Your pick who wins: Canada '76 vs. Soviets '79-81

[Big Phil]

Both teams had amazing lineups, who was better the '76 Canada Cup team or the Soviets of either '79 (Challenge Cup) or '81 Canada Cup. The '79 and '81 teams are a little different so if you dont want to combine them just pick one of them. Who wins in a 7 game series?

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[Reks]

I would like to mention that Soviet 79 team is different from Soviet 81 team. In Challenge Cup the first line was still Kharlamov-Petrov-Mikhailov while the first line in Canada Cup 81was already KLM line.

 

[Zine]

It's hard not to choose those 2 Soviet teams. Both those squads orchestrated the two biggest blow-outs in modern "highest level" hockey history. Likewise, I'm not sure I could choose a team that was able to get shutout ('76 Canada).

I'd go with '79 Soviets. Once they settled down in the middle of game two, they outscored the NHL all-stars 9-0 from that point. That's just insanity.