching: 35
Players: 21
Fan Relations: 10
Affordability: 6
Stadium Experience: 45
Bang for the Buck: 13

You know your ducats are cut-rate when your team raises prices by 18%, the second-biggest jump in the NHL, and still has the league's cheapest seats. By more than six bucks! Add to that recession-proof promos such as "Ice Your Price" (season ticket-holders who put down 10% on next year's package by April 10 kept this season's prices) and the fan bailout plan (the team paid four months' worth of mortgage or rent for a random fan ­selected at Saturday home games), and it's easy to see how the Blues are helping to keep fans in the black. Which player isn't doing his part to keep the faithful fiscally fit? Homegrown (24th overall pick 2005) rookie pivot T.J. Oshie. His gritty game has made him so popular in Mound City that his jersey fetched a jaw-dropping $2,630 in a recent NHL.com auction. That's over two grand more than fans bid for the sweater of either Keith Tkachuk or Paul Kariya. "Oshie has that edge," says letsgoblues.com user cprice12. "He knocks players on their ass when he has the puck." Spoken like a fan who feels like he's getting his money's worth.