@@saundersinlinehockeybakers240 Imagine if Gretzky was called for high stick on Gilmours face and given a penalty. Kings had tainted Conf win. Should have been Leafs vs Habs in final!!
That must have been an enormous amount of work ... well done... great walk down memory lane. 👍 Oilers only losing 2 games is the most impressive to me. Played some tough teams along the way.
They made both the cap and the minimum team salary too small. If you can’t spend enough to compete, within reason you don’t belong in the league. And if the Rangers of the early 2000s are any indication, spending a lot of money is no guarantee of success. You just end up with a country club full of lazy millionaires.
You are right. The last thin the nhl needs is something like MLB where the playing field is completely unbalanced for the big markets. In the nhl, you know that the management had to construct a team, not just throw money about to win. And we are rewarded with a lot of parity (said even as a team plays for a threepeat:=)
@@smithryansmith Throwing money about to win is the Euro soccer leagues mentality, bigger and richer teams alway win because all they do is overpay any player the media hypes sometimes many of those players are wildly talented but the issue they all end up in a pool of a handful of Clubs that continue to dominate the standings every season for that obvious reason they just got too much money than the rest.
I don't know how Shannon maintains composure and even finds spare charisma to crack jokes throughout in these much longer takes, it's just one of the many reasons why this is one of the top hockey-themed channels on RUclips. Another excellent video!
If Tampa wins this year, this is the most impressive run for them in my opinion because they would beat 4th ranked Toronto, 1st ranked Florida, 8th ranked New York, and 2nd ranked Colorado in the Finals. The average standing would be 3.75 which would tie for the lowest with the 1994-95 Devils.
My thoughts as well ..if tampa wins this year they look stronger than ever...knocking off the maple leafs, sweeping the panthers...4 straight wins against the rangers..they might be able to go for 4 if they can knock off the avs
The Islanders story is like a heavyweight champion. Beat some good contenders, win title against #1 rated opponent. Defend against decent but limited opponents and then lose to up and comer as age catches up before losing to opponents way below there level.
Islanders just don't get the credit they deserve. Also, Bossy was the greatest goal scorer the game has ever seen yet we rarely hear about the man. RIP legend
Hey! Not "nobody" -- some of us do watch these! Your delivery of that line mid-vid actually made me laugh out loud! (: The rest of the video was good as well, including the lounging little one (we have a tortoiseshell too)!
1983 the Islanders had just won their fourth cup in a row and Wayne Gretzky(according to him) went to the Isles locker room because he wanted to see how they celebrated. Wayne said that there was very little celebrating going on because the Islanders were so exhausted....He said that when he was in a cab later on he knew the Oilers would win the cup the next year...True story!
to further elaborate: it was with a couple of other Oilers and after they saw the exhausted Islanders they remarked how they felt they could play several more games. They learned they hadn't put it all on the ice.
What also Surprised Gretzky was how Professional they acted & Saw how banged up the islanders we’re and Still gave all they had !! Today’s athlete’s Skate off the ice with a Pimple 🏆
Gretzky and other players did go into the Islanders locker room because they wanted to congratulate them. They were expecting to see them celebrating. He said he learned a lot from those Islander teams which helped the Oilers also become a dynasty
@@daved1535 - YES, i watched the Ny islanders Dynasty video twice ( been awhile ). the Oilers we're Shocked to see how Professional + banged up as they left it all on the ice to win the Stanley Cup which gave them Motivation, etc .... Don't think anyone was Stopping that Young Talented Oilers team anyway.
I was so happy Calgary winning the cup in 1989, those were magical times, cheering also for the phoenix suns with Charles Barkley those days, as a dutchman hard to share that with anybody.
@@richardmelendez8614 could be more I just counted it quick, but I don’t think it’s that incredible of a stat and he didn’t join the league till 1990 so the 80-90 is pure luck he had a player from each team get signed or traded to Pittsburgh before they retired
Gotta mention Marian Hossa who lost with Pittsburgh to Detriot, Jumped ship to Detroit and lost to Pittsburgh before landing in Chicago and getting his Cup(s).
The 80's was a battle between 4 teams - NY Islanders the firsta half of the decade and the second was between Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens and Calgary Flames. These team was near "unbeatble" and was always the teams who fought for the cup all the way and often in close combats. The 90's started with the Pittsburgh Penguins dominans and a franchise that would be a serious contender all the way to 2001. Montreal have a final cup year but was overall never again that contender of the past. The Rangers finaly got there cup after 50 years of waiting after having been up and down a contender to mediocre for years. The rise of the Devils came and upsetting win there first cup and from that up till 2012 was a tuff contender. And then finaly the infamous cup rivalry between the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings, a rivalry that would continue all up to about 2002.
Great video. I actually liked how you focused on teams and mentioned very few players. It was interesting seeing the ebb and flow of teams trying to win the cup. I would love to have watched the Oilers on their 16-2 run, but had no cable and lived in SoCal. As a Kings fan, watching their run in 2012 is to this day the most enjoyable experience I've had as a sports fan. The 2014 run left me emotionally drained and in need of a therapist 😀
How about a comparison between the 1979 NHL & WHA Finals between the Canadiens & Rangers and Jets & Oilers? For me it was a memorable year as both my favourite teams of their respective league won the Championships. I was at Game 6 when the Jets won their 3rd AVCO Cup, unfortunately the team was decimated when they merged with the NHL and my favourite player Bobby Hull went to Harford to finish his career. Sad times. There's a mural of him a couple blocks away on Portage & Furby, I tap it when I pass by.
Great run down of the Cup winners since 1980. A lot of work went into this video and I for one thank you. I don't put any stock in where a team is in the regular season if they make the playoffs. It's a completely new game when the playoffs start and any team can get on a roll. There is no such thing as an easy road to winning the Cup in my opinion.
My first sports memory is the back to back 08/09 battle with Sidney Crosby. But the Detroit dynasty was a 25 year playoff run and 4 cups with 6 appearances in the final
While Edmonton won 5 cups and the Islanders only 4, what makes the Islanders more impressive isn't only 4 in a row, but that when they were really up against it, when the dynasty was on the line, they came through. In the same situation, Edmonton didn't. What I'm talking about: 1982 playoffs, game 5 opening round, Islanders down 2 goals, 5 minutes from elimination. They score two to tie, win in OT, continue on win cup & dynasty continues; Edmonton, the Steve Smith game, down only one, early in the third period, don't come through, lose game, no 3rd straight cup. That's what makes the Islanders run extra special.
It's fascinating to me that, all these years later, the thing you point out about the 2003 Devils Cup run was JS Giguere's performance. That was certainly where the contemporary media hype was! I went to all of the home playoff games for the Devils in that '03 run, and perhaps not without bias, the chants of "Marty's better" were loud and persistent. The numbers back that up. Marty had three shutouts in the Cup Finals, a feat no other goalie has managed in the modern era, and set a record for most shutouts overall in a playoffs. Many fans of the Devils at the time (including myself) believed that Brodeur was the better goaltender in the series and was robbed of the Conn Smythe because everyone felt Anaheim deserved some kind of consolation prize. Great video, though. Fun walk through history. I remember some of these epic runs both fondly, and not so fondly.
Wow what a video! I learned a lot and had a lot of fun re-living some past Stanley cups. Most impressive cup run for me was the St.Louis Blues in 2019. The Blues would jump on their opponents early, often scoring in the first 5-10 minutes of the game. Gloria after each gritty win was so much fun, the team rallied together throughout this long and tough run. Seeing Brad Marchand’s face at the end of game 7 knowing he was the reason they went down 1-0 in game 7 was kind of nice from a Canucks fan stand point (sorry Shannon).
I'm very happy you started at the WHA merger, and here is why: There is only one Stanley Cup champion since the WHA merger that accomplished all of these criteria during the season: was in sole possession of first place in the standings from the end of November through the rest of the regular season, never trailed in a playoff series, and never faced elimination. That team was the 2007-08 Detroit Red Wings. I have talked them up before on previous videos on this channel, but that team to me is one of the best Stanley Cup champions ever but also one of the most underrated in terms of all-time great teams. Their shot and possession numbers were absolutely incredible (only being outshot in one of their 22 playoff games, and it was by just three shots, and their average shot differential per game was almost +13 in the playoffs), and it had a much different feeling than Detroit's previous three Stanley Cup wins, as this was Nicklas Lidström's team, my all-time favourite player. The Perfect Human very fittingly captained the closest thing to a perfect team since the WHA merger to a Stanley Cup Championship in 2008.
Devils 95 is the best for me. I started watching nhl in 94 and brodeur made me a devs fan. That fourth game was on replay just after i got out of final day of 5th grade with my report card and a ice cream in the morning and ran to see the replay 😁
I’m in a very similar boat. I don’t remember what grade I was in but I was a kid. I became a devils fan and Brodeur fan when I saw them take down the redwings in ‘95
Throughout history it seems a few teams, 3-5, dominate the league and win championships. Then there’s some transitional champions as those old powers fall off, and after come the new powers. Parity is there to an extent, any team can win on a given night or even a playoff series. But in terms of winning titles, it’s reserved for a select few.
@@WaddickLawnCare That kind of matches the math I had above though right? 4-5 teams winning per decade roughly, four decades total. 16-20 different winners.
@@brandonnarayan5796 it makes sense for a team to get good win a few times then fall off so your not wrong at all and the math works out! But it’s not reserved for a select few like your comment said.
The number 8 seed beating all 3 division champions (only losing twice) would've only been more impressive if they would've beaten a higher seeded Eastern conference team. But a run like the 2012 Kings will be talked about for years.
I’d argue the late 90s teams were even better. Some of those HOFers on the 02 team were past their prime, whereas the 90s teams had everyone in their prime, including guys like Kozlov, Murphy, to name a few who weren’t on the 02 team.
Oh, that last bit makes me remember. In most European football leagues there is a useless and meaningless, but still existing Supercup. A Supercup game, normally played before the new season starts, is between the reigning Champion and the reigning Cup winner. Wouldn't it be fun to have a pre-season Supercup series between Stanley Cup champion and President's Trophy winner? :)
Great video! Really interesting. I think the arguement of “easy path” vs “hard path” kind of falls apart since some teams that are built for the playoffs are only ok in the regular season. Beating a mid rank Barry Trotz team is more impressive to me than beating a presidents trophy team with one or more Achilles heel.
@@legrandfromage6450 Yup. Last Atlanta Flames game ever was their elimination loss to the Rangers. The Flames tradition of lousy playoff performances started in Atlanta.
Missed an opportunity to mock the Leafs here. I am a Leafs fan and I want to mock this franchise. I enjoyed this video. Patrick Roy wins a Cup his rookie year, and in '93 winning ten straight OT games in my opinion the greatest Cup run I ever saw. Wins 4 Cups in his Career and is the only player to win the Conn Smyth 3 times. Dude is money and the GOAT and my fav goalie of all time.
The amazing thing about the Leafs isn't that they haven't won a cup. It's that they haven't even been to the Finals. That's almost impossible. Of the rest of the league, only the Jets/Coyotes and the post 1999 expansion teams have failed to make the finals. Even all six of the teams added between 1991 and 1998 have made the finals at least once.
Just looked up the teams Tampa faced this year .. Toronto: 4th Florida: 1st NYR: 7th Avs: 2nd Average of 3.5 If they pull of the series win, could arguably be the most impressive run eva. 🙏 ⚡️🏆🏆⚡️🙏
Having to come back from being down in multiple series, threepeat in this economy, beating an avs team who went 12-2, it’d be historic of them to But, of course: Go Ass, Hail Satan
I don't really agree with this methodology. Not to take too much away from how well Tampa shut down Florida, but if you look at the first round, the Panthers struggled against the 13th seed Capitals and just didn't look the same as they'd looked throughout the regular season. Tampa obviously played amazingly to limit them to 3 goals in 4 games, but I'd argue that it was a mix of Tampa's amazing play and Florida's subpar play. While this definitely doesn't clear everything up and would be way more complicated to calculate, I'd be more inclined to look at a points percentage based standings starting after the trade deadline since that's when teams are "complete" (minus injuries), but that still doesn't fully factor in playoff performance (and didn't do great this year, 7-7 so far, largely hampered by Tampa and Colorado who account for 5 out of 7 losses by the higher "seeded" team). For this season that's still Toronto/Florida 2/3, Rangers 9th, Avs 11th which is 6.25 average. For this season, those standings are (using standings from after the March 20th games, though it's debatable if I should include March 21st games since very few TDL pickups play in games for their new team the day of the TDL, I also did much of the math in my head so there are bound to be some small errors): MIN: 17-2-3 = .841 (lost to 4 in 1st round) FLA: 16-4-0 = .800 (beat 18 in 1st round, lost to 14 in the 2nd) TOR: 15-3-2 = .800 (lost to 14 in the 1st round) STL: 15-4-2 = .761 (beat 1 in 1st round, lost to 11 in 2nd) EDM: 14-4-2 = .750 (beat 13 in 1st round, 7 in 2nd, lost to 11 in 3rd) CAR: 13-5-2 = .700 (beat 10 in 1st round, lost to 9 in 2nd) CGY: 12-5-3 = .675 (beat 12 in 1st round, lost to 5 in 2nd) VAN: 10-4-4 = .667 (missed playoffs) NYR: 12-6-1 = .658 (beat 22 in 1st round, 6 in 2nd, lost to 14 in 3rd) BOS: 13-7-0 = .650 (lost to 6 in 1st round) COL: 12-6-2 = .650 (beat 20 in 1st round, 4 in 2nd, 5 in the 3rd, playing 14 for cup) DAL: 12-6-3 = .643 (lost to 7 in 1st round) LAK: 10-5-3 = .639 (lost to 5 in 1st round) TBL: 12-7-2 = .619 (beat 3 in 1st round, 2 in 2nd, 9 in 3rd, playing 11 for cup) VGK: 9-5-4 = .611 (missed playoffs) BUF: 10-6-3 = .605 (missed playoffs) OTT: 11-7-2 = .600 (missed playoffs) WSH: 9-7-2 = .556 (lost to 2 in 1st round) WPG: 10-8-1 = .553 (missed playoffs) NSH: 9-8-3 = .525 (lost to 11 in 1st round) NYI: 11-10-1 = .522 (missed playoffs) PIT: 8-9-2 = .474 (lost to 9 in 1st round) DET: 7-10-3 = .425 (this and all teams below missed playoffs) SEA: 8-11-0 = .421 CHI: 6-10-3 = .395 SJS: 5-10-5 = .375 CBJ: 5-10-4 = .368 NJD: 5-11-4 = .350 ARI: 5-12-3 = .325 ANA: 4-11-3 = .306 MON: 5-13-2 = .300 PHI: 5-15-0 = .250
This was an awesome video and as a Bolts fan I'm praying we become the first (and maybe only) dynasty of the salary cap era because I know the end is near with the current core.
I think it’s more impressive when a team plays more games and wins but I think it’s quite clear a team is playing better when they sweep or win in 5 in multiple rounds. I would be interested to see your ranking of which team had the toughest rankings based on goaltenders faced. Like if one of the Detroit runs if they beat Roy and then Broduer that would maybe be the top ranked team.
Happiest day of my life was the 1986 Mets. Cause they shda lost, it was that old Boston Red Sox curse that allowed them to win. The happiest day of my life was the 1994 NYR cUse in true Rangers fashion they made u throw up, but just got it done. Honestly any team that can win a Stanley cup is amazing. Detroit my second fave team i was so happy for Stevie y in 1997 then the car accident so in 1998 when Steve hands cup to vladdy was so heartwarming. 2001 colorado beating NJ and cause Ray Borque. I was in Boston that night U2 concert, i told my boyfriend to go sell my ticket . Ill stay here in this bar and watch game 7. Whta get night i had my Ray Borque jersey on ! Boston fams were grt to me. I hung with the bar. It was incredible ! Messier winning in 1990 wo Gretz was insane. 2002 Detroit best team ever assembled. So many hall of fame players Hasek, yzerman, chelios, lidstrom, hull, datsuyk, shanhan,federov Robitallie, larionov Then u had Holmstrom, maltby, draper, McCarty, duchene, ficsher, slegr, dandenult, gilchrist. Sick sick sick team!!!!
The other thing to note about Edmonton’s run in 88 is that Winnipeg actually brings their average standing of opponent down substantially. If they were a top 10 team as well it would be even more impressive
Couple things 1. Number 4 in 1980 is probably equal to something like number 5.5 now. 2. There is also a point that the better you are in the regular season, the weaker opponents you are supposed to face. Divisions and conferences make it less straightforward than 16 => 8 => 4 => 2 path, of course. And there is the thing about different teams succeeding in regular season and playoffs. But still, the better you are, the weaker opposition you'd face.
Love the content as always, learned a lot! Although only thing I would have changed is splitting it into 2 boards. For this one it's hard to right the right side
Very ambitious undertaking and a tremendous amount of work. Great video. Well done! Allow me to point out, however, a small error. The first series you point out, 1979-80, Islanders beat the LA Kings 3-1, not the Atlanta Flames. That was the Rangers. Islanders have never played the Flames in the playoffs.
I remember growing up watching in the mid 90s to early 00s the same 3 teams always won. It was very depressing. Pretty weird when you think about it from 95 to 03. The same 3 teams won (wings, avs, devil's) with a random Dallas win thrown in and then from 09 to 2017 it happens again with LA, hawks, and pens with a random bruins win thrown in. That's two 9 years stretch's where the same 3 teams always win and then the 80s was just dominated by 2 teams. The parity is pretty awful
@@Nud182 imagine being a fan in nba only 13 teams in same time frame? And it’s not depressing because 1 team wins each year that means your team could go hundreds of years without winning a cup because 3% is terrible odds every year!
Dallas of the late 90s reminding me of the Flames of the late 80s. Both teams were good enough to win more than 1 Cup but had their nemesis that would stop them. The 80s Flames had the Oilers that beat them and the 90s Stars had the Red Wings. Both teams nemesis were beaten by teams that were better matchups for them the years they won the Cup. In 1989 the Oilers were beaten by the Kings who the Flames beat the next rd. In 1999 the Red Wings were beaten by the Avalanche who the Stars beat next rd.
Only thing about rating the road to the cup is that it grants an advantage to teams who came from a low seed because it's more likely they face top seeds. Unfortunately the best we can really do is eye test how many teams were realistic contenders and count how many a team ran into en route to their title
What was the vibe like surrounding the Red Wings going in to the 96-97 season? Yzerman had been captain for 10 years and effectively produced nothing. Were there calls to blow it up?
One correction. Islanders played the Kings in the first round in 1980. Not the Flames. I think the Kings were a bit lower in the rankings than the flames. But that year the Islanders beat 3 100 point teams. Legit 100 point teams with no loser points. Plus they played 80 reg season games. 2 less than today.
I paused to comment lol. The '02 game 7 against Colorado was (as a wings fan) something glorious to watch. I hated Roy back then with a passion and I must have laughed constantly until game 1 of the finals. Those first 3 cup wins for the wings were magical for a young(ish) hockey fan. Now as a more open minded hockey fan, I really do hope Vancouver and Buffalo get there so their fans can experience it. Eventhough my grandfather was from Windsor and supposedly I have distant relatives in Montreal, im sorry my open-mindedness only goes so far 😝
If Tampa wins, they will have faced the #1, #2, #4, and #7 teams for an average of 3.5 as they themselves came in as the #8 seed. If Colorado wins they will have played the #8, #9, #11, and #16 teams for an average of 11 as they came in as the #2 seed.
replace the nj devils logo with martin brodeurs face, he won those cups and played net for canada in 04. he also revived new jersey as a franchise, they even made documentaries about it
Why aren't NHL teams luring you to join them? To have a hockey historian like yourself to consult with would be a treasure trove of wisdom to draw upon. I certainly hope many blessings are coming your way THG!
Shannon. I Watched All Of The Way Through. It Would've Been Great If You Mentioned, In 2013 How, In Game 6, Chicago Was Down And It Looked Like A Game 7 In Chicago, Until Chicago Scored 2 Goals In 17 Seconds To Win The Stanley Cup At TD Garden.
I kinda wished that the Islanders and Habs had met in back-to-back finals in 79 and 80. If the Habs had beaten the North Stars in that 7th game and then beat the Sabres as well (so the Sabres would be the last team they play in the playoffs right now before the beginning and end of their dynasty streak.
Yep, totally different runs under totally different coaches. Larry Robinson encouraged them to score. Lemaire was all about making hockey unwatchable. He did the same for the Wild.
Can you make a video looking at the calder winning seasons of Makar, Seider and Ekblad? I was just looking at the stats (regular and advanced) for each during their season and I think seider's is more impressive than I initially realized, even coming from a biased wings fan.
In 1975, the Islanders went down 3-0 to Pittsburgh and came back and won the series. Next round, they went down 3-0 to Philadelphia, then won 3 straight to tie the series before losing game seven. That was their first ever playoff run.
Because the puck crossed the line, let's look at the Flames' numbers in their 03/04 Stanley Cup Victory. Average reg season standing of opponents is 2.75 (1+2+5+3 = 11 / 4 = 2.75). Regular season: Detroit was #1, Lightning #2, Sharks #3, Vancouver #5. This is far and away the best rating out of all teams in 41 year history of the cup by an ENTIRE point (next closest Devils in '95 at 3.75). 16-9 win/loss. And the flames do this coming in as # 12th ranked team in reg season. Team was also full of rookies and relying on a 3rd stringer goalie. 03/04 Flames is by far the most impressive cup win. Pure guts, determination, drive and fan support. REMEMBER THE RED MILE.
31:16 "I believe this was the reverse sweep against San Jose, correct?" As a Sharks fan, you're mistaken. For some reason after the third game of the playoffs the league just decided there was no reason to continue the playoffs and ended them early without awarding a champion. Never mind the fact that I went to game 4 in person and have a funny story from that about about that about a Kings fan wanting to kick my ass for cheering for the Sharks on the road, my headcanon confirms that the playoffs ended early that year.
Montreal’s 10 straight playoff OT wins in 1993 is an untouchable record.
Tainted by the “illegal stick curve” call. Salty Kings fan here!
@@saundersinlinehockeybakers240 Imagine if Gretzky was called for high stick on Gilmours face and given a penalty. Kings had tainted Conf win. Should have been Leafs vs Habs in final!!
Greatest run I ever saw
It's crazy, they had a 10-1 record in OT's that year. It's a strong support why arguably Roy was one of the greatest playoff goalies in NHL history.
and the one year I missed the cup finals...I was in Somalia on HMCS Preserver and only found out we won the cup 3 days after it was over
I kind of wish a modern winning team would take one of those old style cup photos with everyone sitting orderly with a mild smile. Would be hilarious!
That must have been an enormous amount of work ... well done... great walk down memory lane. 👍 Oilers only losing 2 games is the most impressive to me. Played some tough teams along the way.
For all its faults the parity in the NHL has been pretty good since expansion
They made both the cap and the minimum team salary too small. If you can’t spend enough to compete, within reason you don’t belong in the league. And if the Rangers of the early 2000s are any indication, spending a lot of money is no guarantee of success. You just end up with a country club full of lazy millionaires.
You are right. The last thin the nhl needs is something like MLB where the playing field is completely unbalanced for the big markets. In the nhl, you know that the management had to construct a team, not just throw money about to win. And we are rewarded with a lot of parity (said even as a team plays for a threepeat:=)
@@smithryansmith Throwing money about to win is the Euro soccer leagues mentality, bigger and richer teams alway win because all they do is overpay any player the media hypes sometimes many of those players are wildly talented but the issue they all end up in a pool of a handful of Clubs that continue to dominate the standings every season for that obvious reason they just got too much money than the rest.
I don't know how Shannon maintains composure and even finds spare charisma to crack jokes throughout in these much longer takes, it's just one of the many reasons why this is one of the top hockey-themed channels on RUclips. Another excellent video!
One of? Dude is the Undisbuted Champ.
If Tampa wins this year, this is the most impressive run for them in my opinion because they would beat 4th ranked Toronto, 1st ranked Florida, 8th ranked New York, and 2nd ranked Colorado in the Finals. The average standing would be 3.75 which would tie for the lowest with the 1994-95 Devils.
I didn’t even think about how difficult this run has been for them.
Yeah I actually thought that first round bolts/leafs series winner would represent east in the cup final
Rangers was 7th
My thoughts as well ..if tampa wins this year they look stronger than ever...knocking off the maple leafs, sweeping the panthers...4 straight wins against the rangers..they might be able to go for 4 if they can knock off the avs
😂 this a ridiculous comment.
The Islanders story is like a heavyweight champion. Beat some good contenders, win title against #1 rated opponent. Defend against decent but limited opponents and then lose to up and comer as age catches up before losing to opponents way below there level.
the wins and records set by the Islanders in the 80s is still mind-boggling
Islanders just don't get the credit they deserve. Also, Bossy was the greatest goal scorer the game has ever seen yet we rarely hear about the man. RIP legend
19 Straight Playoff Victories is Still a Record Today , Doesn’t matter what there average / Standing’s , Power Rankings, etc ……. 🧐
You are the John Madden of the NHL the highest compliment I can give you ....I enjoy all your videos 😊😊
Whereas defensive forward John Madden is not the John Madden of the NHL.
I love your dedication to your craft. This is some detailed research.
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I don’t know why people would fast forward through these videos. Great detailed history to relive.
Great Job Shannon. The 2012 and 2014 kings runs are to me the most impressive in the salary cap era and for different reasons.
If it wasn't for the 2014 Kings the Blackhawks could have won 3 Stanley Cups in a row
The Hockey guy channel , ITS BECOMING LEGENDARY.
Loved this walk down memory lane!🏆🏒🥅
Hey! Not "nobody" -- some of us do watch these! Your delivery of that line mid-vid actually made me laugh out loud! (: The rest of the video was good as well, including the lounging little one (we have a tortoiseshell too)!
1983 the Islanders had just won their fourth cup in a row and Wayne Gretzky(according to him) went to the Isles locker room because he wanted to see how they celebrated. Wayne said that there was very little celebrating going on because the Islanders were so exhausted....He said that when he was in a cab later on he knew the Oilers would win the cup the next year...True story!
to further elaborate: it was with a couple of other Oilers and after they saw the exhausted Islanders they remarked how they felt they could play several more games. They learned they hadn't put it all on the ice.
What also Surprised Gretzky was how Professional they acted & Saw how banged up the islanders we’re and Still gave all they had !! Today’s athlete’s Skate off the ice with a Pimple 🏆
Gretzky and other players did go into the Islanders locker room because they wanted to congratulate them. They were expecting to see them celebrating. He said he learned a lot from those Islander teams which helped the Oilers also become a dynasty
@@daved1535 - YES, i watched the Ny islanders Dynasty video twice ( been awhile ). the Oilers we're Shocked to see how Professional + banged up as they left it all on the ice to win the Stanley Cup which gave them Motivation, etc .... Don't think anyone was Stopping that Young Talented Oilers team anyway.
I was so happy Calgary winning the cup in 1989, those were magical times, cheering also for the phoenix suns with Charles Barkley those days, as a dutchman hard to share that with anybody.
As a new hockey fan this feels like information overload and I'm all about it.
Always blown away by the amount of thought and effort you put into these. Thank you for another excellent video!
Jaromir Jagr has had a teammate in every Cup final since 1980 till this year. Incredible.
That’ll happen when you play for 9 teams
@@WaddickLawnCare you are correct...feels he's played for more.
@@richardmelendez8614 could be more I just counted it quick, but I don’t think it’s that incredible of a stat and he didn’t join the league till 1990 so the 80-90 is pure luck he had a player from each team get signed or traded to Pittsburgh before they retired
Gotta mention Marian Hossa who lost with Pittsburgh to Detriot, Jumped ship to Detroit and lost to Pittsburgh before landing in Chicago and getting his Cup(s).
The 80's was a battle between 4 teams - NY Islanders the firsta half of the decade and the second was between Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens and Calgary Flames.
These team was near "unbeatble" and was always the teams who fought for the cup all the way and often in close combats.
The 90's started with the Pittsburgh Penguins dominans and a franchise that would be a serious contender all the way to 2001. Montreal have a final cup year but was overall never again that contender of the past. The Rangers finaly got there cup after 50 years of waiting after having been up and down a contender to mediocre for years. The rise of the Devils came and upsetting win there first cup and from that up till 2012 was a tuff contender. And then finaly the infamous cup rivalry between the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings, a rivalry that would continue all up to about 2002.
Please do more episodes like this. This was awesome. Id love to see a pre expansion to expansion. Thanks so much Shannon!
11 cups by the original 6 in the last 4 decades. That's over 25%. (Let's not mention the one original 6 team that isn't on the board)
Great video. I actually liked how you focused on teams and mentioned very few players. It was interesting seeing the ebb and flow of teams trying to win the cup. I would love to have watched the Oilers on their 16-2 run, but had no cable and lived in SoCal. As a Kings fan, watching their run in 2012 is to this day the most enjoyable experience I've had as a sports fan. The 2014 run left me emotionally drained and in need of a therapist 😀
Thank you so much for putting this together. Shannon is awesome.
How about a comparison between the 1979 NHL & WHA Finals between the Canadiens & Rangers and Jets & Oilers? For me it was a memorable year as both my favourite teams of their respective league won the Championships.
I was at Game 6 when the Jets won their 3rd AVCO Cup, unfortunately the team was decimated when they merged with the NHL and my favourite player Bobby Hull went to Harford to finish his career. Sad times. There's a mural of him a couple blocks away on Portage & Furby, I tap it when I pass by.
This is awesome! You should also look at the finalists from 1980-2022
It's weird, I remember the Avalanche being way more dominant in the late 90's than the record shows. I love these retrospective looks
They were. From 96 to 02 they made the conference finals 6 times, losing 4 times, 3 times losing in game 7.
As a new hockey fan, this video is epic! Thanks for all your hard work, Shannon!
Great run down of the Cup winners since 1980. A lot of work went into this video and I for one thank you.
I don't put any stock in where a team is in the regular season if they make the playoffs. It's a completely new game when the playoffs start and any team can get on a roll. There is no such thing as an easy road to winning the Cup in my opinion.
Colorado nashville, even series till the hockey happens! No favourites!
My first sports memory is the back to back 08/09 battle with Sidney Crosby. But the Detroit dynasty was a 25 year playoff run and 4 cups with 6 appearances in the final
While Edmonton won 5 cups and the Islanders only 4, what makes the Islanders more impressive isn't only 4 in a row, but that when they were really up against it, when the dynasty was on the line, they came through. In the same situation, Edmonton didn't. What I'm talking about: 1982 playoffs, game 5 opening round, Islanders down 2 goals, 5 minutes from elimination. They score two to tie, win in OT, continue on win cup & dynasty continues; Edmonton, the Steve Smith game, down only one, early in the third period, don't come through, lose game, no 3rd straight cup. That's what makes the Islanders run extra special.
It's fascinating to me that, all these years later, the thing you point out about the 2003 Devils Cup run was JS Giguere's performance. That was certainly where the contemporary media hype was! I went to all of the home playoff games for the Devils in that '03 run, and perhaps not without bias, the chants of "Marty's better" were loud and persistent. The numbers back that up. Marty had three shutouts in the Cup Finals, a feat no other goalie has managed in the modern era, and set a record for most shutouts overall in a playoffs. Many fans of the Devils at the time (including myself) believed that Brodeur was the better goaltender in the series and was robbed of the Conn Smythe because everyone felt Anaheim deserved some kind of consolation prize.
Great video, though. Fun walk through history. I remember some of these epic runs both fondly, and not so fondly.
Nice jersey!
Wow what a video! I learned a lot and had a lot of fun re-living some past Stanley cups. Most impressive cup run for me was the St.Louis Blues in 2019. The Blues would jump on their opponents early, often scoring in the first 5-10 minutes of the game. Gloria after each gritty win was so much fun, the team rallied together throughout this long and tough run.
Seeing Brad Marchand’s face at the end of game 7 knowing he was the reason they went down 1-0 in game 7 was kind of nice from a Canucks fan stand point (sorry Shannon).
I think it’s awesome that this board shows you if you build a team patiently and properly you’re probably going to be a good team for a decade.
I'm very happy you started at the WHA merger, and here is why:
There is only one Stanley Cup champion since the WHA merger that accomplished all of these criteria during the season: was in sole possession of first place in the standings from the end of November through the rest of the regular season, never trailed in a playoff series, and never faced elimination.
That team was the 2007-08 Detroit Red Wings. I have talked them up before on previous videos on this channel, but that team to me is one of the best Stanley Cup champions ever but also one of the most underrated in terms of all-time great teams. Their shot and possession numbers were absolutely incredible (only being outshot in one of their 22 playoff games, and it was by just three shots, and their average shot differential per game was almost +13 in the playoffs), and it had a much different feeling than Detroit's previous three Stanley Cup wins, as this was Nicklas Lidström's team, my all-time favourite player. The Perfect Human very fittingly captained the closest thing to a perfect team since the WHA merger to a Stanley Cup Championship in 2008.
Devils 95 is the best for me. I started watching nhl in 94 and brodeur made me a devs fan. That fourth game was on replay just after i got out of final day of 5th grade with my report card and a ice cream in the morning and ran to see the replay 😁
I’m in a very similar boat. I don’t remember what grade I was in but I was a kid. I became a devils fan and Brodeur fan when I saw them take down the redwings in ‘95
Throughout history it seems a few teams, 3-5, dominate the league and win championships.
Then there’s some transitional champions as those old powers fall off, and after come the new powers.
Parity is there to an extent, any team can win on a given night or even a playoff series. But in terms of winning titles, it’s reserved for a select few.
18 dif teams have one in 42 years that’s a large amount of teams bigger than any other league!
@@WaddickLawnCare That kind of matches the math I had above though right?
4-5 teams winning per decade roughly, four decades total.
16-20 different winners.
@@brandonnarayan5796 it makes sense for a team to get good win a few times then fall off so your not wrong at all and the math works out! But it’s not reserved for a select few like your comment said.
@Matt Joseph exactly nhl has the most among any sports league in that timeframe!
I definitely do not skip to the end these videos are fun to watch
Thanks!
hockey guy wayne gretzky wasnt a member of the 1990 edmonton oilers.. mark messier was gretzky went to los angeles in 88 89
The number 8 seed beating all 3 division champions (only losing twice) would've only been more impressive if they would've beaten a higher seeded Eastern conference team. But a run like the 2012 Kings will be talked about for years.
That '02 wings team had so much talent it was silly. Totally different league, before the salary cap.
The 90s teams were no slouches either! Yzerman, Fedorov, Kozlov, Konstantinov, Shanahan, Lidstrom.. a whose who of 90s hockey
I’d argue the late 90s teams were even better. Some of those HOFers on the 02 team were past their prime, whereas the 90s teams had everyone in their prime, including guys like Kozlov, Murphy, to name a few who weren’t on the 02 team.
the fact that they had 2 hall of famers on their 3rd line is just stupid lol I don't even know how my Avs got them to 7 games
@@ShowHero No doubt! Any team with Lidstrom on it is bound to be good.
@@RIPJimmyA7X the avs also had a lot of HOF on that team to
Oh, that last bit makes me remember. In most European football leagues there is a useless and meaningless, but still existing Supercup. A Supercup game, normally played before the new season starts, is between the reigning Champion and the reigning Cup winner.
Wouldn't it be fun to have a pre-season Supercup series between Stanley Cup champion and President's Trophy winner? :)
Fun look back. I don’t think there’s such a thing as an easy running. Standing don’t tell you who’s hot going into the playoffs
Great video! Really interesting. I think the arguement of “easy path” vs “hard path” kind of falls apart since some teams that are built for the playoffs are only ok in the regular season. Beating a mid rank Barry Trotz team is more impressive to me than beating a presidents trophy team with one or more Achilles heel.
Love this video I was going to suggest it in that some might think the Lightning had an easy time winning those two cups.
NYI beat LA in the first round in 1980; it was the whole "Butch Goring vs his former team in the first round thing"
Yes, glad someone else caught that error. I think Atlanta was knocked out by the Rangers that year?
@@legrandfromage6450 Yup. Last Atlanta Flames game ever was their elimination loss to the Rangers. The Flames tradition of lousy playoff performances started in Atlanta.
Missed an opportunity to mock the Leafs here. I am a Leafs fan and I want to mock this franchise. I enjoyed this video. Patrick Roy wins a Cup his rookie year, and in '93 winning ten straight OT games in my opinion the greatest Cup run I ever saw. Wins 4 Cups in his Career and is the only player to win the Conn Smyth 3 times. Dude is money and the GOAT and my fav goalie of all time.
The amazing thing about the Leafs isn't that they haven't won a cup. It's that they haven't even been to the Finals. That's almost impossible. Of the rest of the league, only the Jets/Coyotes and the post 1999 expansion teams have failed to make the finals. Even all six of the teams added between 1991 and 1998 have made the finals at least once.
Just looked up the teams Tampa faced this year ..
Toronto: 4th
Florida: 1st
NYR: 7th
Avs: 2nd
Average of 3.5
If they pull of the series win, could arguably be the most impressive run eva. 🙏 ⚡️🏆🏆⚡️🙏
Well let's hope they don't, GoAvsGo 😉
Having to come back from being down in multiple series, threepeat in this economy, beating an avs team who went 12-2, it’d be historic of them to
But, of course: Go Ass, Hail Satan
I don't really agree with this methodology. Not to take too much away from how well Tampa shut down Florida, but if you look at the first round, the Panthers struggled against the 13th seed Capitals and just didn't look the same as they'd looked throughout the regular season. Tampa obviously played amazingly to limit them to 3 goals in 4 games, but I'd argue that it was a mix of Tampa's amazing play and Florida's subpar play.
While this definitely doesn't clear everything up and would be way more complicated to calculate, I'd be more inclined to look at a points percentage based standings starting after the trade deadline since that's when teams are "complete" (minus injuries), but that still doesn't fully factor in playoff performance (and didn't do great this year, 7-7 so far, largely hampered by Tampa and Colorado who account for 5 out of 7 losses by the higher "seeded" team). For this season that's still Toronto/Florida 2/3, Rangers 9th, Avs 11th which is 6.25 average.
For this season, those standings are (using standings from after the March 20th games, though it's debatable if I should include March 21st games since very few TDL pickups play in games for their new team the day of the TDL, I also did much of the math in my head so there are bound to be some small errors):
MIN: 17-2-3 = .841 (lost to 4 in 1st round)
FLA: 16-4-0 = .800 (beat 18 in 1st round, lost to 14 in the 2nd)
TOR: 15-3-2 = .800 (lost to 14 in the 1st round)
STL: 15-4-2 = .761 (beat 1 in 1st round, lost to 11 in 2nd)
EDM: 14-4-2 = .750 (beat 13 in 1st round, 7 in 2nd, lost to 11 in 3rd)
CAR: 13-5-2 = .700 (beat 10 in 1st round, lost to 9 in 2nd)
CGY: 12-5-3 = .675 (beat 12 in 1st round, lost to 5 in 2nd)
VAN: 10-4-4 = .667 (missed playoffs)
NYR: 12-6-1 = .658 (beat 22 in 1st round, 6 in 2nd, lost to 14 in 3rd)
BOS: 13-7-0 = .650 (lost to 6 in 1st round)
COL: 12-6-2 = .650 (beat 20 in 1st round, 4 in 2nd, 5 in the 3rd, playing 14 for cup)
DAL: 12-6-3 = .643 (lost to 7 in 1st round)
LAK: 10-5-3 = .639 (lost to 5 in 1st round)
TBL: 12-7-2 = .619 (beat 3 in 1st round, 2 in 2nd, 9 in 3rd, playing 11 for cup)
VGK: 9-5-4 = .611 (missed playoffs)
BUF: 10-6-3 = .605 (missed playoffs)
OTT: 11-7-2 = .600 (missed playoffs)
WSH: 9-7-2 = .556 (lost to 2 in 1st round)
WPG: 10-8-1 = .553 (missed playoffs)
NSH: 9-8-3 = .525 (lost to 11 in 1st round)
NYI: 11-10-1 = .522 (missed playoffs)
PIT: 8-9-2 = .474 (lost to 9 in 1st round)
DET: 7-10-3 = .425 (this and all teams below missed playoffs)
SEA: 8-11-0 = .421
CHI: 6-10-3 = .395
SJS: 5-10-5 = .375
CBJ: 5-10-4 = .368
NJD: 5-11-4 = .350
ARI: 5-12-3 = .325
ANA: 4-11-3 = .306
MON: 5-13-2 = .300
PHI: 5-15-0 = .250
Tneq
@@jonmendelson1104 That's very interesting. I would've never thought Dallas did better than Tampa after March 20th
2006 still breaks my heart as a Sabres fan
This was an awesome video and as a Bolts fan I'm praying we become the first (and maybe only) dynasty of the salary cap era because I know the end is near with the current core.
I’m watching this whole thing, Shannon
I think it’s more impressive when a team plays more games and wins but I think it’s quite clear a team is playing better when they sweep or win in 5 in multiple rounds. I would be interested to see your ranking of which team had the toughest rankings based on goaltenders faced. Like if one of the Detroit runs if they beat Roy and then Broduer that would maybe be the top ranked team.
Happiest day of my life was the 1986 Mets. Cause they shda lost, it was that old Boston Red Sox curse that allowed them to win. The happiest day of my life was the 1994 NYR cUse in true Rangers fashion they made u throw up, but just got it done.
Honestly any team that can win a Stanley cup is amazing.
Detroit my second fave team i was so happy for Stevie y in 1997 then the car accident so in 1998 when Steve hands cup to vladdy was so heartwarming. 2001 colorado beating NJ and cause Ray Borque.
I was in Boston that night U2 concert, i told my boyfriend to go sell my ticket . Ill stay here in this bar and watch game 7. Whta get night i had my Ray Borque jersey on ! Boston fams were grt to me. I hung with the bar. It was incredible !
Messier winning in 1990 wo Gretz was insane.
2002 Detroit best team ever assembled. So many hall of fame players
Hasek, yzerman, chelios, lidstrom, hull, datsuyk, shanhan,federov Robitallie, larionov
Then u had Holmstrom, maltby, draper, McCarty, duchene, ficsher, slegr, dandenult, gilchrist. Sick sick sick team!!!!
This is the video we have all been waiting for! Thank you Shannon! LGRW🐙🏒🤘
The other thing to note about Edmonton’s run in 88 is that Winnipeg actually brings their average standing of opponent down substantially. If they were a top 10 team as well it would be even more impressive
"When Boston finishes first they aren't winning anything" unfortunately watching this today a year later truer words have never been spoken lol
Always great breakdowns, thanks for all videos!!
Couple things
1. Number 4 in 1980 is probably equal to something like number 5.5 now.
2. There is also a point that the better you are in the regular season, the weaker opponents you are supposed to face. Divisions and conferences make it less straightforward than 16 => 8 => 4 => 2 path, of course. And there is the thing about different teams succeeding in regular season and playoffs. But still, the better you are, the weaker opposition you'd face.
Loved this video. A lot of memories and things I had forgot.
Love the content as always, learned a lot! Although only thing I would have changed is splitting it into 2 boards. For this one it's hard to right the right side
I like how, for effect, you wear a team jersey that your addressing. Head and shoulder the AVALANCHE jersey looks best.
Shannon, I don't skip your videos....I put them on in the background xD LOL...great stuff though, I really do enjoy listening your videos and recaps.
Very ambitious undertaking and a tremendous amount of work. Great video. Well done! Allow me to point out, however, a small error. The first series you point out, 1979-80, Islanders beat the LA Kings 3-1, not the Atlanta Flames. That was the Rangers. Islanders have never played the Flames in the playoffs.
Great recap. 👍
Since 1980 the top 2 teams in the league met in the Stanley Cup Finals 4 times. 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1989. 1985 was the only year where 2nd beat 1st.
That would be cool if you revisited old line up of stanley cup winners. You could make that a series.
I remember growing up watching in the mid 90s to early 00s the same 3 teams always won. It was very depressing.
Pretty weird when you think about it from 95 to 03. The same 3 teams won (wings, avs, devil's) with a random Dallas win thrown in and then from 09 to 2017 it happens again with LA, hawks, and pens with a random bruins win thrown in. That's two 9 years stretch's where the same 3 teams always win and then the 80s was just dominated by 2 teams. The parity is pretty awful
That’s what happens when you built dominant teams it’s not depressing it’s how sports work in every league lol
@@WaddickLawnCare It's depressing when none of them are your team lol
@@Nud182 imagine being a fan in nba only 13 teams in same time frame? And it’s not depressing because 1 team wins each year that means your team could go hundreds of years without winning a cup because 3% is terrible odds every year!
Dallas was a really good team. They also probably should have won more than once.
Dallas of the late 90s reminding me of the Flames of the late 80s. Both teams were good enough to win more than 1 Cup but had their nemesis that would stop them. The 80s Flames had the Oilers that beat them and the 90s Stars had the Red Wings. Both teams nemesis were beaten by teams that were better matchups for them the years they won the Cup. In 1989 the Oilers were beaten by the Kings who the Flames beat the next rd. In 1999 the Red Wings were beaten by the Avalanche who the Stars beat next rd.
Only thing about rating the road to the cup is that it grants an advantage to teams who came from a low seed because it's more likely they face top seeds. Unfortunately the best we can really do is eye test how many teams were realistic contenders and count how many a team ran into en route to their title
I’m praying Canucks get a Cup soon. 2011 still haunts me to this day
Tim Thomas ruined it for the Canucks. 1 more win and the Cup would have been the Canucks to hold and never forget!
What was the vibe like surrounding the Red Wings going in to the 96-97 season? Yzerman had been captain for 10 years and effectively produced nothing. Were there calls to blow it up?
Caps 2018 run was the best because they are historically one of the biggest choking teams in playoff history!
One correction. Islanders played the Kings in the first round in 1980. Not the Flames. I think the Kings were a bit lower in the rankings than the flames. But that year the Islanders beat 3 100 point teams. Legit 100 point teams with no loser points. Plus they played 80 reg season games. 2 less than today.
I think the runs with the least losses are the most impressive but the ones with the most games played are the harder championships to win
Sean avery was on that team but he played like one game. Detroit i believe drafted him then he went to LA then to NYC
I paused to comment lol. The '02 game 7 against Colorado was (as a wings fan) something glorious to watch. I hated Roy back then with a passion and I must have laughed constantly until game 1 of the finals. Those first 3 cup wins for the wings were magical for a young(ish) hockey fan. Now as a more open minded hockey fan, I really do hope Vancouver and Buffalo get there so their fans can experience it.
Eventhough my grandfather was from Windsor and supposedly I have distant relatives in Montreal, im sorry my open-mindedness only goes so far 😝
If Tampa wins, they will have faced the #1, #2, #4, and #7 teams for an average of 3.5 as they themselves came in as the #8 seed. If Colorado wins they will have played the #8, #9, #11, and #16 teams for an average of 11 as they came in as the #2 seed.
replace the nj devils logo with martin brodeurs face, he won those cups and played net for canada in 04. he also revived new jersey as a franchise, they even made documentaries about it
Montreal 1993 and LA 2012. Not sure really which one particularly wins but definitely those two.
If Tampa wins, we'll have an average of 3.5!
Why aren't NHL teams luring you to join them? To have a hockey historian like yourself to consult with would be a treasure trove of wisdom to draw upon. I certainly hope many blessings are coming your way THG!
Great video!
Shannon. I Watched All Of The Way Through. It Would've Been Great If You Mentioned, In 2013 How, In Game 6, Chicago Was Down And It Looked Like A Game 7 In Chicago, Until Chicago Scored 2 Goals In 17 Seconds To Win The Stanley Cup At TD Garden.
Maybe dominance of east v west, you mentioned the WCF were the finals when it was Colorado and Detroit.
I kinda wished that the Islanders and Habs had met in back-to-back finals in 79 and 80.
If the Habs had beaten the North Stars in that 7th game and then beat the Sabres as well (so the Sabres would be the last team they play in the playoffs right now before the beginning and end of their dynasty streak.
Man’s research is crazy
The 1995 New Jersey Devils played great defense in winning the stanley cup. 1995 i remember hearing people talk about the neutral zone trap.
We have the Devils and Jacques Lemaire to blame for the Trap and the start of the Dead Puck Era 😒
The Devils sucked the life out of every game that run. Shots were routinely around 40 in total per game and I legit fell asleep watching their games.
@Chris Sutherland because we are talking about 1995. Now what happened in the future with a different players and a different head coach.
Yep, totally different runs under totally different coaches. Larry Robinson encouraged them to score. Lemaire was all about making hockey unwatchable. He did the same for the Wild.
Can you make a video looking at the calder winning seasons of Makar, Seider and Ekblad? I was just looking at the stats (regular and advanced) for each during their season and I think seider's is more impressive than I initially realized, even coming from a biased wings fan.
I want to see a team win 4 straight rounds after being down 0-3 each time. 🤣
I wanna see a team go 16-0
In 1975, the Islanders went down 3-0 to Pittsburgh and came back and won the series. Next round, they went down 3-0 to Philadelphia, then won 3 straight to tie the series before losing game seven. That was their first ever playoff run.
I am a Oilers so some bias but I’m pretty sure if the Steve Smith goal did not happen then the Oilers would win five in a row
If the Islanders aren't so banged up maybe they win five in a row.
@@MrOctober44 Against the Oilers that is a nasty discussion
@Matt Joseph then I’m pretty sure Patrick Roy would not have made that infamous roast saying that he had two Stanley Cup rings at that time
Maybe if Canadiens weren't so banged up they could of won a fifth straight in '80
@@legrandfromage6450 idk maybe but the Islanders in 1980 were very stacked
18 different teams in 41 years, and it will be 18 in 42 years regardless of who wins
Because the puck crossed the line, let's look at the Flames' numbers in their 03/04 Stanley Cup Victory. Average reg season standing of opponents is 2.75 (1+2+5+3 = 11 / 4 = 2.75). Regular season: Detroit was #1, Lightning #2, Sharks #3, Vancouver #5. This is far and away the best rating out of all teams in 41 year history of the cup by an ENTIRE point (next closest Devils in '95 at 3.75). 16-9 win/loss. And the flames do this coming in as # 12th ranked team in reg season. Team was also full of rookies and relying on a 3rd stringer goalie. 03/04 Flames is by far the most impressive cup win. Pure guts, determination, drive and fan support. REMEMBER THE RED MILE.
Maybe long but very interesting. Well done.
First madness board of the summer! Sign me up
First day of summer lol
1979 Isles were upset by Rangers or could have had 5. Wonder if they could have beat Roy and Les Habs.
They would have played Dryden and Les Habs.
@@tedlicciardello7673 yeah you are right. Wrong era.
The 1980 Islanders did not beat Atlanta in round one. They beat the Los Angeles Kings.
31:16 "I believe this was the reverse sweep against San Jose, correct?"
As a Sharks fan, you're mistaken. For some reason after the third game of the playoffs the league just decided there was no reason to continue the playoffs and ended them early without awarding a champion.
Never mind the fact that I went to game 4 in person and have a funny story from that about about that about a Kings fan wanting to kick my ass for cheering for the Sharks on the road, my headcanon confirms that the playoffs ended early that year.
Lol 😂