Rank the Cup Losers From the 2000-09

[amnesiac]

someone in the HOH forum did this for the 90s, thought it was a good idea.

Lotta underdogs in this decade!

1. 01' Devils
2. 07' Sens
3. 00' Stars
4. 09' Wings
5. 08' Pens
6. 04' Flames
7. 03' Mighty Ducks
8. 06' Oilers
9. 02' Canes
10. 05' No Ones

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[amnesiac]

2000 Devils had an easier path than the 07 Sens, but I gave NJ the edge for their better reg season.

Toughest path was easily the 04 Flames (#6)...

4-3 over #3 VAN
4-2 over #1 DET
4-2 over #2 SJ
4-3 Loss #1 TB

07 Sens (#4) were very impressive as well...

4-1 over #5 PIT
4-1 over #2 NJ
4-1 over #1 BUF
4-1 loss to #2 ANA

 

[LV*]

Quack quack quack quack

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

The 02 Hurricanes had a good team. Just happened to run into a team with a $6 billion pay roll, made up almost entirely of Hall of Famers.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

03' mighty ducks. Really wish they had won. Really liked that team. Giguere, Kariya, Niedermayer, Sykora

 

[Slicknitty]

Oilers should be number 1 on the list. That team was a true playoff juggernaut; they were similar to the 2012 Kings. No homer.

 

[Terry Yake]

1. '01 Devils
2. '00 Stars
3. '07 Senators
4. '09 Wings
5. '08 Pens
6. '03 Mighty Ducks
7. '06 Oilers
8. '04 Flames
9. '02 Canes

 

[JFHockey]

1-9. Flames

#### you TB, IT WAS IN!

 

[Spade]

I agree that the Oilers were a great team masquerading as a borderline playoff squad. Any team with Chris Pronger has a chance. And then you throw in the forward depth that they had, and you've got the makings of a good team. That being said, goaltending is part of a team and they were brutal for 3/4 of a season.

1. Devils
2. Wings
3. Stars
4. Pens
5. Sens
6. Oilers
7. 'Canes
8. Mighty Ducks
9. Flames

Good 5-year period full of underdog teams, and 3 of them were in the obstruction era.

 

[Ajacied]

Hard not to vote for:

Jere Lehtinen - Mike Modano - Brett Hull
Brenden Morrow - Joe Nieuwendijk - Jamie Langenbrunner
Scott Thornton - Guy Carbonneau - Mike Keane
Grant Marshall - Kirk Muller - Blake Sloan

Darryl Sydor - Sergei Zubov
Derian Hatcher - Richard Matvichuk
Dave Manson - Jamie Pushor

Eddie Belfour
Emanuel Fernandez

That team was build for the playoffs in the clutch and grab DP era..

 

[Fear the Wushu]

It's hard not to be biased here, but the 01 Devils were the best runners-up I have seen in my somewhat short lifetime. That team was a wrecking ball that had a chance to put away a stacked Avs team but just couldn't do it.

 

[Ando]

Still somewhat bitter from 03. The Devils played well, and so did the Ducks. Both teams never won in the other's house, if only we had home ice advantage!

 

[Terry Yake]

Still somewhat bitter from 03. The Devils played well, and so did the Ducks. Both teams never won in the other's house, if only we had home ice advantage!

thinking of '03 will always sting no matter what

it still amazes me how close they really were to winning it all. @#$% you jeff friesen

 

[Hadoop]

Not going to rank all the teams but the '09 Wings have to be in the top three on this list IMO. In the 100+ history of the Stanley Cup Finals no losing team has had a better goal differential than that Detroit squad.

By the same token the '04 Flames should also be higher on most people's lists, as they were the only other Stanley Cup loser in the modern era to outscore their opponents in the series.

 

[Flameshomer]

Not going to rank all the teams but the '09 Wings have to be in the top three on this list IMO. In the 100+ history of the Stanley Cup Finals no losing team has had a better goal differential than that Detroit squad.

By the same token the '04 Flames should also be higher on most people's lists, as they were the only other Stanley Cup loser in the modern era to outscore their opponents in the series.

We outscored them so badly that they didn't count our most important goal...
Will never forget that moment. Still have the front page of the news paper from the morning after framed on my wall clearly showing the puck over the line. Would have been Gelinas' 4th series ending goal in a row to boot.

Sigh.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

Goal differential doesn't really matter tbh. Wins do.

Kansas City win game 6 this year 10-0. How'd that work out for them in game 7?

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

'05 No ones are being underrated in this thread.

 

[Pepper]

03 Ducks really shouldn't have been in the finals. On paper they were downright horrible. Thanks to Giguere giving the biggest play-off goalie show probably ever, they knocked out Stars and Wings who both were HUGE favorites (double payroll and absolutely loaded teams).

 

[Skip2myBordyloo]

1-9. Flames

#### you TB, IT WAS IN!

We outscored them so badly that they didn't count our most important goal...
Will never forget that moment. Still have the front page of the news paper from the morning after framed on my wall clearly showing the puck over the line. Would have been Gelinas' 4th series ending goal in a row to boot.

Sigh.

Except it wasn't. Clearly inconclusive on the overhead.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I thought the Flames outplayed the Lightning in 04. I was rooting for the Lightning hard that series and remember being really frustrated.

 

[hockeyfanOU812]

Except it wasn't. Clearly inconclusive on the overhead.

Oh boy here we go

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

if it was conclusively in, it would have counted.

it was not conclusively in.

 

[Yung Rotini]

Oh boy here we go

Let's not start this..

 

[RapidFire]

2001 Devils - Fantastic roster. Barely above the Wings, but they take #1.
2009 Wings - Underrated. Only real flaw was their PK.
2000 Stars - Still a great team compared to 1999
2008 Penguins - Star forwards puts them above the Sens
2007 Senators - Needed scoring depth, but still a very strong team.
2004 Flames - People never talk about all of the injuries they faced during the playoffs and they still made it to game 7 of the SCFs
2006 Oilers - Taking the finals to 7 with your backup goalie is amazing. Cant believe people think their roster is mediocre.
2003 Mighty Ducks - Would be higher if not for them getting lit up away in NJ all 4 games. Also needing so many OT wins doesn’t help.
2002 Canes - Nothing special. Good goaltending and 5 on 5… not much else to say

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

2001 Devils - Fantastic roster. Barely above the Wings, but they take #1.
2009 Wings - Underrated. Only real flaw was their PK.
2000 Stars - Still a great team compared to 1999
2008 Penguins - Star forwards puts them above the Sens
2007 Senators - Needed scoring depth, but still a very strong team.
2004 Flames - People never talk about all of the injuries they faced during the playoffs and they still made it to game 7 of the SCFs
2006 Oilers - Taking the finals to 7 with your backup goalie is amazing. Cant believe people think their roster is mediocre.
2003 Mighty Ducks - Would be higher if not for them getting lit up away in NJ all 4 games. Also needing so many OT wins doesn’t help.
2002 Canes - Nothing special. Good goaltending and 5 on 5… not much else to say

the hurricanes also went to and won game 7 of the finals with their backup goalie.