Blades of Glory
Troll Captain
I thought this might be an interesting exercise. The #1 PP unit during the playoffs for every Cup champion. I know a lot of teams did not have set five-man units, but generally, they still consisted of at least 3-4 set pieces with 1 or 2 revolving doors. I'll go as far back as I can remember. Even then, my memory is quite foggy so I will mark * for every one that I am not sure about.
Year Team (LW-C-RW-D-D)
2010 Blackhawks (Sharp-Toews-Kane-Keith-Seabrook)
2009 Penguins (Kunitz-Crosby-Malkin-Gonchar-Letang)
2008 Red Wings (Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Holmstrom-Lidstrom-Rafalski)
2007 Ducks (McDonald-Getzlaf-Selanne-Niedermayer-Pronger)
2006 Hurricanes* (They had many moving pieces FWIW)
2004 Lightning (Andreychuk-Lecavalier-St.Louis-Richards-Boyle/Kubina)
2003 Devils* (Elias-Gomez?-Langenbrunner?-Niedermayer-Rafalski)
2002 Red Wings (Shanahan-Yzerman-Holmstrom-Lidstrom-Fedorov)
2001 Avalanche (Tanguay-Sakic-Hejduk-Blake-Bourque) [post-Forsberg]
2000 Devils (Elias-Arnott-Sykora-Niedermayer-Rafalski)
1999 Stars (Lehtinen-Modano-Hull-Sydor-Zubov)
1998 Red Wings (Shanahan-Yzerman-Fedorov-Lidstrom-Murphy)
1997 Red Wings* (XXXX-Yzerman-XXXXX-Lidstrom-Fedorov)
1996 Avalanche (Kamensky-Forsberg-Lemieux-Ozolinsh-Sakic)
1995 Devils* (No idea)
1994 Rangers (Graves-Messier-Kovalev-Leetch-Zubov)
1993 Habs (Muller-Damphousse-Bellows-Schneider-Desjardins)
1992 Penguins (Stevens-Lemieux-Tocchet-XXXX-Murphy)
1991 Penguins (Stevens-Lemieux-Recchi-Coffey-Murphy)
1990 Oilers* (Simpson-Messier-Anderson-Smith-Kurri)
1989 Flames* (XXXX-Gilmour-Mullen-Suter-MacInnis)
1986 Habs (Smith-Naslund-Lemieux-Robinson-Chelios)
This is about where I can go solely off memory. Still, there are quite a few XXXXX's which means I have a lot of blanks. I just am not sure about Gretzky's Oilers.
Year Team (LW-C-RW-D-D)
2010 Blackhawks (Sharp-Toews-Kane-Keith-Seabrook)
2009 Penguins (Kunitz-Crosby-Malkin-Gonchar-Letang)
2008 Red Wings (Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Holmstrom-Lidstrom-Rafalski)
2007 Ducks (McDonald-Getzlaf-Selanne-Niedermayer-Pronger)
2006 Hurricanes* (They had many moving pieces FWIW)
2004 Lightning (Andreychuk-Lecavalier-St.Louis-Richards-Boyle/Kubina)
2003 Devils* (Elias-Gomez?-Langenbrunner?-Niedermayer-Rafalski)
2002 Red Wings (Shanahan-Yzerman-Holmstrom-Lidstrom-Fedorov)
2001 Avalanche (Tanguay-Sakic-Hejduk-Blake-Bourque) [post-Forsberg]
2000 Devils (Elias-Arnott-Sykora-Niedermayer-Rafalski)
1999 Stars (Lehtinen-Modano-Hull-Sydor-Zubov)
1998 Red Wings (Shanahan-Yzerman-Fedorov-Lidstrom-Murphy)
1997 Red Wings* (XXXX-Yzerman-XXXXX-Lidstrom-Fedorov)
1996 Avalanche (Kamensky-Forsberg-Lemieux-Ozolinsh-Sakic)
1995 Devils* (No idea)
1994 Rangers (Graves-Messier-Kovalev-Leetch-Zubov)
1993 Habs (Muller-Damphousse-Bellows-Schneider-Desjardins)
1992 Penguins (Stevens-Lemieux-Tocchet-XXXX-Murphy)
1991 Penguins (Stevens-Lemieux-Recchi-Coffey-Murphy)
1990 Oilers* (Simpson-Messier-Anderson-Smith-Kurri)
1989 Flames* (XXXX-Gilmour-Mullen-Suter-MacInnis)
1986 Habs (Smith-Naslund-Lemieux-Robinson-Chelios)
This is about where I can go solely off memory. Still, there are quite a few XXXXX's which means I have a lot of blanks. I just am not sure about Gretzky's Oilers.