I was looking at the 1980’s oilers and there’s a lot of stats that seem like they won’t happen again. Multiple 70 goal scorers(Gretzky and Kurri) and Dman with 49 goals(coffey) a goalie getting 14 points(Fuhr). What other teams had eras( less than a decade) of unbelievable stats?
Posted Mar 19, 2018, 10:31 PM UTC
*48 goals for Coffey
Shit you’re right
The win loss record for the Habs in the late 70s is pretty fucking absurd
Only losing 8 games an entire season is totally absurd
considering they lost 10 and 11 the seasons bracketing that one. 29 losses in 3 seasons.
And those teams were built through drafting
those teams were built to the Bowman specifications. If you ever havent read "The Game" by Ken Dryden, it is worth the read just for all the insight into Bowman.
Washington going 8-67 in their first year in existence
When we won our first (and only) road game that year, the guys in the locker room raised a trash can like it was the Cup and cheered.
The 1980-81 Winnipeg Jets only won 9 games all season.
Which seems weird. Weren’t they a really good team in the WHA?
We got raped of our talent from the NHL as part of our absorption into the league. I wasn't around in those days, but my Dad says we could have won a Stanley Cup with some of those WHA rosters, specifically the 77-78 team.
Ulf Nilsson and Anders Hedberg played 4 seasons in the WHA and put 100+ points up each year. Bobby Hull played 411 WHA games and had 638 points. Hull had 142 points in the 75-76 season.
nice hard r there. Pillaged might be a better word?
Says u/addictedtoSodomy lol