Top 10 Greatest NHL Teams
- 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens.
- 1987-88 Edmonton Oilers.
- 1986-87 Edmonton Oilers.
- 1997-98 Detroit Red Wings.
- 1982-83 New York Islanders.
- 1977-78 Montreal Canadiens.
- 1983-84 Edmonton Oilers.
- 2001-02 Detroit Red Wings.
There are 11 current NHL teams that have never won a Stanley Cup. All are teams that joined the league since 1967. The senior-most team that has not won a Stanley Cup is the St. Louis Blues, who entered the league in the 1967-68 season.
According to the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, the Bruins have 10-to-1 odds to win the Stanley Cup next year. That's tied with the Maple Leafs and Avalanche for the third-best odds in the league, behind only the Lightning (6/1) and Golden Knights (7/1).
The St. Louis team has 30 players on their roster for the 2018 season, of whom 21, or more than two-thirds, are Canadian. The Raptors, by comparison, have one Canadian on the team, Chris Boucher, and 10 Americans.
The roster features three Canadians: Chris Boucher (Montreal, PQ), Myck Kabongo (Toronto, ON) and Duane Notice. Boucher is on a two-way contract with the Toronto Raptors while Kabongo and Notice joined the team via open tryout.
There were six Canadian-born players to start the NBA playoffs this year:
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, LA Clippers.
- Khem Birch, Orlando Magic.
- Cory Joseph, Indiana Pacers.
- Trey Lyles, Denver Nuggets.
- Jamal Murray, Denver Nuggets.
- Chris Boucher, Toronto Raptors.
Here are the top 10 countries that produce the best hockey players.
- 8 Switzerland.
- 7 Czech Republic.
- 6 Slovakia.
- 5 United States of America.
- 4 Finland.
- 3 Sweden.
- 2 Russia.
- 1 Canada.
Yes, it's no secret that Canada and the United States produce the most NHL players, but there is talent in the NHL from around the world and they've helped grow the game over the years and make the sport popular globally.
Originally Answered: Why is Toronto the only Canadian city with a team in the NBA? Short answer is because the other Canadian-based franchise (the Grizzlies) were allowed to leave for the US after the 2000–01 season.
The National Hockey League (NHL; French: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada.
Washington tops the NHL with four Russian players (Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Dmirty Orlov, Dmitrij Jaskin), while 13 teams don't have a single comrade.
The top 5 goalies of all-time
- Patrick Roy.
- Martin Brodeur. Martin Brodeur.
- Terry Sawchuk. He's in the top five in wins, and I put him No.
- Jacques Plante. His numbers are right up there with the best.
- Glen Hall. Glenn Hall won 406 NHL games, taking Calder, Vezina, and Conn Smythe trophies along the way to go with two Stanley Cups as a player. (
1. Connor McDavid, F, Edmonton Oilers. McDavid is so good that he has taken the title of "best player in the world" from Sidney Crosby with little to no argument. Each of the past two seasons, he has led the NHL in scoring and been voted the most outstanding player in the NHL by his peers.
The team that went the youngest, year over year, was actually Pittsburgh. No more Phil Kessel, Matt Cullen and others. The Rangers, Panthers and Leafs also got notably younger from a year ago. The team that got the oldest, year over year, was surprisingly the Oilers, as they added 1.6 years to their average age.
