'96 Avalanche vs. Golden Knights '18

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

I thought maybe I should wait until after the 2017-2018 season is over and Vegas actually won the Cup, but then I said no.

Which is more amazing, or whatever, the Colorado Avalanche winning the Stanley Cup the year after moving from Quebec City, or the Vegas Golden Knights winning the Stanley Cup in their first season? Which is the better team? Similarities and differences? Roy or Fleury? Colorado obviously had more veteran and star players.

Vegas Golden Knights 2017 Roster

1996 Stanley Cup Finals - Wikipedia
Colorado Avalanche - 1996 Stanley Cup Champions

Players

Centres

• 10 Troy Murray
• 19 Joe Sakic
• 9 Mike Ricci
• 21 Peter Forsberg
• 26 Stephane Yelle

Wingers

• 14 Dave Hannan
• 12 Chris Simon
• 13 Valeri Kamensky
• 16 Warren Rychel
• 18 Adam Deadmarsh
• 20 Rene Corbet
• 22 Claude Lemieux
• 25 Mike Keane
• 48 Scott Young

Defencemen

• 2 Sylvain Lefebvre
• 4 Uwe Krupp
• 5 Alexei Gusarov
• 6 Craig Wolanin
• 7 Curtis Leschyshyn
• 8 Sandis Ozolinsh
• 24 Jon Klemm
• 52 Adam Foote

Goaltenders

• 33 Patrick Roy
• 35 Stephane Fiset

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[K Fleur]

The Nordiques finished 1st in the eastern conference the season before the move to Colorado.

Not really comparable with a first year expansion team.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

First of all, Vegas hasn't (yet) won the Stanley Cup.

Second of all, the Avalanche were a top team in the league at the time they moved to Denver.