This is the Blackhawk team which SHOULD have ended their 31 year Stanley Cup drought. They had won 10 straight games in the playoffs and faced the Penguins in the Finals. However, they coughed up a lead in the 3rd Period in Game 1 in Pittsburgh, and that seemed to take the wind out of their sails. It took Chicago another 18 years before they got back to the Finals and won the Cup in 2010.
I was so sick of the Pens (and disliked Bowman who parachuted in and inherited a stacked team) If Quebec isnt moved to the Campbell Conf and never gets Roy the Hawks could've snuck in a Cup in 1995-1996. St. Louis upsetting Detroit wouldve been big too if that happened
@@timburr4453 Totally agree, Tim. And Scotty’s little boy Stan also parachuted in and “won” Cups with the Hawks on teams that Dale Tallon built. Don’t get me wrong. Scotty was a good coach. I followed him when he was a young guy coaching the brand-new expansion Blues. But he got the luxury of some really STACKED teams with the 1970’s Canadiens and later the Pens.
@@OldRustySteele Oh absolutely he was a good coach...but to me was not head and shoulders the best ever When the Isles somehow toppled Pitt in 1993...that answered the question once and for all who the greatest coach (at least in my lifetime of watching hockey) was. Bowman had a disturbing amount of top/stacked team underachievement moments as well post Montreal. He crapped out in Buffalo. Isles 93, SJ 1994, Devs 1995, Almost St Louis 1996 (colorado would finish a record Wings team)
@@timburr4453 Tim, my vote for the best ever coach and GM combo was Al Arbour and Bill Torrey. When you consider they took the expansion Islanders from a joke to 4 Stanley Cup wins in a row in only 9 seasons, that’s pretty impressive!
@@OldRustySteele Arbour was a true leader and teacher and got the absolute most out of his guys...he really would take the time to get to know them and their families. I remember hearing a story about how Al would talk to a guy and followed up about his grandmother who was ill...he knew everything that was going on with you and what made you tick .Kelly Hrudey called him a 2nd father. You had an Isles defenseman who couldnt physically even stand or walk trying to talk his way into a playoff game...that's what these players gave for Al
They showed significant snowfall in Edmonton. Maybe that snarled traffic and caused people to be late to the game. Surprising that Edmonton would get snow that late in the Spring, only 1 month before the summer solstice. Even that far north, that seems unexpected!
The Oilers had problems with home attendance in the 1992 playoffs. In the previous round against Vancouver, the game 3 crowd was the lowest attendance total in their NHL existence to that point (14,561). The primary reason given seemed to imply fan apathy, after watching more talented/exciting teams win five Stanley Cups in the previous eight seasons.
@@skifusya2814 also now I remember the NHL had that players strike towards the end of the 92 season and I wonder if segments of some fanbases decided to send a message if only they knew...Edm wouldn't see another playoff home game until 1997 Also I seem to remember Hartford having lots of visible empties vs Mtl in the opening round of 1992
@@timburr4453 Hi Tim, and yeah, I would have expected a big crowd too. I would have thought snow in “Edmonchuk” was no big deal. Skifusya noted they had low attendance that year, which I never knew. As a Blues fan since 1968, I’ve never known such luxury to be spoiled to all those Stan’s Cans Edmonton won in the 1980’s. For me, once every 52 years seems to suffice. But I’m reserving tickets for the next one. (I’ll be 117 years old, but I’m sure they’ll have an escalator to get me to my usual nosebleed seats!! 🤣
This is the Blackhawk team which SHOULD have ended their 31 year Stanley Cup drought. They had won 10 straight games in the playoffs and faced the Penguins in the Finals. However, they coughed up a lead in the 3rd Period in Game 1 in Pittsburgh, and that seemed to take the wind out of their sails. It took Chicago another 18 years before they got back to the Finals and won the Cup in 2010.
I was so sick of the Pens (and disliked Bowman who parachuted in and inherited a stacked team)
If Quebec isnt moved to the Campbell Conf and never gets Roy the Hawks could've snuck in a Cup in 1995-1996. St. Louis upsetting Detroit wouldve been big too if that happened
@@timburr4453 Totally agree, Tim. And Scotty’s little boy Stan also parachuted in and “won” Cups with the Hawks on teams that Dale Tallon built.
Don’t get me wrong. Scotty was a good coach. I followed him when he was a young guy coaching the brand-new expansion Blues. But he got the luxury of some really STACKED teams with the 1970’s Canadiens and later the Pens.
@@OldRustySteele Oh absolutely he was a good coach...but to me was not head and shoulders the best ever
When the Isles somehow toppled Pitt in 1993...that answered the question once and for all who the greatest coach (at least in my lifetime of watching hockey) was.
Bowman had a disturbing amount of top/stacked team underachievement moments as well post Montreal. He crapped out in Buffalo. Isles 93, SJ 1994, Devs 1995, Almost St Louis 1996 (colorado would finish a record Wings team)
@@timburr4453 Tim, my vote for the best ever coach and GM combo was Al Arbour and Bill Torrey. When you consider they took the expansion Islanders from a joke to 4 Stanley Cup wins in a row in only 9 seasons, that’s pretty impressive!
@@OldRustySteele Arbour was a true leader and teacher and got the absolute most out of his guys...he really would take the time to get to know them and their families. I remember hearing a story about how Al would talk to a guy and followed up about his grandmother who was ill...he knew everything that was going on with you and what made you tick .Kelly Hrudey called him a 2nd father. You had an Isles defenseman who couldnt physically even stand or walk trying to talk his way into a playoff game...that's what these players gave for Al
5:50 surprised at the empties in Edm. This was a Campbell Conf Final home game for the Oilers😮
They showed significant snowfall in Edmonton. Maybe that snarled traffic and caused people to be late to the game. Surprising that Edmonton would get snow that late in the Spring, only 1 month before the summer solstice. Even that far north, that seems unexpected!
The Oilers had problems with home attendance in the 1992 playoffs. In the previous round against Vancouver, the game 3 crowd was the lowest attendance total in their NHL existence to that point (14,561). The primary reason given seemed to imply fan apathy, after watching more talented/exciting teams win five Stanley Cups in the previous eight seasons.
@@skifusya2814 also now I remember the NHL had that players strike towards the end of the 92 season and I wonder if segments of some fanbases decided to send a message
if only they knew...Edm wouldn't see another playoff home game until 1997
Also I seem to remember Hartford having lots of visible empties vs Mtl in the opening round of 1992
@@OldRustySteele Yea that too. Still it's Edm, they're used to the snow and would trudge through feet of it in the 80s to see Wayne and Co.
@@timburr4453 Hi Tim, and yeah, I would have expected a big crowd too. I would have thought snow in “Edmonchuk” was no big deal. Skifusya noted they had low attendance that year, which I never knew.
As a Blues fan since 1968, I’ve never known such luxury to be spoiled to all those Stan’s Cans Edmonton won in the 1980’s. For me, once every 52 years seems to suffice. But I’m reserving tickets for the next one. (I’ll be 117 years old, but I’m sure they’ll have an escalator to get me to my usual nosebleed seats!! 🤣
I am a Craig Mactavish guy...