Your Favorite Defunct Team...

[GlitchMarner]

Which one is your favorite?

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[82Ninety42011]

Nordiques they were really coming together as they proved once landed in Colorado. The rivalry with the Canadians was great to. Hopefully they get another team one day and the rivalry starts again.

 

[The Macho King]

Hamilton Tigers. Won the equivalent of the Presidents Trophy but never played a game those playoffs.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Nordiques. A really exciting high flying team.

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

Gonna go for an obscure one, but reading about the history of the Montreal Maroons was something.

Unlike all the others on the list, they actually had success with cup wins. They had a short, but storied history and were the first original team to play in the Forum.

Also, the rivalry with the Habs was something else too, since English montrealers gravitated to the Maroons.

Finally. Their jerseys were simple and sleek.

 

[amnesiac]

forgot Atlanta Flames

 

[BlueBaron]

Probably shocking but I went with Barons. They were part of the inspiration to my handle.

 

[JasonRoseEh]

I voted the Nordiques because it's crazy to me such a hockey bonkers province can't support another team, especially one with the province's namesake.

 

[NyQuil]

As a toddler I was a fan of the Colorado Rockies because of their logo.

 

[Ivo]

I loved the Nordiques jerseys and Peter Stastny, so them.

 

[57special]

North Stars had some terrific teams, with lots of personality and talent. Didn't win a Cup, but got to the finals twice.

 

[Trap Jesus]

Whalers' greens and Nordiques' blues are two of if not the best jerseys in NHL history. Just for that reason alone I want to see them back.

 

[Marshall]

Nordiques followed closely by the Whale.

 

[ThatsSoSlavin]

Vancouver Millionaires

 

[COHawk]

Whalers. One of the best logos ever created and I love their colors.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Gonna go for an obscure one, but reading about the history of the Montreal Maroons was something.

Unlike all the others on the list, they actually had success with cup wins. They had a short, but storied history and were the first original team to play in the Forum.

Also, the rivalry with the Habs was something else too, since English montrealers gravitated to the Maroons.

Finally. Their jerseys were simple and sleek.

My late grandfather was a fan of the Maroons. As you suggested, there was a real divide - English speaking Montrealers supported the Maroons, while French speakers supported the Canadiens.

In addition to two Stanley Cups, they had some notable players - such as Nels Stewart, a forgotten great. He was the NHL's all-time goal-scoring leader for nearly 20 years (eventually surpassed by Maurice Richard). He also won two Hart trophies.

My grandfather said that when the Maroons folded, he lost interest in hockey.

 

[Taluss]

Thrashers since I was able to grow up watching them

 

[Lt Dan]

The Whale may only beat Vancouver one or twice in a lifetime, but they were a great franchise

 

[jetsforever]

 

[7even]

 

[OKR]

I used to be Atlanta Thrashers fan, now i ain’t got a team, i just follow every team and choose what game to watch by players in both teams.

 

[biturbo19]

The Nordiques will always hold a special place among the defunct teams for me, and it's the team i'd most want reincarnated today. The most unjust losing of a team i can remember, along with the Jets obviously. But idk...the Whalers uniforms were sexy, even though i never really cared remotely about the team.

 

[The Macho King]

Also the original Sens. First NHL dynasty. Some fantastic players (Nighbor, Clancy, Benedict, Denneny, Cleghorn for a bit).

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

My late grandfather was a fan of the Maroons. As you suggested, there was a real divide - English speaking Montrealers supported the Maroons, while French speakers supported the Canadiens.

In addition to two Stanley Cups, they had some notable players - such as Nels Stewart, a forgotten great. He was the NHL's all-time goal-scoring leader for nearly 20 years (eventually surpassed by Maurice Richard). He also won two Hart trophies.

My grandfather said that when the Maroons folded, he lost interest in hockey.

every time that you or one of the other posters here talk about super-duper old timey hockey from before color movies were a thing it always reminds me of this:

 

[TK 421]

Hartford Whalers. Love the jersey and logo, can you still find Whalers jerseys anywhere?