Posts tagged with "Paul Coffey"
The Best Oilers Team to Not Win a Cup
July 1st, 2017 Imagine a team with the second-best offence in NHL history somehow flying under the radar. In a sense, that is what has happened to the 1985-86 Edmonton Oilers, despite playing in the middle of the Oilers' Stanley Cup dynasty years. A recent example of this is the NHL's Top 10 Greatest Teams fan vote competition as part of the...
The Best NHL Defensemen Ever
May 29th, 2017 Originally posted in 2012 by Mark Ritter, the best NHL defensemen ever list is pretty timeless and we can't imagine altering it anytime soon. Although a couple more stellar seasons by Erik Karlsson and he may crack the lineup. The NHL has a long and storied existence. Legendary teams, lines and players serve as a reminder of days gone...
Top 12 Fastest Skaters Ever in the NHL
May 9th, 2017 Speed. Everybody knows what it does. It kills. It disrupts game plans. It thwarts otherwise solid defensive execution. With time and space, speed can’t be properly defended. It can’t be stopped. It kills. With the NHL having fully buried the grind and torment of the left-wing lock era, speed remains essential to staying...
10 Greatest Pittsburgh Penguins in Franchise History
January 28th, 2017 The NHL announced the '100 Greatest NHL Players of All Time' last night so we decided to pull this piece out of the THW Archives since five players on this list are part of the 100 -- and some are arguing today, and will be for a while, that it should have been six. Written by former THW contributor Justin Glock and originally...
The Greatest Detroit Red Wings Team Not to Win the Stanley Cup
March 15th, 2016 This season, the Washington Capitals are dominating the NHL, putting up 49 wins in their first 68 games. They still have a chance to match or break the record for most wins in a season—62—set by the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings 20 years ago. Following a sweep to the New Jersey Devils in the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals, the 1995-96...
The Pittsburgh Penguins Franchise Four
October 30th, 2015 The Franchise Four. The Mount Rushmore. Four players who tell the story of an organization. In this series, I’ll be taking a look at the history of all 30 NHL squads. For criteria, I’m choosing one forward, defenceman, goaltender and a wild card from any position. Since entering the NHL in 1967, the Pittsburgh Penguins have won...
