Who was the last team to be as good as the Blackhawks in puck possession?

[Snippit]

Caught a good chunk of their games this year...and on the Pens/Hawks game their passing game is on full display. These guys remind me of the hockey version of Barcelona. Who was the last team to be as good at puck posession as the Hawks of the 2010s?

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[FlaPanthers11]

The Kings of the 2010s?

 

[AINEC*]

No team has ever been as good as the modern era Blackhawks

 

[SimpleJack]

LA Kings of the past 4-5 years or so are right up there too. I just dont think they've done it for quite as long as the Hawks who are now on year 8 of a run that's previously seen 3 Cups and 5 WCF. For the vast of majority of that time they've been dominant with puck possession. This teams team though really isn't as dominant as in years past though trending upwards.

 

[Machinehead]

The Kings are better at it like, every year.

 

[Scorvat]

2010-2012 Canucks?

 

[WingedWheel1987]

07-08 Wings

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Panarin and Kane play catch in the offensive zone better than any pair I can recall.

 

[Yung Rotini]

The LA Kings of right now.

 

[Church of Toews*]

would the 95-2005 Devils qualify i don't know their exact possession numbers but id assume given their style of play and with Stevens Niedermayer and Rafalski in the back end id assume they were a strong possession team but i may be wrong

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Post-lockout Red Wings. They were incredible from 2006 (regular season) to 2009.

 

[jdatb]

The kings?

 

[hisgirlfriday]

Panarin and Kane play catch in the offensive zone better than any pair I can recall.

Not sure about better than Sedins but they remind me of the Sedins sometimes when playing catch.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Not sure about better than Sedins but they remind me of the Sedins sometimes when playing catch.

They are similar, except that Panarin and Kane are more dynamic with the puck. But yea, Sedins are the only other pair that comes close.

 

[I am not exposed]

I thought the Kings are the best possession team in the league.

 

[DanZ]

Those Wings' teams that went to back-to-back finals (2007-09) and the stats back it up. They are the best since possession stats have been tracked.

 

[DanZ]

I thought the Kings are the best possession team in the league.

They are. The Hawks are a one line team.

 

[Stimpythecat]

Year old article has the Kings being the best corsi for team of the past 4 years.

http://thehockeywriters.com/espn-los-angeles-kings-leader-in-analytics/

 

[Dertell]

The Kings of the 2010s (53.8 SA CF% vs. 53.6).

A better example would be the 2005-2009 Red Wings. They had a 58.6 SA CF% which is hilarious and +5.2% ahead of the #2 team during that span (San Jose).

 

[ecemleafs]

The Kings are better at it like, every year.

yeah if u consider throwing pucks on net from any angle "puck possession"....

 

[Papaspud]

Wings

 

[DanZ]

yeah if u consider throwing pucks on net from any angle "puck possession"....

You gotta be in the o-zone with the puck on your stick for that to happen

 

[scryan]

yeah if u consider throwing pucks on net from any angle "puck possession"....

Yeah, who counts simply having the puck as possessing it?

 

[Habsfunk]

The Wings basically played keep-away during their post-lockout peak.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

I think the wings back to back cup team were. I don't know the stats but for a couple of games the teams only had 5 minutes or less of puck time