My best buddy is a Rangers fan, I’m a Penguins fan. I give him tons of crap about us having more cups than an O6 team. All in good fun, though.

Totally must suck to have multiple Stanley Cup wins. Seriously.

1927 was the first year that the NHL alone competed for the Cup. So it kind of makes sense.

The top 3 have won 44, every other team has combined for 47 lol

For 30 years there were only 6 teams, so it actually makes a lot of sense (Leafs, Canadiens, Rangers, Bruins, Blackhawks, Red Wings)

No they aren't.

The cubs went over 100 SEASONS between WS wins,the Sens went through a massive stretch where they didn't exist.

Wait is there anyone out there that believes the Rangers are more successful as a franchise than the Devils?

The Devils may actually be one of the most successful expansion franchises in any sport.

Technically there were more than 6 in total for each cup win; they won 3 of their 4 before the Original Six era.

Which is why when comparing cup totals including anything won before the 70s is dumb.

Would this indicate that for Montreal, the average amount of teams in the league when winning the cup is 11.5?

Also my largest takeaway is there was a team called The Millionaires!!!

Interesting thought, but this is more an all time sum which means just by virtue of being around longer your more likely to be at the top. I think a rate would be a better indicator of 'best' teams over the ages.

Which NHL is the titans? I'm assuming some 20s-50s era obsolete franchise?

Exactly what I came to say! I mean Edmonton had The Great One, FFS!

The irony of course is that it was the St. Louis Cardinals that moved to Arizona.

But the Canes have won a cup

Kessel is not a HOFer...

Well datsyuk is in now and that makes 10 now. It was 9 before him.

are there any finals in the last 20 years that can come close to 20.

Looks like 20 without coaches.

Edit NVM, counted the goalies twice.

Another little tidbit on the 97 Red Wings. The 97 Red Wings were the start of a dirty and bloody rivalry between the Detroit Red Wings and the Colorado Avalanche. It really started the year before in the playoffs, when Claude Lemieux hit Chris Draper from behind. It caused Draper to have a broken cheek, broken jaw and shattered orbital bone. In today's NHL the hit would've probably gotten at least a 20 game suspension. But in 97 it resulted in a 2 game suspension, which was a pretty severe suspension then. Because Lemieux was suspended for two games. He did not play against the Red Wings again that year. In 97, a game at the Joe Louis arena has become known as bloody Wednesday. It started with a fight between two players which escalated when Darren McCarty seen Claude Lemieux on the ice. He went and punched him in the face. Claude Lemieux went to the ice into a turtle position. Darren McCarty dragged Lemieux to the Red Wings bench and beat him to a bloody pulp right in front of Chris Draper. Every other player on the ice was fighting at the time. Brendan Shanahan literally clotheslined Colorado's goaltender Patrick Roy when he was coming to the aid of one of his teammates. The referees and lion's med had to use their skates to scrape the ice to try to get rid of the blood stains in front of the Red Wings bench from Claude Lemieux's face. Lemieux had to throw his arms over teammate's shoulders and be helped back to the locker room. Darren McCarty, I believe received maybe a 5-minute major for fighting but I'm thinking it was a double minor for roughing. That game had 144 penalty minutes. Those were the good ole days of hockey. That would not happen today, but if it did I believe everyone on the ice would fined severely and most players would probably be suspended. The rivalry went on for years, while the core of both teams stayed together. Before the original brawl, there was another brawl between the teams in 98 where Claude Lemieux stood up to Darren McCarty and fought him instead of doing the 🐢 turtle, Darren McCarty was asked about getting revenge on Claude Lemieux for the dirty hit on Draper and he replied "Hockey players have long memories". You can purchase a T-shirt with a picture of Lemieux doing the "Turtle" while McCarty is punching him. I realize this is an extremely long comment, but there's so much to talk about concerning this rivalry. If you Google the bloodiest rivalry in NHL history, the Red Wings and Avalanche will come up. I really suggest going to YouTube and watching videos of the main brawls and documentaries surrounding the two teams.

Back to back Ted Lindsay’s as well.

During Crosby, Ovechkin and Malkin’s peak no less.

During Crosby, Stamkos, Malkin & Ovechkin's prime years.

To have two identical twins spend 2 decades on the same NHL team, win similar awards and both be inducted into the hhof at the same time... once in a lifetime.

I'd like to see the Kings win but it's hard to argue with your reasoning.

But...they won how many Cups? They knew how to win, and won. Can't argue about that. This entire game is about winning that thing.

Like Detroit did in 2009 with Marion Hossa.

And here I am, an Oilers fan living in Calgary, hoping I get the chance to be insufferable for at least a little while this year 😅

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a cursed franchise. In all my years of watching hockey, I've never been entertained by this hockey team outside of situation where they choke.

I don't like Boston, but they have played some good hockey over the years and I respect them. Same story for the New York's team, Detroit, Chitown, Quebec back in the day... I might not like these franchises, but I remember and respect their greatness.

Toronto has always been an aggressively marketed, mismanaged circus of a franchise producing subpar hockey. This era has been as closest as they have ever come to relevance since the invention of colour television and the highlights have all been choking and drama.

Maple Leaf fans are the more resilient, stuborn fans in hockey. My hats off to them. Nobody will accuse them of being fairweather. My only question for them would be "WHY!?!?!?, who hurt you as a child so badly to make you believe you deserved this?!?"

For an O6 team with our longevity and history it is hilarious how bad some of these records are.

We did spend decades with actual hell tier owners though (Ballard) so it tracks

Toronto not having a thousand point scorer in a hundred years is wild.

Of the guys the Leafs built around I always assumed he was the most likely to spend his career with the leafs. Local kid who wanted to bring a cup home but it just didn't work out that way

The sabres never won a cup huh? Could've sworn you did with hasek

Joint Canucks/Sabres cup wins. We’ll take the first one since you won the lottery, then you can have the next one.

Canucks fandom when they finally win the Stanley Cup

Yes! And don’t forget the Canucks expansion bros, the Sabres. Both fan bases have suffered for so long it has gone from sad to funny and now looped back around to genuinely heartbreaking.

Canicks-Buffalo, for all the marbles

The State of Hockey would really benefit from a Stanley Cup

Forgetting one thing: the flames. They will absolutely give Colorado a hard time, probably even 7 games. Heck, even before that Nashville, St. Louis, or Minnesota could give the avs a tough time

That's definitely solid reasoning. As a leaf fan, I'm hoping Toronto beats their demons this year. After that, anything is possible.

I didn't realize the Avs were already reserved a spot in the Finals.

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Someone should let the Flames, Wild, Blues, etc...know, so they don't go wasting their time.

Colorado is going to do what they do every year just with a new goalie

Stranger things have happened. I'm not going to hold my breath, but at least we seem better built for playoff hockey this season.