11-12-2004, 02:29 PM
Consider yourself unfriended! I should have known that sooner or later I would fall victim to your sarcasm, Neil. :lol: I'm just a bit homesick, I suppose.
-Jenna
-Jenna
11-12-2004, 02:29 PM
11-12-2004, 02:42 PM
Jenna_Bird Wrote:Consider yourself unfriended!Ha! I love it. But you'll be back...they always come back.
:twisted: Jenna_Bird Wrote:I should have known that sooner or later I would fall victim to your sarcasm, Neil. :lol:Ah, sooner or later, everyone does. You got TOUQUED!! hee hee...
11-12-2004, 03:02 PM
55-56 Habs or the 76-77 Habs.
I mean, when you only lose 8 frigging games all year ... at that point it's just monotony. Poor Ken Dryden leaning on his stick, waiting for the puck to come up to his end....
I mean, when you only lose 8 frigging games all year ... at that point it's just monotony. Poor Ken Dryden leaning on his stick, waiting for the puck to come up to his end....
11-13-2004, 04:33 PM
1976-77 Montreal Canadiens...no contest!
Goals for 387 - goals against 171 = plus 216!!!
No one else comes close,...well except maybe the '75-'76 Canadiens and the '77-'78 Canadiens. The Oilers of the '80's??? I don't think so...they could score but they didn't know a thing about defense,
Jay
Goals for 387 - goals against 171 = plus 216!!!
No one else comes close,...well except maybe the '75-'76 Canadiens and the '77-'78 Canadiens. The Oilers of the '80's??? I don't think so...they could score but they didn't know a thing about defense,
Jay
11-17-2004, 11:42 AM
1976-77 Montreal Canadiens sweep the 1926-27 Ottawa Senators! :thumb:
They have complete stats too! :lol:
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They have complete stats too! :lol:
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11-17-2004, 12:00 PM
GO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumb:
11-17-2004, 12:25 PM
jvjones Wrote:1976-77 Montreal Canadiens...no contest!Much as I hate to admit it (being a Leaf fan and all)...I have to agree. Just count the number of players who went on to become Hall of Famers/coaches/GMs from that group...it's staggering...
Goals for 387 - goals against 171 = plus 216!!!
No one else comes close,...well except maybe the '75-'76 Canadiens and the '77-'78 Canadiens. The Oilers of the '80's??? I don't think so...they could score but they didn't know a thing about defense,
Jay
Stat of the day...19 of 30 NHL teams scored 216 goals or less TOTAL last season!...my how things have changed...
11-17-2004, 09:34 PM
I hear no votes for the 2003-04 Pittsburgh Penguins. You're all insane.
11-17-2004, 10:47 PM
grooveless touque Wrote:I hear no votes for the 2003-04 Pittsburgh Penguins. You're all insane.
Thanks... funniest thing I've heard all day! :lol:
02-03-2005, 11:45 PM
Well they're down to the Finals now!
As most have picked here, it's the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens vs. 1983-84 Edmonton Oilers!
GO HABS! :thumb:
From nhl.com:
Quest Finals pits '77 Habs vs. '84 Oilers
Two of the finest teams to ever grace the National Hockey League meet in NHL.com's Quest for the Best tournament finals beginning Friday, the second-seeded 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens and the fourth-seeded 1983-84 Edmonton Oilers.
Both teams featured superstar offensive players in Montreal's Guy Lafleur and Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky, plus a solid cast of talented forwards, a high-quality defensive corps and Hockey Hall of Fame Goalies in the Canadiens' Ken Dryden and the Oilers' Grant Fuhr.
The Canadiens defeated the sixth-seeded 1971-72 Boston Bruins in five games in the Quest for the Best semifinals. Prior to that, they eliminated the No. 26 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings; the No. 18 2000-01 Colorado Avalanche and the No. 31 1926-27 Ottawa Senators.
The Oilers downed the No. 24 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games in the semifinals. Edmonton also eliminated the No. 28 1988-89 Calgary Flames; the No. 20 1993-94 New York Rangers and the No. 29 1931-32 Toronto Maple Leafs.
The tourney has gone pretty much according to form. The first and third seeds fell to the defeated semifinalists. The top-seeded 1955-56 Montreal Canadiens were eliminated in the third round by the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins and the No. 3 1981-82 New York Islanders fell in the same round to the 1971-72 Boston Bruins.
The 1976-77 Canadiens were one of the finest NHL teams ever. They were coming off the second of their four-straight Stanley Cup victories and fourth Stanley Cup of the decade.
Lafleur was at the height of his abilities. He led the NHL with 80 assists and 136 points, finishing second in goals to linemate Steve Shutt's 60 goals. It was the second of Lafleur's three-straight Art Ross Trophies and Lester B. Pearson Awards and the first of his two consecutive Hart Trophies. Lafleur also won the Conn Smythe Trophy after scoring nine goals and adding 17 assists for 26 points in the Stanley Cup Playoffs that culminated in Montreal's first of two-straight Finals sweeps over the Boston Bruins. Dryden won the third of his five Vezina Trophies.
The team also boasted the Big Three on defense -- Larry Robinson, Serge Savard and Guy Lapointe, ably assisted by defensemen Rick Chartraw, Bill Nyrop and Pierre Bouchard. Bob Gainey and Doug Jarvis built unrivaled reputations as defensive forwards. The Canadiens also featured enough brawn to master the rugged Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers of that era. In addition to his fine hockey skills -- Robinson had 208 goals and 958 points in 1,384 NHL games -- Robinson was one of the toughest players in the League. Yvon Lambert, Bouchard and Chartraw helped keep things honest, as well.
The 1983-84 Edmonton Oilers were in only their fifth year in the NHL, although they had played the previous seven seasons in the old World Hockey Association and were one of four WHA franchises to transfer into the established League. They won the Smythe Division championship for the first time in their third NHL season, 1981-82, when they were upset in the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Los Angeles Kings in the series that featured the famed "Miracle on Manchester" game won by the Kings. They again won the Smythe the next season as well as the Campbell Conference championship but were swept in the Stanley Cup Finals by the New York Islanders, who were winning their fourth-straight championship.
Glory finally came in 1984 and the Oilers would win the Stanley Cup again in 1985. They would also win Stanley Cups in 1987, 1988 and 1990.
Gretzky was the greatest offensive force in the history of the NHL. He led the League in 1983-84 with 87 goals, 118 assists and 205 points. Gretzky's 1.18 goals per game that season is a record for players scoring 50 or more goals in a season. He led the playoffs that year with 22 assists and 35 points. Gretzky played 19 seasons and retired as the all-time leader with 894 goals, 1,963 assists and 2,857 points.
He won the Hart Trophy (regular-season MVP) nine times and the Conn Smythe Trophy (postseason MVP) twice. Gretzky was the regular-season scoring champion (Art Ross Trophy) 10 times and captured the Lady Byng Trophy as the most gentlemanly player five times. His plus-76 rating in 1983-84 was the League's best and he was tops in plus-minus three other times. He was an NHL First All-Star Team selection eight times and Second team seven times. He was ineligible for the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL rookie of the year, but was the WHA's rookie of the year in 1979. Gretzky was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999.
But the Oilers were about a lot more than Gretzky. Mark Messier was a fierce second-line center, highly skilled in technical areas of the game and a dominant performer who would not be out-muscled by any other player. Glenn Anderson was a prolific scorer as was Gretzky's right wing, Jari Kurri, possessor of the finest one-timer the NHL has ever seen. The defense included high-scoring Paul Coffey and a group of defensive defensemen as good as any NHL team ever had, including Kevin Lowe, Charlie Huddy, Randy Gregg, Don Jackson and Lee Fogolin. Dave Semenko, Dave Hunter, Messier and Fogolin provided protection for Gretzky and the other smaller forwards. Fuhr was ably backed by Andy Moog.
http://www.nhl.com/fancentral/fungames/q...20305.html
As most have picked here, it's the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens vs. 1983-84 Edmonton Oilers!
GO HABS! :thumb:
From nhl.com:
Quest Finals pits '77 Habs vs. '84 Oilers
Two of the finest teams to ever grace the National Hockey League meet in NHL.com's Quest for the Best tournament finals beginning Friday, the second-seeded 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens and the fourth-seeded 1983-84 Edmonton Oilers.
Both teams featured superstar offensive players in Montreal's Guy Lafleur and Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky, plus a solid cast of talented forwards, a high-quality defensive corps and Hockey Hall of Fame Goalies in the Canadiens' Ken Dryden and the Oilers' Grant Fuhr.
The Canadiens defeated the sixth-seeded 1971-72 Boston Bruins in five games in the Quest for the Best semifinals. Prior to that, they eliminated the No. 26 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings; the No. 18 2000-01 Colorado Avalanche and the No. 31 1926-27 Ottawa Senators.
The Oilers downed the No. 24 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games in the semifinals. Edmonton also eliminated the No. 28 1988-89 Calgary Flames; the No. 20 1993-94 New York Rangers and the No. 29 1931-32 Toronto Maple Leafs.
The tourney has gone pretty much according to form. The first and third seeds fell to the defeated semifinalists. The top-seeded 1955-56 Montreal Canadiens were eliminated in the third round by the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins and the No. 3 1981-82 New York Islanders fell in the same round to the 1971-72 Boston Bruins.
The 1976-77 Canadiens were one of the finest NHL teams ever. They were coming off the second of their four-straight Stanley Cup victories and fourth Stanley Cup of the decade.
Lafleur was at the height of his abilities. He led the NHL with 80 assists and 136 points, finishing second in goals to linemate Steve Shutt's 60 goals. It was the second of Lafleur's three-straight Art Ross Trophies and Lester B. Pearson Awards and the first of his two consecutive Hart Trophies. Lafleur also won the Conn Smythe Trophy after scoring nine goals and adding 17 assists for 26 points in the Stanley Cup Playoffs that culminated in Montreal's first of two-straight Finals sweeps over the Boston Bruins. Dryden won the third of his five Vezina Trophies.
The team also boasted the Big Three on defense -- Larry Robinson, Serge Savard and Guy Lapointe, ably assisted by defensemen Rick Chartraw, Bill Nyrop and Pierre Bouchard. Bob Gainey and Doug Jarvis built unrivaled reputations as defensive forwards. The Canadiens also featured enough brawn to master the rugged Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers of that era. In addition to his fine hockey skills -- Robinson had 208 goals and 958 points in 1,384 NHL games -- Robinson was one of the toughest players in the League. Yvon Lambert, Bouchard and Chartraw helped keep things honest, as well.
The 1983-84 Edmonton Oilers were in only their fifth year in the NHL, although they had played the previous seven seasons in the old World Hockey Association and were one of four WHA franchises to transfer into the established League. They won the Smythe Division championship for the first time in their third NHL season, 1981-82, when they were upset in the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Los Angeles Kings in the series that featured the famed "Miracle on Manchester" game won by the Kings. They again won the Smythe the next season as well as the Campbell Conference championship but were swept in the Stanley Cup Finals by the New York Islanders, who were winning their fourth-straight championship.
Glory finally came in 1984 and the Oilers would win the Stanley Cup again in 1985. They would also win Stanley Cups in 1987, 1988 and 1990.
Gretzky was the greatest offensive force in the history of the NHL. He led the League in 1983-84 with 87 goals, 118 assists and 205 points. Gretzky's 1.18 goals per game that season is a record for players scoring 50 or more goals in a season. He led the playoffs that year with 22 assists and 35 points. Gretzky played 19 seasons and retired as the all-time leader with 894 goals, 1,963 assists and 2,857 points.
He won the Hart Trophy (regular-season MVP) nine times and the Conn Smythe Trophy (postseason MVP) twice. Gretzky was the regular-season scoring champion (Art Ross Trophy) 10 times and captured the Lady Byng Trophy as the most gentlemanly player five times. His plus-76 rating in 1983-84 was the League's best and he was tops in plus-minus three other times. He was an NHL First All-Star Team selection eight times and Second team seven times. He was ineligible for the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL rookie of the year, but was the WHA's rookie of the year in 1979. Gretzky was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999.
But the Oilers were about a lot more than Gretzky. Mark Messier was a fierce second-line center, highly skilled in technical areas of the game and a dominant performer who would not be out-muscled by any other player. Glenn Anderson was a prolific scorer as was Gretzky's right wing, Jari Kurri, possessor of the finest one-timer the NHL has ever seen. The defense included high-scoring Paul Coffey and a group of defensive defensemen as good as any NHL team ever had, including Kevin Lowe, Charlie Huddy, Randy Gregg, Don Jackson and Lee Fogolin. Dave Semenko, Dave Hunter, Messier and Fogolin provided protection for Gretzky and the other smaller forwards. Fuhr was ably backed by Andy Moog.
http://www.nhl.com/fancentral/fungames/q...20305.html
02-04-2005, 01:28 AM
GO HABS!!!!!!!!
02-04-2005, 09:15 AM
Les Canadiens should take this one in 4 or 5 games. To go back to my previous post, let's compare the goals for and goals against.
'76-'77 Canadiens were +216.
'83-'84 Oilers were +132.
That's a difference of 84. Basically the Canadiens were a goal a game better than the Oilers.
Now let's get this lockout resolved so we don't have to worry about fantasy games!
Jay
'76-'77 Canadiens were +216.
'83-'84 Oilers were +132.
That's a difference of 84. Basically the Canadiens were a goal a game better than the Oilers.
Now let's get this lockout resolved so we don't have to worry about fantasy games!
Jay
02-04-2005, 01:24 PM
GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO!
02-04-2005, 02:45 PM
I vote for the 50whatever Habs. They won five cups in a row. Maurice freaking Richard.
The 84 Oilers would be a close number 2.
The 84 Oilers would be a close number 2.
02-04-2005, 04:25 PM
The Darkest Canuck Wrote:GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO!:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: