Never once have I noticed the landscaping, air conditioner, fan, dishwasher, you name it, in the back of a video, of all times a KZfaqr has apologized for it. Create in comfort. We can soldier on with whatever distraction you think we're hearing, and we will be okay.

As soon as I saw Toronto hit the board I knew this was gonna be a good one

Crazy that the North stars had more playoff success than the Wild…that’s wild

I had a shower thought the other day: in their second season, the Kraken had already eclipsed the Blue Jackets franchise record for wins in one post season. Jackets should be bottom just for that alone in my opinion.

Shannon kicking the hornets’ nest and making the internet mad! 😁 You’re doing great!

Seattle placing higher than toronto 😂

What a lovely surprise this was tonight Shannon thanks

Honestly was expecting my Bolts to be higher but then I realized before 2015, they really only had maybe 3 or 4 seasons where they were a really good team 😂 8th is actually really respectable all things considered… The past 9 years have been a fever dream ⚡️

Turning point for two teams: when Detroit hired Islanders' head of scouting Jim Devellano. At that point the Islanders were a dynasty and Detroit was the "Dead Wings". Withing a couple of years Detroit was on the rise to become a consistent cup contender for 20+ years and the Islanders were on their way to Fishsticks.

As a wings fan watching them win 4 cups in my lifetime I want playoffs and have that cup drought feeling, but to be realistic I e been spoiled compared to other fans. Thanks for the video!

Dear lord, the spread sheet for this...

I think this is the highest that Shannon has ever had the Habs on a power ranking! That is, until they win the cup next year.

I was surprised Oilers were 3rd, thought the decade of darkness would lower us a lot. Lucky that we used to be good lol

If you end up doing a Sharks video like you said, one thing I'd be interested to hear your opinion on is if sending so many players to the Olympics compared to other teams played a role in not getting over the hump. I don't remember which year, but I felt like one Olympics they sent more players than any other NHL team, and by the time the playoffs rolled around, they didn't have anything left in the tank.

people forget the habs won the atlantic/northeast in 2013, 2015 and 2017. they also owned the Norris division too, being first from 1975 until 1982. the pedigree has always been there, it's just the stanley cup that needs to come back home in Montreal.

A most interesting and informative video. Thanks Shannon.

I love you, Shannon. Thank you for everything

It’s CRAZY hot here in Calgary, stay cool to everyone in Western Canada!

Cool concept I love stuff like this

Thankyou Shannon. Keep posting content. I’m already missing hockey. You make the off season easier

It is crazy you did this video today, I was literally looking at 80s teams and rankings today. 😂😂

You mentioned that you made a video years ago about the Blues almost moving to Saskatoon. There are so many interesting old videos on your channel. Would KZfaq allow you to recommend them? Call it the "video of the day from the archives."

Look at Pittsburgh, second city in Pennsylvania, joke of the league throughout the 80s, and yet they managed to become a model NHL franchise, as much as it pains me as a Wings fan, I have a ton of respect for the Penguins franchise and their players

As a Kings fan, I am surprised we were ranked as high as we were. One of the mind-blowing facts for me (in a bad way) is that the Kings have three times as many conference championships (3) as we do division championships (1). We've had a lot of bad years, and a lot of years where we were good, but never the best. My team has only won its division once, as in a single, one time in 56 years of existence. That's just insane. A lot of suffering was alleviated in 2012 and 2014.

Man this was very well done. As always 👏🏻👏🏻

In 1984, at 10 years old, the penguins became my team to watch. Because Lemieux. It’s been an amazing, lucky ride. With lows, and this feels like a dip to low again. We shall see.

Love the Rockies sweater

I started watching and attending Penguin games in 1979. First game vs the Rockies. Second game Edmonton being Gretzky’s NHL rookie season. We had season tickets starting in 1981 and gave them up after the 83-84 season in which the Pens had 38 points for the season. Average attendance for home games was around 8000 if I remember correctly. The 1989s were not good for the Penguins overall though they almost beat the SC Champs Islanders in the 1982 playoffs. Even though they got Lemieux in 1984, they were not good for awhile. They couldn’t beat Philadelphia especially at the Spectrum. It wasn’t until the late 80s when things started to improve dramatically with the acquisition of Paul Coffey, Tom Barrasso and others to put them on the road to the Cup in 1991. After their first Cup win, Pittsburgh became a destination for players wanting to play there.

Wow what a feat! That's over like 40 years my dude. Well done.

I’ve been watching your videos for a couple years and this is by far the highest I’ve ever seen the Habs on your power rankings. Super weird.

Great effort put into this! Nice job THG man.

I would've never imagined 15 years ago when I got back into hockey that I'd see us ranked as the 4 best franchise of the last 40 years. What a surreal experience it is to have a team like this (best defenseman in the league and a 140 point Hart winner) that's not just successful but insanely fun to watch too.

Gonna keep this list in mind when framing what teams are overall underdogs in future playoff runs

So stoked for the Sharks video you talked about! I love reliving the pain haha. 2000 and 2004 immediately come to mind. 😂

shannon is locked in during this offseason. im ready

From the year I was born to now. Awesome!!

I remember seeing the Rockies vs Flyers playoff series highlights on CBC in 1977 when I was a kid. My buddy's uncle played on the Colorado Rockies. I remember seeing a few Cleveland Barons highlights too when I was young. Islanders were my fave team back then and it was amazing seeing them win those Cups. I jumped off the Islanders bandwagon when Mike Milbury and brutal ownership were destroying the franchise. Nordiques had some classic playoff series in the 80s and were one of my fave teams. I always liked the Whalers but they usually struggled in the playoffs. I hated the Canadiens as a kid and still vividly remember Dino Cicerelli's rookie season when the North Stars eliminated the once-mighty Montreal club from the playoffs.

Habs 👀

Vegas number 11 in your power rankings with only 7 years. I will take it. This was awesome. Nice Video.

As a younger fan I didnt realize this but the Blues made the playoffs like 25 years in a row from the early 80s to the early 2000s. The fact that they didnt win a cup in those years has to be some kind of record.

All is right with the world when the Habs and Bruins are at the top of a power ranking and meet again in the playoffs and beat eachother as if the Cup was at stake.

wings should be first for the fact that they never won a lottery yet still was as good as they was

I can't hear your A/C when mine is running too 😁

KZfaqrs are always way more concerned about AC vs the amount of noise it makes.

Very fair rankings

Can you make a video for each team's best 5 year stretch in their franchise history. I thought it would be cool with each team having their own video. Maybe you can highlight key trades, the best players of the team in that time frame, playoff success.

Shannon woke up and chose violence. Love it!

If I did a similar ranking, Habs would probably be the number one team. So thank You for making me feel old.

Looking forward to that Sharks video! That era of Sharks hockey was amazing and looking back I never realized how spoiled I was. Shame they never won it all with that core but it was still a good time to be a Sharks fan.

Shannon I would love to know who your greatest teams of all time is

If only the RedWings could be #2 overall in MY lifetime lol

I was close. I had Detroit 1st and Edmonton 2nd. But I didn't have the stats and I really didn't become a serious hockey fan until 1995. I forgot about Pitt's wins in the 1990's

Tampa coming in at 7 when they cam into the league in 1993 is insane! I wonder what it looks like if Shannon starts with the 90-91 season. They essentially get 13 0's with this current year format and still performed top ten. Great video as always!

this feels like a covid summer video and i love it

Crosby will continue to play until the next superstar from the Q falls on their lap. That's how the franchise work.

My poor ‘Yotes. C’est la guerre.

Go Penguins!

Got my attention with Patrick Roy and looks like 1986 with the white mask. Awesome video Shannon Let’s Go Knights ⚔️🏆

Great to see the Wings higher than I expected (Bc of the Dead Wings). If it was from the time I started watching in 92-93 Im pretty sure they would be first.

The air conditioner has like zero effect on the audio.

The world does not deserve THG's videos, he is enriching us all.

Love where the Blues ended up!

The top row has an interesting mix of teams that either play consistently well (but not overpowering) for a long time and teams that use scorched-earth rebuilds to amass a powerhouse team, so kudos to you for designing a points system that allows both types of teams to score well. However, I'd still rather see Cup winners like Florida and Calgary placed above teams that perennially choke in the playoffs.

I remember when Pittsburgh almost lost their franchise in the late 90s and they couldn't afford to pay Jaromir Jagr anymore. Crosby literally saved the franchise with a lucky draft lottery ball. Oilers had that long brutal stretch until that lucky draft lottery ball got them Connor McDavid too. Mmm ... Maybe a lucky lottery ball is more important than a good GM ;-P

I would love a video on the Sharks. It baffles me how that organization doesn’t have a Stanley cup. So many great players and teams throughout the years

WE ARENT 32!!! WOOO! I'll take 31!

I agree with this list!

I'm just wondering where Corey Perry lands for all of his cup final appearances, lol

26 hurts but is not surprising; 7 feels sooooooooooo high, but so heartwarming, as a fan who started watching hockey in 95-96.

That was fun. Agonizing as a Stars fan, but fun!

These vids are cool 😎.

Very interesting to note that every team on the board has had at least one run of no playoffs/just miserable hockey despite their overall success.

Crazy to think that every time Ovi and Crosby met in the 2nd round the winner won the cup. If those series fall the other way the caps could’ve been top 10 on this list

I wouldn't say Dallas misses the playoffs a lot. In 30 seasons, they made the playoffs 19 times and missed 11. 63% of the time they get in

The biggest surprise for me is Montreal! It feels like they were never good in my lifetime, aside from the 1 finals run

No matter how you slice it Toronto would be at the bottom for this timeframe.

5 out of 7 canadian teams in the bottom 3rd of the league. That explains the "drought"

Penguins are going to tank next for the 2026 draft and get Mckenna

Why isn't Atlanta/Calgary in the moved category? They moved to Calgary in 1980, which is this video's start date, but they did move.

As a 30-year Panthers fan, this is very accurate. Until Viola and Cifu bought this team, it was a different flavor of hell every year since 96. I still feel like somebody is going to pinch me, and it'll all have been a dream, and we'll be cellar dwellers again.

oh youre already on vacation. that was fast.

If Detroit beats Pittsburgh in the '09 final, do the teams swap spots in this ranking?

I feel like the Nashville one is a very direct grade on David Poile and the Red Wings one is grading Ken Holland.

In Grier we trust 🙏

as my math teachers told me, "Show your work!"

I don't even hear the AC on or off.... Leave that sucker on! I hate being hot

I figured the devils in around 7,8,9 from the get go. When we are good HOT damn. When we are bad... Yikes lol

The fact that Boston is ahead of my Habs fills me with a great depression. Hello Darkness my old friend...

Hockey guy should make a video about taking his three favourite teams ( Boston Van Dallas ) constructing a team from all the years he's watched and doing a review if he thinks that team could win this year's cup. The rules for the assessment is if you take a player off a specific line you cannot take another player off that same line and throw him on the second line if they are of the same position and from the same line. Line ones construction must be all top liners and native LW native C native RWers Line two all line two'ers with native LW Native C Native RW. Ect goalies too starter native with backup native. Coaches .. head coach native assistant native ect. All old players are evaluated and applied as if they had modern technology and training. Players can't all be in their primes so balance hypothetical ages. You can pick atleast 2 superstars in prime years in the forwards and defenceman . Team dosent have to be all veterans either. Salary cap and past injuries dont need to apply either. It would be a fun video for you to do Shannon and informative about your favourite teams.❤ Please as THG fans vote this comment to encourage Shannon!! I forgot to mention the defence same rules apply!!! So If you are generally into the concept please vote this I'm sure Shannon would love this 💡!!!

The Sharks 10-15 years ago were a little like the Canes the past few years except probably better. Very strong. Oddly, there's the Burns connection.

Isles fan here, 16th is perfect we are the most mediocre team anyways lol. Since the 80s this has been a struggle. Management is happy they are mediocre and can grab some extra cash for a playoff game maybe but we aren’t a serious threat to be contenders, well ever

Shannon, can you confirm that the 1983 Stanley Cup final loss was included in your Oilers calculations? You just mentioned 2006 & 2024 in your video.

Was that the original power rankings board before the puck board??

the stars the nucks the bruins oh my

Okay, so lets do one on teams and Number One draft picks and your Voodoo math...

I own a gorgeous, Lanny MacDonald Rockies sweater.

Go Wings!

Seeing the islanders with 3 cups (79-80 isn't counted for this) and in the middle is so crazy to me.

Rocky hockey!

Hell yeah go Penguins! 🐧