Where does this Washington Capitals team rank with the ALL TIME greatest NHL teams?

[Defying]

good game. i can't wait for playoff hockey

 

[C.P.]

Great game..great win...

6 on 3 wtf

 

[Haystacks]

2-1 CHGO...great fast paced game...

VV..I watched Bobby Orr great player....Hell I remember the chgo MPH line...

Damn, remember no masks or helmets...WTF...

Way different game back then..

if they got rid of those stupid helmets..... Less concussions and injuries. Better product. More young fans . Great for business. Higher salaries as enticement .

Orr or Cournyer flying over the redline..... It was like the steal of home plate 10 times a game

 

[FairWarning]

if they got rid of those stupid helmets..... Less concussions and injuries. Better product. More young fans . Great for business. Higher salaries as enticement .

Orr or Cournyer flying over the redline..... It was like the steal of home plate 10 times a game

All it would take is a puck to the head to change your mind.

 

[Ricboff]

The passage of time is a funny thing. It happens in two ways, first slowly, and then all at once.

"Teams of the past" refers to a lot of teams. Would any NHL team today beat the 1940 Rangers? Sure. Would any NHL team today beat the 1994 Rangers? Not so fast, my friend.

Jaromir Jagr goes back to the Penguins Cups in the early 90's, and he is still putting up numbers today at age 43. It is not like the "bigger and faster" guys of the NHL today have made him obsolete. I think the Gretzkys and Messiers and Yzermans and Orrs would not have any problems playing and excelling in todays game.

The game itself has changed, the rules, the goalie equipment, the philosophies of coaching and strategy, etc. But if you evened out these things accounting for the difference in eras, I think you have to go back pretty far to see 2016 teams completely dominating.

good post. Kinda funny the argument that today's players are bigger....are stronger....are faster....then the previous generation. All the while a 44 yr old leads his team in scoring and points and has his team in first place--- FORTY-FOUR....




guess these chaps know what they're talkign about? .......dagone.....

 

[Ricboff]

Caps lost?

 

[Haystacks]

All it would take is a puck to the head to change your mind.

To the man with the helmet on in his avatar. Why don't pitchers wear them ?

why wasn't it a problem in the old days... Wooden sticks , better game

tennis ? Go back to wood, it becomes relevant again

 

[Bruins4Life]

Now, someone teach me something about college basketball.

Still the same old Caps.

 

[Acebb]

Seriously, I'm beyond sick of hearing how great a player Ovechkin is. It silly to pretend he's a better player than Crosby.

Wake me up when you get to a conference final "great 8"

 

[Akillies]

i think the isles won 4 in a row
cups, not games