Oilers 80s dynasty.
I'd take the 93 Penguins over any of them
Hard to compare, the game and league evolves. More talent is developed and the compete level of a bottom feeder team to an elite team has only gotten smaller and smaller from the original 6 till now. On any given night the oilers can beat the nucks.
I lol'd
1976-77 Habs if IMO the best team ever.
60 wins - 8 loses - 12 ties
Lafleur: 136pts
Shutt: 105pts (60 goals)
Robinson: 85pts (+120, yeah u read it right)
Lapointe: 76pts
Lemaire: 75pts (34 goals)
Mahovlich: 62pts (47 assists)
Riseborough: 60pts (132PIM)
Cournoyer: 53pts (60 games)
Lambert: 52pts
Houle: 52pts
Tremblay: 46pts
Savard: 42pts (The Big 3 with Larry and Pointu was sick that season)
Jarvis: 38pts (One of the best def forward in the game)
Gainey: 33pts (The best defensive forward EVER)
+ Ken Dryden.
The depth is better than the Isles dynasty and the Pens of 1993 would get sweep in 4 games.
I don't understand why you bring the original 6.
The 70's wasn't in the original six era.
Actually, the difference of the game between the Habs in 76-77 and the Isles' dynasty is none.
Try reading it again, i never said they were. I was merely mentioning it as a point of reference in time. Basically just saying from point A in time to point B in time, we have seen changes/uprgades to all aspects of the game year after year. I just don't think it's a fair comparison as level of competition has grown. Like how I think you could probably take an AHL team back in time to the 50's and they may very well be a very competitive team in that NHL. (this is of course an extreme example)
I'd take the 93 pens. That habs team was deep in comparison to the other teams in that era. The average skill level of players has gone up exponentially since then. Sorry no offense to the habs of that generation or anything, it's just the developement and resources at the players' disposal these days are not even comparable.
I'd take the 93 pens. That habs team was deep in comparison to the other teams in that era. The average skill level of players has gone up exponentially since then. Sorry no offense to the habs of that generation or anything, it's just the developement and resources at the players' disposal these days are not even comparable.
Up front those Penguin teams could have played with the Isles, Oilers, and Habs dynasties but defensively they were definitely not as good and Barrasso in my opinion was not as good as Fuhr or Smith and nowhere near Dryden.
Which team was better overall?
1975-76 Montreal 58-11-11=127
1975-76 Playoffs 12-1
1976-77 Montreal 60-8-12=132
1976-77 Playoffs 12-2