OT: Best hockey team of the 2000's
April 11th, 2015 at 10:27 AM ^
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We'll never see 10 hall of famers on one team ever again. Just think about that roster... Yzerman, Lidstrom, Fedorov, Shanahon, Hull, Robitaille, Chelios, Hasek, Larionov and Datsyuk.
April 11th, 2015 at 10:27 AM ^
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April 11th, 2015 at 10:27 AM ^
2002 Red Wings, they were a god damn All-Star team.
April 11th, 2015 at 10:28 AM ^
This team at a minimum has to be considered. You couldn't turn around in the locker room without bumping into a hall of fame level player. The head coach wasn't too bad either.
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Any game you chased Patrick Roy from net was a good game.
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Why do I fear you going ballistic like you did a couple days ago?
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April 11th, 2015 at 10:33 AM ^
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April 11th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^
but rather enjoyed your rant anyway!
But back to your question...the 2001-02 Red Wings, without much doubt one of the finest collections of talent I've seen in my lifetime. Hall of Famers all over the ice, great coaching, good goaltending, best Red Wings team in the post-expansion era.
April 11th, 2015 at 11:01 AM ^
That was an awesome rant. I wish it would have stayed
April 11th, 2015 at 10:36 AM ^
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To that point, I am impressed that this one has held on this long without doing much obvious trolling despite being a troll account. As Willy Wonka said, "The suspense is terrible. I hope it lasts." This gets morbidly amusing from a mod standpoint after a while anyway.
April 11th, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^
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When you look at that roster and the talent it was incredible...and they could play any style. They didn't have as many hall of famers, but they were the ideal mix of size, speed, and skill.
Toews, Kane, Sharp, and Hossa as the core with Ladd, Byfuglien, Brouwer, Versteeg (pre-inhury) as the high skilled depth at forward. Keith with the best year of his career to this point, Seabrook, Campbell, and Hjalmarsson on defense.
April 11th, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^
2. 2000-01 Avalanche.. Very good
3. 2012-13 Blackhawks
4. 2007-08 Red wings
5. 2007-08 Penguins
Ranking based off roster, regular season and playoff success combined
HM: 02-03 Senators, 02-03 devils, 03-04 Lightning, 03-04 Red wings, 06-07 ducks, 10-11 bruins, 09-10 Blackhawks, 08-09 Penguins
April 11th, 2015 at 11:38 AM ^
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for the 2001-02 wings was absolutely spectacular, the rest of the role players were some of the best of the time as well. dandenault, draper, mccarty, holmstrom, maltby, duchesne
April 11th, 2015 at 11:30 AM ^
Since 90% of the people here are Wings fans this "dicussion" is going to be mostly between which Wings team was the best. And don't get me wrong, I think the 02 Wings are probably the best of the decade. But most of you aren't even considering other teams. Just to increase discussion I will throw my team in the ring: the 2000 Devils. I know the Devils get a bad rap around here for playing the trap in the 90s, but most people seem to ignore that they largely didn't play that way from 2000 on. In fact, they finished first in the Eastern Conference in goals scored (second overall to the Wings). That team had the Elias-Arnott-Sykora line, which could score on anyone, and Brodeur in his prime.
I know the 03 Devils had a slightly better record and took the Cup as well, but I always felt like the 2000 team was the best of the five Devils teams to make the finals. Again, I'm not saying they are definitely better than the 02 Wings, but I think they should be in the discussion.
April 11th, 2015 at 11:42 AM ^
I'm a Wings fan, and I appreciate the hell out of the Devils, even after '95. This would be because the 2000 edition kept the Stars from a repeat, the 2001 squad gave the Avalanche a hell of a Finals series, and in 2003 finally sent a Ducks team, which consisted of Giguere and nothing else, crashing back to Earth.
April 11th, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^
Detroit Red Wings.
April 11th, 2015 at 11:37 AM ^
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With Brent Seabrook, Dion Phaneuf, Cam Barker & Shea Weber on the blue line; Jeff Carter, Sidney Crosby, Ryan Getzlaf, Mike Richards, Corey Perry and Patrice Bergeron up front it didn't matter that Jeff Glass was in the crease. They had some lesser known players that were very good in the juniors too like Danny Syvret, Anthony Stewart and Nigel Dawes that just added more great depth.
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Ack.
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April 11th, 2015 at 12:53 PM ^
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One team people forget
No NHL team scored more points than the 2006 Detroit Red Wings with 124. True their division sucked with Columbus, Chicago and St Louis finishing in the last 3 spots in the Conference.
The Wings were 2nd in goals scored and were never shut out during that season.Wings were beaten 4-2 by Edmonton in round 1.
Cup success is everything in the NHL and I understand that, but that Red Wings team was awesome and for me is probably its most disappointing in the last 2 decades as far as Cup performances.
2013 Blackhawks almost were taken out by the Wings. I know that Wings team also upset Anaheim, but come on. The 2008 Red Wings didn't come close to losing a series. Yeah they went six games a few times, but they didn't trail 3-1 and get taken to OT of Game 7.
I think the 2007 Ducks and 2009 Penguins have to be mentioned.
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2014 Team Canada Olympic team was the most dominant seven consecutive games I've ever seen. Those Sweden and USA games could have gone on ten hours each and neither team was ever going to score on them.
Oh, man, how did I overlook them? Weren't they also the first #8 seed to go all the way?
EDIT: not only were they that, they also were only the second team to knock out the #1, #2, and #3 seeds in their conference.
that got hot in the post-season.