1989 Calgary Flames vs. 1990 Edmonton Oilers

[GFS]

Which team wins in a best-of-seven series?

1989 Calgary Flames
Gary Roberts - Joe Nieuwendyk - Håkan Loob
Colin Patterson - Doug Gilmour - Joe Mullen
Jim Peplinski - Joel Otto - Theoren Fleury
Brian MacLellan - Jiri Hrdina - Lanny McDonald/Mark Hunter

Dana Murzyn - Al MacInnis
Gary Suter - Brad McCrimmon
Jamie Macoun - Rob Ramage/Ric Nattress

Mike Vernon
Rick Wamsley

1990 Edmonton Oilers
Craig Simpson - Mark Messier - Glenn Anderson
Esa Tikkanen - Mark Lamb - Jari Kurri
Adam Graves - Joe Murphy - Martin Gelinas
Kelly Buchberger - Craig MacTavish - Petr Klíma

Kevin Lowe - Craig Muni
Steve Smith - Reijo Ruotsalainen
Randy Gregg - Charlie Huddy

Bill Ranford
Grant Fuhr

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[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

I like the flames here. Better down the middle and on defense. And they were a tougher team.

Nieuwendyk - Gilmour - Otto is really strong at center.

Flames were 54-17 that year. Oilers were 38-28.

 

[Mickey Marner]

The 1989 Flames had a clearly better roster, but that era of Flames teams also got upset a lot. The Flames should win, but I wouldn't put money on them.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Always forget how stacked that 89 team was.

 

[amnesiac]

89 Flames were a powerhouse

 

[McFlash97]

Its hard to vote against a forward group as good as Messier,Kurri,Anderson,Tikkanen, Kid Line

but that calgary defense is frightening.


if you look at purely player for player, That Calgary team might be top 7 all time.

Edmonton
Montreal
Boston
Islanders
Penguins
Late 90's Wings
Flames

 

[centipede2233]

The flames, that was a worthy Stanley cup winning team

 

[treple13]

That 89 Flames team might be close to the best depth of any Stanley Cup champion. A lot of great players throughout the roster.

 

[jetsforever]

89 Flames were a powerhouse

Imagine having your 2nd-best defenceman put up 62 points

 

[Xspyrit]

Imagine having your 2nd-best defenceman put up 62 points

What's crazy as well is that 1988-89 was the year before Gary Roberts' breakout

 

[Paper]

I don't get this poll. Comparing a President Trophy winning Stanley Cup team that often goes down as one of the best teams of all time to a random Oilers group that couldn't even win half their games that season?

Biased, but take some of the powerhouse Gretzky 80s teams and put them up against the firing on all cylinders 89 team of the Flames and I think it's coin-flips. But the 90s Oiler winning team just is never going to go down as one of the best winners, like at all.