"We being invaded? That'd be news." - The Hockey Guy

The 04 avalanche had Kariya, Selanne, Sakic, Forsberg, Foote, Blake, Hejduk, and Tanguay. It's incredible how underwhelming that team ended up being. Philadelphia had a stacked roster that year too.

"Oh & Gretzky had 215 points that year." That's an entire hour long show topic on its own.

man as an Avs fan back in the late 90s early 2000s it may have been the 3 giants of Colorado, Detroit and New Jersey but man it was the dang Stars that seemed to be a bad matchup for us

I'll always think that the 2001 Devils team, that lost to Colorado, was better than any of their 3 Cup winning teams.

I’m a little surprised to not see a Detroit logo under 2006. That team was so stacked.

Before I even watch this: The Capitals make this list at least twice.

...in other words: "the season that broke the fans' hearts"

Detroit showing up 4 times shows just how good the wings were during that period of time

The 2019 Lightning won the Presidents Trophy but couldn’t win a single playoff game 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅

I think the Sharks deserve to make the list at least once during their 2008-2011 era. Those were some stacked rosters.

The beginning is already pure gold 😂😂

Haven't seen the whole video yet, but 2006 could be argued in Buffalo's favor. That team was straight dominant that season until they lost 4 of their top 6 defenseman against Carolina in the Conference Finals. Edit: YES Shannon put Buffalo for 2006!

I would say for 2002 that Avs team that took the Wings to 7 was the best team that didn't win it that year. Also they were the defending champs so there's that too. And for 2014 I'm really surprised the Blackhawks weren't the team you picked. That 7 game series they had with the Kings in the western finals was arguably the best series of the entire decade, between 2 of the 3 best teams from that decade (Penguins being the other).

It’s ironic that I don’t see San Jose here.

Great idea for a video! It really highlights "what could have been" for many teams.

CuJo gets a bad rap for his time in Detroit but he was was actually great in the playoffs. JS Gigure stoned them in 03 and the wings lost 1-0 in games 5,6 against Calgary in 04.

Rip Pelle Lindbergh. Another great goalie for the Flyers that didn’t last long (idk why) Roman Cechmanek, one of my favorite goaltenders of all time. 110-64 record 25 shutouts and a 91.9 save%, unreal numbers.

Keep up the great work Shannon! Stay safe and keep your stick on the ice!

Great video! I would love something like this in place of power rankings. It's a very cool idea.

The 05-06 Sabres were under Miller’s goaltending, Biron was the backup. Hasek was long gone by that point, but this was Miller’s rookie year.

Tampa last year was the craziest one for me, especially given that first round, nearly all the demons were gone, open road, a beat up Boston team.

This was alot of fun! Really brings me back in time and think about all the amazing teams that didn't win a cup.

Great idea and great work. Love the info as always. Go thg go!!😊

Surprisingly the San Jose Sharks took out a lot of these teams.

I hope the NHL is watching and makes videos of each team. Much like the NFLs missing rings tributes, they could do a missing cups. I’d watch them all for various reasons. It would be a great way to build fan support. Keep making these videos. Thanks.

I love videos like this, Shannon. Thanks for sharing!

Great list!! I think that its awesome to see what "might have been" for some of these teams.

Looking back at the 1980's you're so spot on with how good the Flyers were that decade, they got overshadowed in my mind because they just couldn't take it all the way. They had to share a decade with an Islanders dynasty and that Gretzky guy.

Good point! Back in the 80's you only had HNIC. No 24 hour sports stations or the ability to see every game any night of the week. We only were able to watch one game a week.

Great Vid. It made me think about the 4 times you have the Wings on the board and think about 95 and 09, makes me realise that how crazy it would be had the Wings won Cups in those 6 years on top of the 4 they did win in that stretch.

Nice video really enjoyed it thanks Shannon.

2018 always hurts me. That should’ve been our year but even if we did beat Vegas, Washington looked phenomenal

Essentially, being a Flyers fan is a never ending feeling of sadness😂 thought we had a shot this year butttt....🦠

Yo Shannon great video. Do you mind doing a video on JT. Miller and the significance he has on the Vancouver Canucks? Also expand on the contract or soon to be contract (hopefully) for Tyler Toffoli. But base the video mainly on the significance of Miller and what he brings to the team. I feel he is the perfect fit and missing piece to bring this young core to win a Stanley Cup. Thanks so much for the great content, keep making it. And I try to be better everyday in the fight against Covid-19, hopefully it gets resolved fully sooner than later. Peace and much respects to you and yours.

You have the best hockey videos on youtube i swear ive learned more watching these than from any of my friends

I'd argue that 2002 should also be the Avs. If Patrick Roy didn't celebrate early with the Statue of Liberty goal that Shanahan scored (after making a ridiculous save on Yzerman), then the Avs, who are up 3-2 on the series, would have had a much bigger chance at winning that game. If he did just that, the Avs would go on and beat the Hurricanes in 4 or 5 games. 2004 was also a dream team that failed since we had Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya.

Next video should be “the worst teams that won the cup (1981-2019)”

fun video ! i would like to see more of these for example best goalie that didn't make the playoff every year, most surprising team to make it far or win every year

Hey man, I love your video. Thanks for making it and for keeping these quality good videos coming in these times. I disagree with you a few times through the last decade,. I think Vegas should’ve had the 2018 spot.

Solid work as always. One point of disagreement for me. 2014. The finals were the Western Conference Finals that year. The Hawks were a flukey OT goal in Game 7 from repeating. Good work sir.

I'd flip Detroit and Buffalo for 2006 and 2007. After 2017 I thought Washington would never win the Stanley Cup after falling short in previous seasons mentioned. Last for the Calgary Flames it became clear that they weren't repeating in 1990 when they lost 12-4 to Los Angeles one game in that series.

In general having watched the game through that period ... I agree with your choices. You are backed with stats but where you veered, makes sense... nice!

Thank you for mentioning the Flyers more than once. However you drummed up a LOT of bad memories, OUCH!!!

I was too young to remember the 05-06 sabres, I only remember how good the 06-07 team was, but they’ve been airing old games from the 06 playoff run and wow were those guys something else...if they hadn’t lost almost their entire defense to injuries in the conference finals there was no way they would lose to Carolina or Edmonton

For 2014, I would have gone with Chicago.

This is great. Thanks for doing this.

Thanks Shannon!!! Sorry I haven't been watching too much... Still love your videos!!! BTW, how are the Sabres doing in the power rankings???

I've never managed to watch a youtube channel that I enjoy so much yet whole heartedly disagree with the opinions of most of the time! Thanks dude.

I knew St. Louis would be the 91 team. Their farm team did win a championship that year

Very interesting video. Thank you!

Fun idea, I agree completely. Interesting to look at and talk about.

'03 Wings might be even better than '04 because they still had Robitalle, Larionov, & Fedorov. While also bolstering their new talent in Dastyuk & Zetterberg on the roster. Only problem would be Yzerman missing most of the season. But holy $h*! What a roster.

What hurt the '85 & '87 Flyers was Tim Kerr getting hurt for the playoffs. They missed that scoring punch and still almost stole the Cup from Edmonton in '87.

Great idea thanks for posting

I agree this was a really cool idea and I can’t argue with any of the picks. Great stuff! You could go a step farther and rank them🤔

Agree with most picks, I'd change the following based on memory without looking at any stats. 1991 Boston 2000 Dallas 2001 New Jersey 2006 Ottawa 2007 Buffalo 2013 Boston 2014 Chicago

2010 was an amazing season to be a hab(young at least), The madness that was the Caps playoffs, the incredulity of beating the Penguins!?!?!? Then it all came crumbling down against the Flyers who clearly had more gas in the tank. Yaroslav Halak basically became a hero that season and a good portion of us Habs fans went nuts when he was traded(I may be misremebering) that off-season, not realising that Carey Price's time would come. P.S. There's rumours that the Halak stop sign still stands in Washington

I love this video..a hockey history lesson is always a good thing myfriend

Thank you for saying Buffalo in '06. Going into that conference final I knew that it would be whoever won between Buf and Car. Game 5 of that series is one of my favorite playoff games of all time, and that comes from a Wings fan.

Miller in 06', game 7 against Carolina were destroyed by injuries on defense. Jeff jillson played his first game all year that night on defense. McKee got staff infection in game 6 from dirty equipment. Would of smashed the oilers in finals, they just had that magic.

I understand that you're going based on points and regular season success, but I would consider the Avalanche the best team on paper for the 2003 season when they had Rob Blake, Selanne, and Kariya among their other HOF players and depth players that became superstars. As an Avs fan at the time I was crushed that they couldn't put it together!

This is the second time that after reading the title of one of your videos, I thought it was going to be something completely different. As for what it was, great job. What I thought it was going to be was "eras of teams (that you could identify by a certain players presence there) that didn't win the cup." Which confused me as Colorado Sakic was the thumbnail, who of course won several championships with that team. I think that would be a very interesting video for you to make. Here's some examples: 1.) The Gretzky Kings era: not just The Great One, as a playmaker first and goal scorer second, he certainly had some great people to pass to in Kurri, Granato, Robitaille, Lang, Donnelly, and Sandstrom. As well as blue-line support from Coffey, Blake, Holy Zhitnik, Sydor and McSorley. And while no one would argue that Hrudey was the best, he was certainly good enough to get it done with this cast in front of him. While Barry Melrose was my favorite commentator, I did lose some confidence in him when I realized he was the head coach that couldn't get it done with this lineup. 2.) The Hull Blues era: call him a defensive liability if you will, but he did put that to rest in his stints with later teams (and I think there are much better candidates for the title of defensive liability... Bure... Ozolinsh) this guy wasn't the fastest, strongest or most athletic but was absolutely legendary in his ability to put the puck in the net. So good that it seemed all you needed to do was surround him with a team of defensive-minded players and he would take care of the rest. And he was there for 11 years... during his prime... and no cups... 3.) The Roenick/Chelios Blackhawks era: OK, I think this team's Achille's Heel was depth as when you looked further down the lineup the names became less impressive. But you had one forward (Roenick), one defenseman (Chelios), and one goaltender (Belfour) who were all legendary in their position at the time. And they had some pretty good support, other forwards like J Murphy, Goulet, Amonte and (the very beginning of) Daze gave Roenick some support goals, and having depth down the middle of Roenick, Sutter, and Savard was impressive. Chelios was the focus on the blueline, but Suter was pretty good too and guys like Smith, Weinrich and Carney were hard to play against. And of course, Belfour was one of the few goalies at that time that you could actually put in the same category as Roy or Brodeur. Still, 8 years with a great team, but no cups. 4.) The Bourque Bruins era: need I say more? Another interesting idea for a video that you gave me during this video would be an alternate history video if some of the teams that were around during another team's dynasty era were transplanted 10 years in the future or past. The biggest example would be if mid-90's Colorado was transplanted 10 years in the future - if this was the case, how would mid-90's Colorado fare in the late 2000's, which I feel was a less talent-heavy league than it was during the mid 90's (feel free to disagree, though.) And just how many cups would Detroit have won if they didn't have to run into Colorado every year? Not just the times they were knocked out by Colorado, but also considering how many times they won that series but were too worn out after the battle to go all the way?

Wow this was a good video. Love it!

2006 sabres, they had Miller as starter, biron took backup role. they lost four D on the way to eastern conference finals, Kalinin, numminen, tallinder and mckee and on top of that their best forward that year tim connolly. talk about being unlucky

Damn great video idea! I was hoping the Hawks would make it in 2014 after losing game 7 in WCF. But I know it’s all opinion based.

Love these types of videos

Late to the game watching this video. Enjoyed it very much. Hit the nail on the head with the Blues in 2000. That team I felt was the team that could finally bring the cup home to St. Louis. It was a well coached team with Quennville; hated to see him leave. I remember watching that Blues team come back from a 5-0 deficit in the last half of a third period against Toronto in a regular season game.

2015 Rangers beat the Lightning with Zucc. No doubt in my mind. They were 1 period away from doing it without him.

I had a very strong feeling that my Wings would be on this board at least 4 times...sadly, I was not wrong

Love it! Keep it up!

pretty solid list. agree with alot of these. fun vid

I'd probably add the Red Wings for 1995 over the Nordiques. While both teams finished first in their respective conferences, Detroit won the President's Trophy (3 more wins in 48 GP) and lost in the finals while Quebec lost in 6 in the first round. One could possibly argue the Flyers, who lost in the ECF.

Man the Rangers had such a great change to win the cup in the 2010’s, I remember the 2014 playoffs when they lost in the finals it was the first time I ever watched them (I was 7 at the time) and I remember being so mad when they lost in game 5 that year, let’s hope Panarin can help bring it home in the future

Great list! Thank you for recognizing the 1984 New York Islanders. Many people think they were finished by then. However, injuries took their toll during the playoffs, and they were missing key players by the time they reached the finals. The Islanders may have won a 5th straight cup if they were fully healthy. Can you make a video about shocking playoff upsets from the same era?

Fun video! Board looked cool too!

1. 95-96 Red Wings 2. 18-19 Lightning 3. 05-06 Red Wings (not sure why Buffalo, this team had 124 points) 4. 92-93 Penguins (David Volek...) 5. 01-02 Avalanche (not sure why Leafs, would’ve destroyed them in the finals) 6. 08-09 Red Wings (Boston??? Not the team with over 50 combined Stanley cup rings and one win from the cup???) 7. 09-10 Capitals 8. 10-11 Canucks 9. 85-86 Oilers 10. 99-00 Blues

Not Surprised To See My Philadelphia Flyers on This List More Then Once Before My Time I Became a Flyers Fan in 1995 As a Kid!

I like this content a lot! I wish only that you would have said each and every year who actually did win the cup but I guess I can look it up

Need more of this :)

2014 should be the Blackhawks. One goal away from beating the Kings. That was a great series and the winner of that you just knew would cake walk the Rangers in the finals

From 95-09 one could argue that Detroit could have been the best team not to win the cup, they had a ton of great seasons where they should have won the cup.

Love those tyoe of video It's like a chat with a hockey craving uncle i don't have :P

You are right! When i look back now, i forgot just how great Detroit, Colorado and New Jersey were during that time. It did seem like it would be one of those teams winning the cup back and forth for about a decade.

2004 still hurts, man.

I'm biased since I'm a Wings fan, but I would pick Detroit for 2009. Basically the cup team from 2008, then adding a top line winger in Marian Hossa who fit in well with the rest of the forward core.

KZfaq just suggested this video to me. Crazy when you started talking about Pelle Lindbergh’s car accident. I like one town over from where it happen. When I was a kid every time we drove by my dad would tell me about him as a flyers goalie.

Nice topic!

Shannon, in 2009 Boston swept Montreal in 4 games in the 1st round. Boston lost to Carolina in the 2nd round in 2009. Montreal beat Boston in 2008 1st round and 2014 2nd round.

2014 has to be the Blackhawks

Great video. I'm honestly shocked that the 2000-01 Devils aren't on this list. That may have been THE best NHL team not to win the Stanley Cup in the last 25 years. By all statistical measures they were better than the dominant team that won the previous year.

1986 Oilers; 1993 Penguins; 1996 Red Wings stand as the best three teams I saw not win the Cup. I still feel sorry for the 2003 Senators.

my heart always breaks at the mention of 2011. Every goddamn time.

I was shocked myself you put the 02 Leafs up there...

Great video, but it more or less proves the point that I made on your best teams of the 90s where I said CO, DET, DAL, and NJ could easily be considered a 4 way tie for the best team or at least DET 1 and the other three tied for two

The only one I called was the 1998 Stars team, but I loved that late 90s early 00s Western Conference battles with Detroit Colorado Dallas and St Louis, they always made for fun series, even Dallas lost... a lot.

As an un-biased Red Wings fan I think the entire middle row should be Red Wings(not including the years they won the SC) and add 2009-2012.

I think Buffalo was the best team to not win the cup in 06 and 07.

That 09 Bruins team was awesome! Knocked out Montreal in the first round then went to a game seven against Carolina where they lost on a dumb tip in OT. Such a great team!

I’m not too sure about the 80s because I wasn’t a hockey fan yet but your choices are pretty good. I’d like to see a video on the best team to win the Cup whether they did or didn’t win it that year.