canuckster19
Former CDC Mod
Note, I was a huge Oilers fan when I was a kid and was up until Gretzky left, so this thread isn't to make fun of the Oilers, but purely a what-if scenario.
Basically who do you think would have won the Cup the years Edmonton won it if all other playoff series played out as they did save for Edmonton's? Just assume Vancouver was in place of Edmonton and lost all their first round matchups, I'm not picking Vancouver to go on a Cinderella run any of those years.
1984, Winnipeg plays Calgary in the quarter finals, Calgary wins that one easily and goes on to beat the North Stars as well in 6-7 games in the conference finals, ultimately they lose to the Islanders though who win their 5th in a row.
1985, Winnipeg plays Los Angeles in the quarter finals and beats them, they go on to defeat Chicago as well, but ultimately lose to the Flyers in the finals, Flyers win that elusive 3rd cup.
1987, Similar story Winnipeg defeats Los Angeles again and Detroit in the conference finals but ultimately lose to the Flyers in the finals.
1988, Calgary beats Winnipeg in the quarter finals, Detroit in the conference, and Boston in the finals winning their first Cup a year earlier
1990 Winnipeg defeats Los Angeles in the quarter finals but lose to Chicago in the conference finals, Chicago though eventually lose to the Bruins in the final.
I sort of like this what if history, I think Winnipeg would have seen a lot more success in the 80s had they remained in the Norris division
So to summarize
84 Islanders
85, 87 Flyers
88 Flames
90 Bruins
Basically who do you think would have won the Cup the years Edmonton won it if all other playoff series played out as they did save for Edmonton's? Just assume Vancouver was in place of Edmonton and lost all their first round matchups, I'm not picking Vancouver to go on a Cinderella run any of those years.
1984, Winnipeg plays Calgary in the quarter finals, Calgary wins that one easily and goes on to beat the North Stars as well in 6-7 games in the conference finals, ultimately they lose to the Islanders though who win their 5th in a row.
1985, Winnipeg plays Los Angeles in the quarter finals and beats them, they go on to defeat Chicago as well, but ultimately lose to the Flyers in the finals, Flyers win that elusive 3rd cup.
1987, Similar story Winnipeg defeats Los Angeles again and Detroit in the conference finals but ultimately lose to the Flyers in the finals.
1988, Calgary beats Winnipeg in the quarter finals, Detroit in the conference, and Boston in the finals winning their first Cup a year earlier
1990 Winnipeg defeats Los Angeles in the quarter finals but lose to Chicago in the conference finals, Chicago though eventually lose to the Bruins in the final.
I sort of like this what if history, I think Winnipeg would have seen a lot more success in the 80s had they remained in the Norris division
So to summarize
84 Islanders
85, 87 Flyers
88 Flames
90 Bruins