Most successful Russian team (post-USSR)?

[MaxV]

Magnitka's title kind of got me thinking.

Which has been the most successful franchise since 1991?

It seems that there are 2 clear cut contenders:
Dinamo - 7 titles, 2 2nd places, 1 3rd place
Mettalurg - 5 titles, 3 2nd places, 6 3rd places

Teams such as AK Bars, Salavat Yulaev and Lokomotiv have good resumes, but haven't been as successful.

Dinamo has more titles, but Magnitka has been more consistent.

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[hansomreiste]

When history comes into play, I'd say Dynamo tops everyone and everything. In past, they got silverware. In recent years and now, they have always been a contender for the cup with great facilities and fans & of course, a good team. Well, they got silverware in recent years as well. How can I forget that 4-3 concluded in Omsk?

However, I am never a fan of counting cups and picking a one best team, so I would put Magnitka, Ak Bars, Salavat Yulayev and some other teams in the mix as well. Though yeah, Dynamo is the team who catches the eye after post-USSR, but not in last two or three years...

 

[Acallabeth]

I'd say it's Magnitka. Dynamo formally has more championships, but 3 of them were won in the complete chaos of CIS championship and International League (1991-1995), and let's not forget that the dominant Znarok team of 2012-13 had assimilated the KHL finalist HC MVD some years before. And, aside from those 2 seasons, Dynamo hasn't been a true force in the KHL. Meanwhile, Metallurg has been a consistent favorite in both Superleague and the KHL.
Ak Bars used to be a go-to answer until the 2010s.

 

[Atas2000]

Magnitka's title kind of got me thinking.

Which has been the most successful franchise since 1991?

It seems that there are 2 clear cut contenders:
Dinamo - 7 titles, 2 2nd places, 1 3rd place
Mettalurg - 5 titles, 3 2nd places, 6 3rd places

Teams such as AK Bars, Salavat Yulaev and Lokomotiv have good resumes, but haven't been as successful.

Dinamo has more titles, but Magnitka has been more consistent.

I don't think it's a valid discussion as there were two entirely diffrent periods in that time span. you can't compare Dynamo's championships from the 90s to a Gagarin Cup.