Shannon you forgot to rank the NHL's victory over the NHLPA in the 2004-05 season. Personally I think that was a grueling and impressive run by the league and they really earned that championship.

The commitment to put the cap back on the marker every single time, i couldnt do that

the 2002 wings were one of the most stacked teams ever

Next week you should do runner up power rankings. That would be fun to watch as well.

I feel like everyone is misunderstanding this video. This is not about who is the "best" team, it's about how impressive the path they got there was. For example, us NJ Devils fans would consider strength of rosters of teams to be 1. 2000, 2. 2003, 3. 1995 (with 2001 as everyone's favorite if they had won!). But the 2003 team finished #2 in the East, played one true top team (#1 Ottawa), one Cinderella story (Anaheim) and two teams 15 to 21 points bellow them in the standings. On the other hand 2000 played the defending Cup champions Stars, came back down 3-1 against the Flyers (#1 team in the East), took down a 100 point Toronto team and swept a strong 98 point Panthers team. Even more impressive, the 1995 Devils were #5 in the East, while defeating #4 Boston & #3 Pittsburgh in 5 games a piece, outmatched the Legion of Doom #2 Flyers then swept the Presidents Trophy winning Detroit Red Wings.

Damn, Canadian teams have less cups then Ovechkin has teeth...Impressive

This will be an explosive comment section

From a Leaf's fan, I have no clue how you have those Detroit teams that low, even with your explanation. They faced some tough teams (Colorado, Pens, Vancouver), and steam rolled through the playoffs. Lost 6/22 games in 2008 and 7/23 games in 2002. Meh to each their own but those were some of the most dominant teams, from players, to coaching to leadership. They had it all.

having the 2008 red wings at 22 but 2009 Pittsburgh at 11 is just straight disrepectful lol

Hoping to see the 2014 Kings higher. Yes we knew what they were capable of, but they were only a 6 seed, overcame a 3-0 deficit in round 1, and won 3 straight game 7s on the road, including an unforgettable double-OT game 7 in Chicago to cap off one of the greatest playoff series of the 2000s. To be fair the Final was comparatively anti-climactic.

The 07-09 wings and pens should be close to each other. Change my mind.

I miss hockey. This was good, thank you shannon. I can't wait for the runner up video, I have a soft spot Giguere's Ducks and Luongos Canucks, two teams absolutely willed to the cusp of a championship by their goalies. Such amazing heroics should not be forgotten.

For the 2014 kings, everyone knew whoever won the Chicago-L.A. series was gunna win it all. Not saying the team wasn’t good, but the hawks kings series was a tougher battle than the cup final. All the way to game 7 overtime.

Was getting worried there wasn't going to be a video today. Thank you for the amazing content, especially over the past month

love the Pens gear here

Man, what an impressive video! I just love your enthusiasm for the game and how unbiased you are in all your videos. With that being said, I think that 2002 Red Wings team was the absolute best. Cheers from Michigan!

Thank you for a fascinating and unique analysis!

2012 playoffs Quick was the greatest goaltending performance stretch to date, JSG in 2003 or whenever was also really impressive but you could have taken Drew Doughty and Alec Martinez away and the kings probably still win it

Fantastic idea for a video. A question I never thought I had

As a Pens fan, it’s insane to put the 17 team ahead of the 16 team. The 16 team got hot late in January and never cooled off. On most nights they dominated the other team on the stat sheet and the scoreboard. Going into the playoffs, their advanced stats were insane for a team that started so poorly that year. Then even come playoff time they outplayed the Rangers badly, outplayed Washington, got tested by Tampa but prevailed, and decimated San Jose. If you look at some of those victories statistically, it’s insane how badly they outplayed elite teams, with that cup final against San Jose being the best example. The 17 team on the other hand had no Letang and played a much more collapse defensively and score on the rush style of hockey. They blocked shots, Fleury and Murray bailed them out big time against Washington and Nashville respectively, and they barely survived a conference final against a very mediocre Ottawa team. Heck, even though the Columbus series ended 4-1 PIT, Columbus had the better of the play in most games. Bobrovsky just cratered while Fleury stole the show. The 17 team should have been in the top 5 or 10 weakest cup champs, not the top 10 best. The 16 team at 9 would seem relatively accurate to me.

Love my Sunday morning routine. Coffee and Power Rankings. Thanks Shannon!

No special effects or graphics or anything exciting but I’m just hooked on everything Shannon puts on his white board. This channel is awesome and another good idea from the hockey guy

oh man i'm not even 1 minute in the video and i can already tell you''ll make alot of people pissed lmfao keep up the good work Shanon!

2008 wings imo are the best team post lockout

Hey Shannon congrats on the success with the channel. I've been following since under 5k subscribers and will be with ya when you hit a million. Or whenever you get onto some major sports network.

I needed something to listen to while I shave, thanks!

great video as usual, thanks for making these videos they really help in these hard times. i have a recommendation for a video series, could you do a dissperial draft for each nhl team. you could have the top 20 regular players plus 5 extra shakers and 5 prospects. i think it could be interesting to see which player went taken first and which one went 30. i think with salary, age and production you could see some players go higher or lower than expected.

But... what about those 2030 Sabres?

I'd argue that the 2013 Boston-Chicago final was the most entertaining series. I agree though, you should do a power rankings for that too. We have the time to watch!

Awesome video idea Shannon!

Awesome job! Any list with the Pens at number one is a solid list. That was probably the best team of all time.

Interesting that you didn't mention the Game 7s and reverse sweep from own 0-3 for the 2014 LA Kings

One of the great things about the 2015 Blackhawks was that they played 2 and a half rounds of hockey with basically 4 defensemen. Rozsival broke his leg against the Wild and Timonen barely played 10 minutes most nights. We split time mostly between Seabrook, Keith, Hjalmarsson, and Oduya. Keith averaged 31 minutes of ice time for the entire playoffs. That's insane. Outside the top 4 nobody averaged more than 9 minutes of ice time

Lots of effort. Thanks for all that you do. The 2011-12 Kings also were the 8th seed in the conference and the road team each round and went 16-4 in four rounds. Kings fan since mid 70's

I think titling of the vide could better align with the rankings provided: The most dominant Stanley Cup runs. This would be reinforced by those 2nd of back to back teams being placed above as well as the apparent emphasis placed on sweeps/winning streaks therein.

2014 kings picked up Gaborik who went absolutely insane in the playoffs. 14 goals, 22 points in 26 games. 1st in goals, 4th in points.

138k. Whoo hoo! Thanks for all you do.

Oilers fan here. VERY good list. Only teams that look out of place are 2012, LA, who I'd move down to 11th, 1996 Colorado, who I'd move up to 6th and 2007 Anaheim, who I'd move up to 7th. That Anaheim team not only had the best 1 -2 punch on the blueline that I've ever seen since I began watching hockey in the 80's; it also had a back-up goalie put up great numbers in 5 playoff games plus 3 incredible weapons up front in Getslaf, Perry and Selane. They also sported what I believe to be the best checking line I've ever seen in a playoff run. That team was nearly indestructible.

As a Wings fan since the mid 90s, I understand the 2008 teams rank, but I would really like to hear your math on the 2002 team, I feel like they should be higher because they dominated, but I can understand how they were heavy favorites. Just would like to see how you did that rating. Thanks for another great video Shannon, keep up the great work!

Now I see where you're going with this. The 1992 Pittsburgh Penguins Swept My Chicago Black Hawks and the Plays Became Highlights for The Jean Claude Van Damme Movie Sudden Death, even though it's not accurate, since, as mentioned Pittsburgh had Swept My Chicago Black Hawks, but, it was fun seeing all of these Hockey Players (Dirk Graham, Mario Lemieux, and others) in The Movie.

2010 playoffs were incredible

My #1 93 habs (remembered that like it was yesterday) 11 overtime wins, roy was fantastic, LA was the favored team with Gretzky, and Mcsorley's stick call..what a memorable run.

I MASSIVELY disagree about the 2002 Red Wings. All of their Western Conference opponents were very formidable. Vancouver with the West Coast Express line as an OPENING round team? That was a very good eighth seed, and after an admittedly slow start, the Red Wings went right through them in six. They also only took five games to go through St. Louis with Chris Pronger, who was only two years off a Hart Trophy. They also took out a defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado in a tough series, but a 7-0 win in Game 7. Carolina was a fairly weak Stanley Cup Final opponent. Probably the stronger team from the East that year would have been Boston or Toronto. But they still went through them in five. It was never really in doubt. This, on top of the fact that the team has 10 Hall of Famers or future Hall of Famers and also ran through the regular season as a one seed, with 15 more points than the next highest team in the entire league. That's unique even by the standards of Cup champions.

Why am I watching this? It's just depressing... Anybody arguing over the placement of their team in this are just spoiled lol

The '92 final was the first NHL game I watched (I was only 12) and is where I became a Hawks fan. What makes the Pens run even more impressive is that Chicago had set a record for consecutive playoff wins but we were still swept in the final.

The reverse sweep should have gotten the 2014 Kings put higher because that is so difficult to do plus key games like game 5 and game 7 were on the road. Plus they played 3 road Game 7s to get to the Finals

If you're taking suggestions for video ideas, I think it would be interesting to examine something like "most dramatic drop offs of production/hit by the aging curve" video. I know you did a "flash in the pan" one before, and I think looking at people like say Rod Brind'Amour who seemed to defy age and then just hit a wall would be cool.

Nice video, you should do power rankings for the best runner up teams that lost in the Cup Final for fun

I think shannon is trying to make people mad

Idea for a fun video: "Player's who hasn't won a Stanley cup, (not just current players but historically) and who would "deserve" it the most. Thinking like a top 15 or something. Counting games played, captaincy, team loyalty and so on. Love the content. Greetings from Sweden.

It's a really tough comparison. I see a trend which makes sense. The top 3 all won the finals in sweeps, while 4 of the bottom 6 won in 7 games. Tampa Bay in 2004 and Dallas in 1999 both won with controversies involved.

You're absolutely correct about The 2012 kings, they could beat anyone on that board in a seven game series. That would be a very interesting topic for you to do..

Imo it will for awhile be the 2012 Kings. Only team to go up 3-0 in every series, they went 11-1 on the road, they knocked off all of the division winners in the west, and I believe Quick set the record for best save percentage by a cup winning goalie.

Go Devils!!

I enjoyed the video. I was a bit surprised by how night the Blues were ranked. Also, can’t disagree with your rankings especially the top 10. On a different note, did anyone else get presented with a 40 minute ad by KZfaq in the middle of this video? I want to support the vloggers, so I watch the ads. But, a 40 minute ad (and that’s in addition to all the other ads) for a 28 minute video is absurd. So, Shannon how much of a ridiculously long ad do I have to watch before you at least get some credit for my viewing it?

The 09 wings could have easily been another back to back. I wonder where that would have put them on the list?

Would love to see that video of best ever finals video..so hard to do since always seems like one average team gets hot thru 3 rds then fades out badly in finals..but i have all finals games play by play in beta and VHS and dvd from 1973 to present and my fav to watch by far is 1984 oilers vs islanders..old going out and new coming in so to apeak! And my fav games of all them is... 3. Gm1 of 2006 finals 2. Gm4 of 1992 finals 1. Gm4 of 1978 finals Just fyi lol.

I remember seeing an interview with Brendan Shanahan saying something to the effect of, "The '97/'98 Wings would have beaten the shit out of the 2002 Wings."

“Thank god we finally have the St. Louis blues as Stanley cup champions so we can end that conversation” cheers to that 🍻

12:47 - "you could play it on the moon" i see you're giving the NHL more expansion ideas

As a young Minnesota Wild fan who has unfortunately not had that satisfaction yet of saying that the wild are cup champs heres my opinion. Most impressive champs on that board 2018-19 St Louis Blues that was a special team to be down and out in December and start of January and then flip a switch win 11 in a row and then just have an excellent last half of the season was amazing and Binnington coming out of nowhere that was special to watch some of my favorite games of the stanley cup playoffs was from the 2019 season and some of them were blues games. That cup final against boston and the series against dallas was pure intensity and I enjoyed every moment of the 2nd round and the cup final

02 Red Wings should be #1... That team was LOADED

Can we get a revised list please?Since my team won back to back since you made this.

I like how the ref-assisted 2009 cup is more impressive than 2008. #YesImStillSalty

As a Hawks fan I think the series vs Anaheim in 2015 was the best series I've ever watched and the finals were the best I've ever seen as well (slight bias). It was slightly painful to see your #1 pick

I would actually flip the 2016 and 2017 Penguins. Obviously very similar teams, but I think the 2016 team was a little more complete.

Can you do a series for all star teams for each team? Like teams best c, lw, rw, d pair and goalie for each team based on their performance while they played for that team.

That 01 Avs team I think should be higher, they lost one of best players in the world (Peter Forsberg), had to best a good St Louis team in 5 games and than they took out the defending Stanley cup champs with hall of famers like Scott Stevens, Scott Neidermayer, Martin Brodeur, Patrick Elias, Alexander Mogilny. Those are the hall of famers I can think of, but New Jersey had great players like Bobby Holik, Scott Gomez Petr Sykora, John Madden, Ken Daneyko.

Nice video. My winners are Detroit 2002 Hašek Shanahan Chelios Yezrman Fedorov Larionov Lindström Robitaile Hull Draper Datsyuk Holmström

Watching this after the lightning’s back to back cups. Wondering where you world rank them 🤔

i believe the 2012 kings had a 3-0 lead in every series.

Would love to see one for finalist!!

I resent the idea that a "shortened" season means the cup is easier to win and therefore doesn't count. That is essentially saying that the other teams weren't trying and weren't in the same situation. If anything a shortened season makes it harder since every team is at their best

Caps cup team was stacked. Top 6 had superstars and bottom 6 had guys like DSP, Eller, Connolly, burakovsky, who stepped up every game. No matter when they were down in a series they always ended up winning. No team was beating them

Surprised at the Pens ones! As a Pens fan I've always ranked our teams as 2016, 2009, and then 2017 in last

Every single "uuuuh" just about blows out my speakers...

I 100% agree with us at 15. We were no doubt a great roster top to bottom but definitely had those scares against Columbus and Tampa Bay. No doubt though we are a top 15.

Having the 2013 blackhawks listed as anything but the best blackhawks team ever should be a crime. They faced four other cup wins in their playoff run, only went to seven once, and won the presidents trophy. This team was simply the best in franchise history

Blackhawks 2013 at #17 for 17 seconds 😎

As a Canucks fan please dont do a finalist power rankings. 2011 haunts me

I'm obviously biased, but with Detroit in 2002, they went 0-for-April and lost games 1 and 2 to Vancouver before flipping the switch and playing to their potential of Hall of Fame hockey. And in 2008 when Chris Osgood takes over for Hasek and wins his second Cup ten years after his first. (has anyone else ever had multiple Cups over 10 years beside Roy?) Those are great stories, but I agree the teams were so good that in hindsight, winning the Cup wasn't a shock. But 1998! C'mon! They lose Konstantinov and Vernon, and still repeat?!

Is that hat from this season, I can't find it anywhere?

Do a video of fantasy Stanley Cup finals that would be awesome to watch

The 08 Red Wings are top 5. Never faced elimination, 9 game winning streak, outshot opponents by the largest margin ever in the playoffs (+284), 2nd best playoff goal differential on this list, they only allowed 40 goals! 3 playoff hat tricks, 6 shorties, and they dominated every single round. How are they in the 20ds???

As a canes fan people always put down the 06 win but a win is a win doesn’t matter how you get there or who with

The Pens did go on a run in 92, but the winning streak you mention might be the 93 pens - 17 game win streak. Also if David Volek doesn’t score, and the Pens win in 93 they’re the best team of all time. At least on that board. People want to say ‘11 Canucks are the best team to not win a cup, ‘93 Pens say “hold my beer”

I was wondering what websites do you use to find all the news for hockey and baseball? What are some good books to read to get more history about baseball? Do you have any suggestions? Is it okay to root for 3 teams?

The '13 Blackhawks were more special than the '15: The "streak", the comeback against DET, the dispatching of the grueling Kings, 2 goals in 17 seconds...

The 14' Kings weren't dominant but put 4 absolutely tremendous playoff series together, the reverse sweep against the Sharks, first ever playoff meeting between the Kings and Ducks, the Kings-Hawk's classic and quite possibly the best most competitive 5 game series ever in the finals, great hockey all around but definitely not dominating

Ohh that #30 gets me fired up

The Pens may have won back to back since the channel started, but their first championship season began the year I was born, so...I take credit for the five cups haha. Not really. I had a feeling '92 would be the top Pens team, but I wasn't trying to look too much into the jersey selection, I thought you really might put Detroit on top up until the end.

If datsyuk didn’t miss the first 5 games of the 09 final, I think the series would have already been over. They were up 3-2 when he came back but he was probably at 40%. If he doesn’t get hurt against Chicago, he’s a totally different player and probably what they needed to finish the series in 4 or 5. Then fleury stood on his head and single handedly won the series. Both years the wings outplayed the pens. Unfortunately they had babcock as their coach lol. The 08 and 09 teams were loaded and dragged down by babcock.

Strength of opposition metric basically punishes teams with better regular seasons since they draw the weaker teams in the first two rounds.

Great video, Shannon. But I would put up higher 2014 LA and 2018 Washington.

Definitely do Stanley cup finalists, would be very interesting to see

Never have I been so happy to see the Blues magnet on your board. Could have been 30 and it wouldn’t have mattered a bit.

Patrick sharp also saw Patrick Kane’s goal go in on the ice

How are the blues 20th? Looking at all the teams they should’ve at least cracked top 10 at the least top 5 at most

92's Penguins roster was crazy

Stanley cup finalists would be intresting