Worst Stanley Cup Finals ever??

[OLYMPIA STADIUM]

The worst was 1993, but only because I was and still am a huge Kings fan. Ever since then I hate Marty McSorley and Patrick Roy's cockiness.

That was a great stanley cup finals to see montreal win one more cup in the historic montreal forum: handclap:

 

[OLYMPIA STADIUM]

Pittsburgh-Chicago was a very boring one, in 1992...
But I totally agree, Detroit-Washingon was utterly boring..

The 1992 finals were great to see the cup being won at the chicago stadium one more time,just like in 1990 seeing a stanley cup finals one more time at the boston garden.
As far as the detroit-washington finals i did expect washington to play detroit better in the finals.

 

[Matty Sundin]

2007 could be worst cup finals of the 2000's so far. Ducks/Devls in 2003 might of been boring though it did go to 7 and it had that stanley cup finals feeling. I personally didn't find Canes/Wings that bad since the first 3 games were competive.

 

[octopi]

I see a lot of threads like best finals ever or best game ever, so I thought I'd start this lol. I'd say 2003 Ducks/Devils is up there. Even Devils fans have to agree this was a snooze fest.

Yeah, that was a forgettable one. Altho 2005 was even more forgettable. Man, its like it never happened

 

[pensadmirer87]

Thread may have also been called worst stanley cup playoffs as a whole ever. Not enough series were that tight and they seemed real predictable. Scoring was real low, the officiating was inconsistent at best and the flow to the games in these 07 playoffs just didnt do it for me...And the layoff between series was absolutely ridiculous, hurt ottawa immensely.

 

[Matty Sundin]

Thread may have also been called worst stanley cup playoffs as a whole ever. Not enough series were that tight and they seemed real predictable. Scoring was real low, the officiating was inconsistent at best and the flow to the games in these 07 playoffs just didnt do it for me...And the layoff between series was absolutely ridiculous, hurt ottawa immensely.

1 game 7 the entire playoffs. The only series I enjoyed was Rangers/Sabres.

 

[Sotnos]

I also have to throw in the Lightning-Flames series

I'm biased, but what was boring about it?

 

[Devils Dominion]

Pittsburgh vs Chicago was real bad.
So was Detroit-Washington, followed by Colorado vs Florida, which was a cure for insomnia.

 

[Rob]

You're so right about Colorado-Florida. People complain about New Jersey being boring but Florida was the worst. They had no real talent. Just trapped their way to the final. That 1-0 triple overtime game was brutal.

 

[Chileiceman]

from what I remember, the worst finals was Washington-Detroit in 98

 

[Devils Mike*]

The Colorado- Florida, much worse then 1995 since Devils pulled a upset of winning and even sweeping which was probally one of the biggest upsets in Hockey history.

 

[VanIslander]

My pick is the Isles sweep over a sub-.500 Canucks in '82 for their third straight Cup.

But that was so SIGNIFICANT.

I watched every moment as a towel-waving crazed Canucks fan... and was immediately BLOWN AWAY by how much better the Isles were.

That was a good Stanley Cup Finals! Goliath squashed David.

Sure, every game wasn't competitive but the series was significant.

A SWEEP isn't necessarily a bad thing, though the Devils sweep of Detroit in 95 was hugely disappointing and boring!!! major upset? they played like MUD, (heralding in an awful style of play) after the Rangers and Habs exciting wins the previous two postseasons.

 

[DaveG]

Thread may have also been called worst stanley cup playoffs as a whole ever. Not enough series were that tight and they seemed real predictable. Scoring was real low, the officiating was inconsistent at best and the flow to the games in these 07 playoffs just didnt do it for me...And the layoff between series was absolutely ridiculous, hurt ottawa immensely.

Definitely, a total of two series that I watched from an outsider perspective and really enjoyed (Vancouver-Dallas and Buffalo-Rangers). Only one that went seven games. Even in most years that my team is eliminated seemingly half the series at least entertain me, this year though, forget about it.

 

[Poignant Discussion*]

2003 was pretty good in my opinion actually and Detroit - Carolina wasn't bad either

Detroit - Washington was brutal on the other hand, was their any doubt on the sweep?

 

[Golden Foppa]

Yes, 1996 was the worst. The game 4 was good, but by then the AVs had a 3-0 lead in the series, so you knew the game was meaningless if the panthers won.

How could this be the worst when the Stanley Cup was won on a goal in triple overtime??? Both of the games in Florida were very competitive and game 2 (the 8-2 win) while not appealing to someone that wants a tight game was an absolutely amazing offensive display. Just going on the series that came after this one, Red Wings-Caps ,Stars-Sabres, and Red Wings-Hurricanes were much worse to watch. Watching teams running the leftwing lock and trappping teams to death was horrible to watch. Watching a team get a sweep running the trap was much worse than watching a team get a sweep playing an offensive game.

 

[nerdman60]

The worst was 1993, but only because I was and still am a huge Kings fan. Ever since then I hate Marty McSorley and Patrick Roy's cockiness.

man you're nuts! 93 was awesome! Desjardin 3 goals in game 2, john leclair consecutive over time goals!! the last canadian team to hoist the cup , it was magical!

the worst had to be 2007. the Sens didn't bring it and coupled with some bad luck, made this one stinky

 

[saskganesh]

I think wings-caps.

 

[seventieslord]

Most people tend to say the 2003 finals. But at least that one went to 7 games. What about the two that Detroit won in 4?

Not saying that it's not 2003, because I remember one of those games literally putting me to sleep. But I thought I'd mention, I watched it on NHL network's, "on the glass" program and all of a sudden it appeared to be a fast-paced, physical, and just plain exciting series. If that program and its camera angles can do that for that series, I'd like to see what it can do for some good ones, like 1994, 2001, and 2004.

 

[Haber]

Of all the Cup finals I've seen, Devils/Ducks was by far the worst.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

You're forgetting The 1997 Finals between the Flyers and Red Wings which dominated by the Red Wings from the First 2 periods of the series until McCarty's goal.The Flyers were never really in the series and it didn't help that Hextall/Snow combo played like .

 

[hgo]

The worst was 1993, but only because I was and still am a huge Kings fan. Ever since then I hate Marty McSorley and Patrick Roy's cockiness.

When you consider how exciting the 1993 postseason was, I don't think there's any way you can rate the 93 Cup Finals as the worst.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Of all the Cup finals I've seen, Devils/Ducks was by far the worst.

You must have seen very few Finals then. 2 OT games, Game-7, Niedermayer brothers vs each other, Marty vs Giggy. Not the worst Final by a long shot. Did you see Colorado vs Florida? No way that one was better than Devs-Ducks.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Of the ones I've seen I remember 95-96 and 97-98 being particularly bad. Florida & Washington were so overmatched they couldn't even come close to getting a pity win. 97-98 gets the nod just because Florida was at least able to make Game 4 entertaining.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Any finals with the Devils in it. Snooooooooooooooooooooooozzzzzz. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

 

[MotownMadman]

Devils/Ducks in 2003. The only Finals I've switched the channel on. I had a hard time finding the motivation to watch the 3rd period in game 7 to see who won. Just a bunch of guys groping and hanging all over each other and I something like 1% of passes that actually connected. The best piece of evidence that the NHL had to make changes.