What are some funny and mind blowing NHL facts?

[Filthy Dangles]

Jon Toews is a top 100 player ever

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

How Bettman thought Phoenix has a better hockey market than Winnipeg.

This thread is awesome!

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

McDavid has 9 points in 5 games while losing 10lbs of mostly water weight, and having a flu.

Dudes lit.

Fascinating and funny. Good job!

 

[WillTheThrill]

That the oilers are still garbage.

 

[PunkRockLocke]

St. Louis never played for St. Louis

Dwight King played for the Kings

 

[ES]

Canucks and Flames have had three times playoff series which has gone into game 7 OT, each on the first round of playoffs and each time the winner has gone to the Stanley Cup Final.

 

[John Eichel da GOAT]

Mogilny's defection is an amazing story:

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

How Bettman thought Phoenix has a better hockey market than Winnipeg.

This thread is awesome!

Bergman takes orders from the owners. I'm sure you understand that right?

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

Fascinating and funny. Good job!

I'm here everyday and twice on Fridays because Sundays suck.

 

[OccasionalPoster]

Jon Toews is a top 100 player ever

Winner. Many of the facts listed are individual statistical achievements or random chance occurrences, but Toews as a top 100 player is a conscious and calculated decision. Mind = boggled.

 

[MessierII]

The St. Louis blues have more playoff appearances without a championship than any major league North American pro sports franchise.

 

[LeHab]

Malkin is not among TOP 100 greats

 

[DowntownBooster]

The Winnipeg Jets 2-1 victory over the Kings on Wednesday night (November 22) was the first time in the Thrashers/Jets franchise history that they won against the Kings in regulation time playing in Los Angeles.

 

[Master P]

Expected goals for don't actually count.

 

[Braunbaer]

I scored as many goals as Crosby, Malkin, Iginla, Neal, Dupuis and Letang combined during the 2013 ECF.

 

[Passchendaele]

Dwight King played for the Kings

Wheaton King played for the Wheat Kings.

 

[Legion34]

Wheaton King played for the Wheat Kings.

I like this one

 

[thedustman]

Taro tsujimoto was actually a real player.

 

[Captain Creampuff]

The St. Louis blues have more playoff appearances without a championship than any major league North American pro sports franchise.

That's not very funny

 

[Nolan Giesbrecht]

such a mind blowing stat it is beyond insane,there is no player who dominated their sport like Gretzky did, people are going to bring up Jordan, Ruth, whoever, but Gretzky is in a league by himself

Jordan I agree with. And I think Gretzky is more impressive because his domination hasn't yet been equaled.

But Ruth set some records that are extreme. This is all from memory so the dates may be a bit off, but in 1920 with the Yankees he hit 54 hrs. This was more than any other TEAM in the league.

 

[thedustman]

That's not very funny

There's nothing funny about the blues.

Except for that drunk dude at the united center who walks around the standing room only level singing "that's why they call it the blues"

 

[Pookie]

That the oilers are still garbage.

How many lottery wins does it take to turn the Oilers around?
- No one knows

(I didn't do so well at amateur night... except in Calgary and well... the rest the Canada)

 

[Pookie]

Gretzky has 2,857 career points.

Jagr is second at 1,914.

99 would still have the record if he didn't score a single goal.

 

[Pookie]

I didn't know this but found out the NHL doesn't own the Stanley Cup.

In the event of a lock out season, the Trustees of the Cup can award the trophy to a non NHL team. Whether they would or not is another matter but it appears there is a legal path to do so.

 

[Iapyi]

Why is Dallas Eakins mentioned so often? He was the head coach for one year and 31 games. His only full season with the Oilers they were 3rd worst in the league. Before he ever showed up they finished 7th worst, 2nd worst, very worst, and very worst. During a season that he coached less than half of, they finished 3rd worst, and in the following season they were 2nd worst after he was fired.

With Eakins: 3rd, 3rd
Without Eakins: 7th, 2nd, 1st, 1st, 2nd

From 09-10 to 15-16, the Oilers averaged being the 2.6th worst team in the league without Eakins and they were the 3rd worst team in the league with Eakins. I understand that he was a very immature poor coach and I remember the Taylor Hall water bottle incident but it's not as if he is the reason for the Oilers' failures both before and after he arrived. The Oilers missed the playoffs for ten straight seasons and a guy who coached for less than 1 and a half is really the guy to blame for their struggles and for them becoming a less than world class hockey organization? They had missed the playoffs 7 times before he arrived.

i think he became a whipping boy and scapegoat for the fans because of their over-reaction and glee having thought they pulled one over on the maple leafs when they first signed him.

they created such a media frenzy over this 'theft' that they felt embarrassed when they didn't match expectation and win the stanley cup immediately with him and their passion of love turned to illogical hatred.