Tre Mac Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 https://www.nhl.com/fans/nhl-centennial/top-10-greatest-nhl-teams Top 10 Greatest NHL Teams Hockey fans have spoken. After three rounds of head-to-head voting, these teams were determined by you, the fans, as the greatest Stanley Cup Champions of All-Time Did your team make the cut? Join the conversation, share your memories #NHL100 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers Wayne Gretzky caps a 208-point regular season by setting playoff records for assists and points as the Oilers take a second straight championship in their third consecutive trip to the Final Read Watch Roster Season Stats 1991-92 Pittsburgh Penguins From young star Jaromir Jagr to cagey veteran Bryan Trottier, the talent-packed Penguins repeat as champions, adorned with back-to-back Conn Smythe Trophies for captain Mario Lemieux Read Watch Roster Playoff Stats 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens Captain Serge Savard's team loses a combined 10 regular-season and postseason games, highlighted by Ken Dryden's 14 shutouts, and sweeps the Boston Bruins for the second of four straight titles Read Watch Roster Season Stats 1987-88 Edmonton Oilers Despite Game 4 of the Cup Final in the Boston Garden suspended due to fog, Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier and company lose just two playoff games, rolling to their fourth Cup title in five years Read Watch Roster Game 5 Box 1986-87 Edmonton Oilers Oilers win Presidents' Trophy for a second straight year with three of the four top-scoring players in the League before beating the Philadelphia Flyers in seven games for their third championship in four seasons Read Watch Roster Offensive Leaders 1997-98 Detroit Red Wings Chris Osgood and a team laden with future Hall of Famers cap a challenging season dedicated to injured Vladimir Konstantinov by sweeping the Flyers to win back-to-back championships Read Watch Roster Playoff Stats 1982-83 New York Islanders Goalie Billy Smith allows six goals, none to Wayne Gretzky, and the Islanders sweep the surging Oilers to secure the dynasty's fourth straight championship Read Watch Roster Game 4 Box 1977-78 Montreal Canadiens Powered by nine future Hall of Famers, the Canadiens sweep the Maple Leafs before beating the Bruins in the Final for the second consecutive year to win the third of four straight championships Read Watch Roster Playoff Stats 1983-84 Edmonton Oilers The torch is passed as the Presidents' Trophy-winning Oilers defeat the Islanders in five games for their first Stanley Cup title, ending a dynasty that won four straight championships and 19 consecutive series Read Watch Roster Season Stats 2001-02 Detroit Red Wings Scotty Bowman coaches a veteran roster consisting of nine players bound for the Hall of Fame to a five-game Cup Final win against the Carolina Hurricanes and the Red Wings' third Stanley Cup title in six years Read Watch Roster Game 5 Box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 If the nucks won it all in '11 do you think that team would of cracked this list? They lead the league in quite a few categories iirc like GF/GA/PP% and of coarse 1st overall in points in a salary cap era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 BS polls with biased results. Where are any teams from the first 70ish years of the NHL? This should instead be a poll of greatest "modern era" teams and even then, there is a pre-post cap era aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 As a hockey history nut, all this tells me is how little the average fans knows their hockey history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat James Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 46 minutes ago, Tre Mac said: If the nucks won it all in '11 do you think that team would of cracked this list? They lead the league in quite a few categories iirc like GF/GA/PP% and of coarse 1st overall in points in a salary cap era. What are you talking about? The 2011 Canucks had 117 points, that's not most in the salary cap era. For example Washington had 118 this season... Also this list is total bogus, 40 % of the list is the Gretzky Oilers, don't understand how that is fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 30 minutes ago, The Game said: What are you talking about? The 2011 Canucks had 117 points, that's not most in the salary cap era. For example Washington had 118 this season... Also this list is total bogus, 40 % of the list is the Gretzky Oilers, don't understand how that is fun. I meant that season they had the most points and they did that in a salary cap era whereas most of the teams on that list did not have salary cap restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwags Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 I'm not sure about being in the Top 10, but had we won in 2011, I believe we would have at least been considered a Top 20 team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 So no teams since the lockout, interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Rob_Zepp said: BS polls with biased results. Where are any teams from the first 70ish years of the NHL? This should instead be a poll of greatest "modern era" teams and even then, there is a pre-post cap era aspect. Some fabulous teams on that list, but I agree, it should be split up. How can you not mention Chicago (3 time winners) and LA (2 time winners). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC20.0 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 33 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: So no teams since the lockout, interesting. I think if we'd won either game 6 or 7 in 2011, we'd be on that list. The 2011 Canucks were arguably one of the best teams ever assembled. Four scoring lines, five top 4 D, (three were top 2), and two elite goaltenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soshified Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 2 hours ago, Tre Mac said: If the nucks won it all in '11 do you think that team would of cracked this list? They lead the league in quite a few categories iirc like GF/GA/PP% and of coarse 1st overall in points in a salary cap era. If they had won, they instantly become one of the greatest team in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 2 hours ago, Tre Mac said: If the nucks won it all in '11 do you think that team would of cracked this list? They lead the league in quite a few categories iirc like GF/GA/PP% and of coarse 1st overall in points in a salary cap era. I think if the Canucks won in 2011, they may have been voted as the Worst Stanley Cup champions of all time. Canucks get no love. Quite the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 2 hours ago, Rob_Zepp said: BS polls with biased results. Where are any teams from the first 70ish years of the NHL? This should instead be a poll of greatest "modern era" teams and even then, there is a pre-post cap era aspect. I agree, must be some kind of love affair with Wayne Gretzky these days. I hope he's okay. They named 4 of the Oilers 5 Cups in the Top 10? Ridiculous. Well, at least they didn't have the Leafs 1967 win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 It seems the more Hall of Famers on the team the more votes it got. If the Nucks won in '11 they would probably would of have 2, maybe 3 HoF? Sedins and Luongo? The only reason I bring up the Canucks is just how dominate that team was in terms of the categories it led in(GF, GA, etc.) during that one season and how few, if any, HoF'ers they had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 56 minutes ago, Tre Mac said: It seems the more Hall of Famers on the team the more votes it got. If the Nucks won in '11 they would probably would of have 2, maybe 3 HoF? Sedins and Luongo? The only reason I bring up the Canucks is just how dominate that team was in terms of the categories it led in(GF, GA, etc.) during that one season and how few, if any, HoF'ers they had. Yeah it does seem like on top of the recency effect, people just looked for stacked rosters instead of teams that actually dominated. As for the Canucks, if they had won the Cup would probably consider them the best post-lockout team and at least in the top 20 of all-time, quite possibly top 15. Top 10 might be a stretch, but it would be close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 @-AJ- I'm not the only one who thinks tha at least one of the Montreal teams from 1956-60 should've won right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice orca Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Seems to be modern era teams.. Edmonton has 5 cups and 4 were voted in Habs have like a zillion and only 2 votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 22 minutes ago, Stamkos said: @-AJ- I'm not the only one who thinks tha at least one of the Montreal teams from 1956-60 should've won right? Personally, I've found that the 70s Canadiens were actually the strongest overall. The 50s ones obviously had a longer streak, but the 70s teams were more dominant. That said, some of the 50s teams were still more deserving than a few of the Oilers teams that made this list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 1 minute ago, -AJ- said: Personally, I've found that the 70s Canadiens were actually the strongest overall. The 50s ones obviously had a longer streak, but the 70s teams were more dominant. That said, some of the 50s teams were still more deserving than a few of the Oilers teams that made this list. 1957 was one of the top 5 best teams IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 2 minutes ago, Stamkos said: 1957 was one of the top 5 best teams IMO Eh, they were good and won the Cup with an 8-2 record, but finished second to the Red Wings in the regular season. I'd say the 1955-56 team was better since they also went 8-2 in the playoffs and dominated the regular season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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