They are the greatest dynasty ever. Having lived through it and attended games back then while I grew up on the north shore of Long Island, it was an unbelievable ride.
Love your videos. Don't always agree with you but I think you're super fair and I appreciate you giving my team (Islanders fan since 1973) the credit it deserved. Players like Tonelli, Bourne, Brent Sutter, Persson were so underrated. I've watched Game 4 of that series several times here on RUclips, HNIC crew with Howie Meeker. Isles were dominant. Potvin really controlled the tempo of the game. Anyway, thanks so much. I'm getting hooked on your channel and am looking forward to your future videos.
I posted this in the last video.... I just stumbled across your channel & would love to see a video on guys you think should be in the Hall that are not as of yet. Great channel, keep up the great work.
One of the best teams ever in any sport, coached to perfection after having been built through the craft, and topped off with the Butch Goring trade in mid-1980. The most talented and hardest-working team in the league, went on a fifteen-game winning streak (no ties) in January, had the best record. They are the last team in any major professional sport to have won four consecutive championships, while many "dynasty" (Oilers, Patriots, Bulls, Yankees, Lakers, and Warriors) have all failed. Woody Stephens' five Belmont Stakes is as close as one gets. How dominant was this team? 15-1 in game one, never played a game seven, Game 5 against Pitt was their only blemish. In 1993 the 8-seed Isles knocked out the Rangers (who beat them in 1979) and top-seeded Penguins, to correct these two mistakes of Al Arbour's. The model for dominance in any competitive endeavor.
They sure do, same in Stargate SG1 but I think it aint that big vs MacGyver. I was born 88; Sweden saw it in my 5-9s + years. Revisiting atm, but think he's cheering for the Flames, but I'm almost half through the 2nd season yet. I know there's an episode, where he goes with his grandpa, where things go fucked, but i cant remember who they meet.
I have a hard time remembering what season is witch sometimes. It blends into each other maybe because of those win streaks at the time. I remember when I look it up though. Weird right?
The Islanders fell so far because there was no way they'd ever climb that high again. What was the point of trying to win? 1980-84 will never be approached. Still hasn't. Last team in any major professional sports to win four consecutive titles. The Last Great Dynasty.
1982 was also the last year of the Colorado Rockies before moving to New Jersey. They even had Joel Quenneville in the team in his career. It was a bit of a mess for hockey in Colorado and even played their last game in the "golden age of TV". These shows included Saturday Supercade, Robotech, Voltron, He-Man, Tennage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, Saturday Night's Main Event, Astro Boy and more. Have you watched those 80's shows like that?
if you were, you'd have been out of money if you didn't get to the bank by 3pm, there was no internet, no ATMs, no cable in most places, radio was huge, music was great (it had to be), network shows got 30-50 million viewers many times....and you were stuck with the women who were within range, while goodbye meant goodbye. You could also start over with no one knowing you relatively easily.
James Lisle same, most exciting thing as an isles fan for me live was the Toronto series in 2001 specifically shawn Bates penalty shot, other then the Panthers series
They didn't have penalty shots in 1978, when the Toronto series that year ended in heartbreak, on Lanny Larry Macdonald's goal deep into overtime. Couldn't help but be their fan after that even if I lived in Manhattan, which was Ranger territory. It was like wearing the wrong gang colors. I had to be a Ranger fan whenever I wa at the Garden and sort of rooted for them. I admired how the Islanders systametically built their dynasty. They're still the last team in any major professional sport to have won four consecutive titles.
Jesus, please stop saying they traded McEwen to Colorado, and stop saying they did it during 82-83, dammit!! Please see my first post to you in the 81' video, and do these over. Jonsson was fairly highly acclaimed before lacing skates in the NHL, and no way was he substituting the recently retired journeymen Jean Potvin (one of my favorites due to his toughness and for his serendipitous jump to the radio booth during the dynasty years). The only link between J. Potvin and T. Jonsson was Jean was wearing #3 before his retirement which freed the number up for Jonsson. Basically an accident - That's it. ....you are right, though, about Persson- Persson was tough and talented on the blue line - just as Morrow was - you couldn't play for Al Arbour and not have some jam in your game somewhere. That's a fact. Pat Price, a first rounder, was forgotten rather quickly after 79' (total waste of a pick in terms of a guy not living up to his talent level at any point in his career- one of Devellano's few stinkers, but who could blame him?). Persson played in the 79' semi-final disaster against the Rangers (this goes for Wayne Merrick, too, btw) as if he was trying to throw the series. No exaggeration. (No physicality whatsoever, rushed outlet passes right on the stick of Ranger forwards time after time after time- and same went for Merrick, which was downright spooky). His initially soft, scared game really was going to have to change for both men (Arbour and Persson) to survive on the Island and in the National League. And it did. Remember that Arbour was badly out coached by Shero in 79' and Al really started privately (during practices and defensive meetings) really busting balls on his defensemen, first and foremost, even more than usual during the 80' training camp. It didn't result in cohesion right away, which put Arbour even more on the hot seat until the trade deadline you mentioned, but after adding Langevin, Lane, and finally Morrow in the same year; then with Goring, they finally took off. I figured I'd tie Persson into your Goring narrative a bit for you. Another important couple of things - the Islanders broke the 50 year old Boston record by winning 15 games in a row. In my opinion, they STILL own the record, as they won their 15 all in regulation without the benefit of an extra period. Had any of those one goal games in ended in a tie after the third period, the streak would have been over, specifically referring to the 15th game against Colorado and their former goalie Chico Resch, who stood on his head until Tonelli's shot eluded him in the 3rd period with like 40 seconds left to get the 15th. The most exciting event of that season until the playoffs. And during that streak, the utter dominance they displayed over the rest of the league was historically staggering (they outscored their opponents 96-35 during the 15 game streak, and Trottier had 18 goals and 30 points, which included a 5 goal game against the Flyers), even when weighed against Edmonton's offensive accomplishments later on. And regarding your point about them being tired - 6 guys, I believe, played in the 1981 Canada Cup fiasco, so there was basically no summer off for guys like Gillies, Goring, Bossy, Trottier, Potvin, Smith, and maybe one or two others. It showed early on against the Penguins and the Rangers. I remember in Game 6 against the Rags, it looked like they got their second wind, and since Quebec and Vancouver were the two most ready made demolitions ever to get set up for any franchise for the last 2 rounds, it was fait accompli after that.
Actually I am more optimistic than I have been in years. Even though they lost Tavares. After at least 20 years they finally have really good management. Let's face it they have had some pretty awful GM's. Maloney was not that great and Milbury was one of the worst in NHL history. Snow was better than them but really not that great. And Trotz is an upgrade in coaching. The thing I have trouble with from last year is that they added Barzal last year and were significantly worst than the year before. They stunk defensively. Especially with the lead. I know they need better goaltending but a better system and better coaching can also help a lot with that.
Remarkably, the Canucks scored enough goals to win both games in Uniondale in the finals, but they took too many stupid penalties and that was absolutely fatal with the power play the Islanders had. During this era, the Islanders often played their opponents evenly 5 on 5, and let their legendary power play make the difference.
Speaking of the Islanders, what kind of hockey team would have a dynasty in the 80s only to sink to despairing lows and fumble hard with management and contracts years down the road? Not to mention their colour combination of orange and blue? Glad my team was never like that
Eh, it was more like Connor McDavid, Bob Nicholson, Peter Chiarelli, and Todd McLellan that saved the Oilers. Sure, McDavid is one of the biggest reasons they're going to be a contender. But I can't imagine what the Oilers would be with Kevin Lowe and Craig MacTavish still in power of the team
I agree that the Canucks in '82 were the greatest cinderella team of all time. They had the least amount of talent for a team to make the finals. The Stars of '91 had far more talent at their disposal. The Canucks winning any of their playoff series were miraculous. Brodeur was an elite goalie but was surrounded by mediocre talent, with the exception of Gradin. The Canucks had more heart than skill. The Islanders were far too strong but the Canucks weren't a pushover. Even ex-Islanders have said the Canucks were tougher than the North Stars of '81, even though the Stars had more talent.
I wouldn't call Stan Smyl, Ivan Boldirev, Darcy Rota, Harold Snepsts and Richard Brodeur mediocre. They weren't HHOFers but mediocre they weren't. The problem was the lack of a goalscoring sniper and an offensive puck moving and power play quarterback defenseman. They actually had two in captain Kevin McCarthy and young Rick Lanz but unfortunately, McCarthy got injured on the eve of the playoffs and Lanz suffered a season-ending injury early in the season. Travel was also a factor for being one of two Pacific Time teams.
They are the greatest dynasty ever.
Having lived through it and attended games back then while I grew up on the north shore of Long Island, it was an unbelievable ride.
Love your videos. Don't always agree with you but I think you're super fair and I appreciate you giving my team (Islanders fan since 1973) the credit it deserved. Players like Tonelli, Bourne, Brent Sutter, Persson were so underrated. I've watched Game 4 of that series several times here on RUclips, HNIC crew with Howie Meeker. Isles were dominant. Potvin really controlled the tempo of the game. Anyway, thanks so much. I'm getting hooked on your channel and am looking forward to your future videos.
I'm so glad I stumbled on your channel, just recently got big into hockey(was casual for a bit) and these videos are so great. So thank you!
im really enjoying your videos of the past stanley cup winners.....i wish there were more of these videos.....
maybe after you could do a video on the detroit red wings '96, i think, when the lost to avs
george01 he's going in order
SPENCER HEISLER ...thank you, but I knew....
I posted this in the last video.... I just stumbled across your channel & would love to see a video on guys you think should be in the Hall that are not as of yet. Great channel, keep up the great work.
Freaking love your videos. Sports history has always intrigued me.
LETS GO ISLANDERS
Nystrom without his helmet was cool.
I love your videos
Hockey history with The Hockey Guy.
butch goring is also a amazing broadcaster
Llama I love butchie, I hated Howie glad he moved on
One of the best teams ever in any sport, coached to perfection after having been built through the craft, and topped off with the Butch Goring trade in mid-1980. The most talented and hardest-working team in the league, went on a fifteen-game winning streak (no ties) in January, had the best record. They are the last team in any major professional sport to have won four consecutive championships, while many "dynasty" (Oilers, Patriots, Bulls, Yankees, Lakers, and Warriors) have all failed. Woody Stephens' five Belmont Stakes is as close as one gets. How dominant was this team? 15-1 in game one, never played a game seven, Game 5 against Pitt was their only blemish. In 1993 the 8-seed Isles knocked out the Rangers (who beat them in 1979) and top-seeded Penguins, to correct these two mistakes of Al Arbour's. The model for dominance in any competitive endeavor.
This was probably the most impressive team in the Isles' dynasty. Vancouver was pretty clearly just a placeholder for Edmonton and it showed.
Growing up as when you did, what did you think of the MacGyver episodes feautering hockey?
He was a Calgary fan if i dont misremember?
Other than that; quality episode as always!
Richard Dean Anderson was a hockey player, so the show took advantage of that. I don't remember which team he cheered for.
They sure do, same in Stargate SG1 but I think it aint that big vs MacGyver. I was born 88; Sweden saw it in my 5-9s + years. Revisiting atm, but think he's cheering for the Flames, but I'm almost half through the 2nd season yet. I know there's an episode, where he goes with his grandpa, where things go fucked, but i cant remember who they meet.
But yeah I know he played. Was he any good? Maybe someone1 here knows? Ofc he wasnt drafted or anything.
Found this; pretty cool "article" unitedstatesofhockey.com/2012/07/26/macgyver-americas-forgotten-hockey-hero/
I have a hard time remembering what season is witch sometimes. It blends into each other maybe because of those win streaks at the time. I remember when I look it up though. Weird right?
Looked it up, Reggie Leach had 19 playoff goals and won the Conn Smythe for the Cup losing Flyers in 1976, so Bossy wasn't the record here.
It's a shame Seeing where the Islanders are today compared to where they were 35 years ago
Brody Hinz just cleaned house 🤞 hope it works
The Islanders fell so far because there was no way they'd ever climb that high again. What was the point of trying to win? 1980-84 will never be approached. Still hasn't. Last team in any major professional sports to win four consecutive titles. The Last Great Dynasty.
Probably the Islanders best team.
1982 was also the last year of the Colorado Rockies before moving to New Jersey. They even had Joel Quenneville in the team in his career. It was a bit of a mess for hockey in Colorado and even played their last game in the "golden age of TV". These shows included Saturday Supercade, Robotech, Voltron, He-Man, Tennage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, Saturday Night's Main Event, Astro Boy and more. Have you watched those 80's shows like that?
The Islanders all but built SporsChannel, then after 1984, Gretzky had taken over the sport, and there was nothing that could top this.
Do a career of video of Stefan Persson one day!!
I sadly wasn't alive.
if you were, you'd have been out of money if you didn't get to the bank by 3pm, there was no internet, no ATMs, no cable in most places, radio was huge, music was great (it had to be), network shows got 30-50 million viewers many times....and you were stuck with the women who were within range, while goodbye meant goodbye. You could also start over with no one knowing you relatively easily.
James Lisle same, most exciting thing as an isles fan for me live was the Toronto series in 2001 specifically shawn Bates penalty shot, other then the Panthers series
They didn't have penalty shots in 1978, when the Toronto series that year ended in heartbreak, on Lanny Larry Macdonald's goal deep into overtime. Couldn't help but be their fan after that even if I lived in Manhattan, which was Ranger territory. It was like wearing the wrong gang colors. I had to be a Ranger fan whenever I wa at the Garden and sort of rooted for them. I admired how the Islanders systametically built their dynasty. They're still the last team in any major professional sport to have won four consecutive titles.
Which series featured the 5-overtime period game?
SPENCER HEISLER Easter classic vs caps that's way after the cup years
@@douglasc1388 Pat LaFontaine with the game winner.
Jesus, please stop saying they traded McEwen to Colorado, and stop saying they did it during 82-83, dammit!! Please see my first post to you in the 81' video, and do these over.
Jonsson was fairly highly acclaimed before lacing skates in the NHL, and no way was he substituting the recently retired journeymen Jean Potvin (one of my favorites due to his toughness and for his serendipitous jump to the radio booth during the dynasty years). The only link between J. Potvin and T. Jonsson was Jean was wearing #3 before his retirement which freed the number up for Jonsson. Basically an accident - That's it.
....you are right, though, about Persson- Persson was tough and talented on the blue line - just as Morrow was - you couldn't play for Al Arbour and not have some jam in your game somewhere. That's a fact. Pat Price, a first rounder, was forgotten rather quickly after 79' (total waste of a pick in terms of a guy not living up to his talent level at any point in his career- one of Devellano's few stinkers, but who could blame him?).
Persson played in the 79' semi-final disaster against the Rangers (this goes for Wayne Merrick, too, btw) as if he was trying to throw the series. No exaggeration. (No physicality whatsoever, rushed outlet passes right on the stick of Ranger forwards time after time after time- and same went for Merrick, which was downright spooky). His initially soft, scared game really was going to have to change for both men (Arbour and Persson) to survive on the Island and in the National League. And it did. Remember that Arbour was badly out coached by Shero in 79' and Al really started privately (during practices and defensive meetings) really busting balls on his defensemen, first and foremost, even more than usual during the 80' training camp. It didn't result in cohesion right away, which put Arbour even more on the hot seat until the trade deadline you mentioned, but after adding Langevin, Lane, and finally Morrow in the same year; then with Goring, they finally took off. I figured I'd tie Persson into your Goring narrative a bit for you.
Another important couple of things - the Islanders broke the 50 year old Boston record by winning 15 games in a row. In my opinion, they STILL own the record, as they won their 15 all in regulation without the benefit of an extra period. Had any of those one goal games in ended in a tie after the third period, the streak would have been over, specifically referring to the 15th game against Colorado and their former goalie Chico Resch, who stood on his head until Tonelli's shot eluded him in the 3rd period with like 40 seconds left to get the 15th. The most exciting event of that season until the playoffs. And during that streak, the utter dominance they displayed over the rest of the league was historically staggering (they outscored their opponents 96-35 during the 15 game streak, and Trottier had 18 goals and 30 points, which included a 5 goal game against the Flyers), even when weighed against Edmonton's offensive accomplishments later on.
And regarding your point about them being tired - 6 guys, I believe, played in the 1981 Canada Cup fiasco, so there was basically no summer off for guys like Gillies, Goring, Bossy, Trottier, Potvin, Smith, and maybe one or two others. It showed early on against the Penguins and the Rangers. I remember in Game 6 against the Rags, it looked like they got their second wind, and since Quebec and Vancouver were the two most ready made demolitions ever to get set up for any franchise for the last 2 rounds, it was fait accompli after that.
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Actually I am more optimistic than I have been in years. Even though they lost Tavares. After at least 20 years they finally have really good management. Let's face it they have had some pretty awful GM's. Maloney was not that great and Milbury was one of the worst in NHL history. Snow was better than them but really not that great. And Trotz is an upgrade in coaching. The thing I have trouble with from last year is that they added Barzal last year and were significantly worst than the year before. They stunk defensively. Especially with the lead. I know they need better goaltending but a better system and better coaching can also help a lot with that.
Remarkably, the Canucks scored enough goals to win both games in Uniondale in the finals, but they took too many stupid penalties and that was absolutely fatal with the power play the Islanders had. During this era, the Islanders often played their opponents evenly 5 on 5, and let their legendary power play make the difference.
Speaking of the Islanders, what kind of hockey team would have a dynasty in the 80s only to sink to despairing lows and fumble hard with management and contracts years down the road? Not to mention their colour combination of orange and blue?
Glad my team was never like that
Dr. Aisaitl lol
Eh, it was more like Connor McDavid, Bob Nicholson, Peter Chiarelli, and Todd McLellan that saved the Oilers. Sure, McDavid is one of the biggest reasons they're going to be a contender. But I can't imagine what the Oilers would be with Kevin Lowe and Craig MacTavish still in power of the team
Dr. Aisaitl milbury for so long, then Snow and that brings you up to date
I agree that the Canucks in '82 were the greatest cinderella team of all time. They had the least amount of talent for a team to make the finals. The Stars of '91 had far more talent at their disposal. The Canucks winning any of their playoff series were miraculous. Brodeur was an elite goalie but was surrounded by mediocre talent, with the exception of Gradin. The Canucks had more heart than skill. The Islanders were far too strong but the Canucks weren't a pushover. Even ex-Islanders have said the Canucks were tougher than the North Stars of '81, even though the Stars had more talent.
I wouldn't call Stan Smyl, Ivan Boldirev, Darcy Rota, Harold Snepsts and Richard Brodeur mediocre. They weren't HHOFers but mediocre they weren't. The problem was the lack of a goalscoring sniper and an offensive puck moving and power play quarterback defenseman. They actually had two in captain Kevin McCarthy and young Rick Lanz but unfortunately, McCarthy got injured on the eve of the playoffs and Lanz suffered a season-ending injury early in the season. Travel was also a factor for being one of two Pacific Time teams.
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im early
To bad you dont have the Fish sticks jersey yet doing this vidoe
Revisit the 1993 Leafs and 1996 Panthers
He's going in order
Legends Never Die yes I know I just wanted to suggest them lol
Ginny Ginny But you already know his doing it anyway, that doesn't make any sense.
SPENCER HEISLER what you wrote doesn't make sense, you handy fuck.
Why the islanders??
I am going year by year from 1981 to present champs, Pittsburgh.
Why not the Islanders?