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Post by NHLWinnipeg on Nov 11, 2014 14:13:37 GMT -6
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Post by Bruinsfan on Nov 11, 2014 14:34:09 GMT -6
I get what he is trying to say. It is revisionist. in reality the nhl before the 6 team era was barely a league and the only reason it stayed at 6 teams was because the owners were too tight to allow the sport to grow....then they expanded and placed all the expansion teams in one division guaranteeing one of their teams winning the cup essentially.
I get it, its nauseating. The history of the other teams shouldnt be diminished because the nhl refused grow the game.
But i still think those 6 teams deserve the title. They were really the surviving 6 and they are huge money makers in the league
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Post by domi on Nov 18, 2014 0:27:57 GMT -6
There is so much more to this story too.
The NHL was really just one of a few professional hockey teams that emerged in the early 20th century. The Stanley Cup was not the NHL's, rather it was won when the best teams from these other leagues challenged the other teams for it. Basically, the NHL ended up being the last professional hockey league standing after the Great Depression when the other leagues folded. And they ended up hanging on to the Stanley Cup, and adopted it.
The last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup was the Victoria Cougars in 1925. They ended backing up when their hockey league went bust and they moved to Windsor and then eventually Detroit to become the Red Wings.
Interestingly enough, the NHL does not own the cup. But that's a whole other story for another time...
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Post by Bruinsfan on Nov 18, 2014 19:49:16 GMT -6
There is so much more to this story too. The NHL was really just one of a few professional hockey teams that emerged in the early 20th century. The Stanley Cup was not the NHL's, rather it was won when the best teams from these other leagues challenged the other teams for it. Basically, the NHL ended up being the last professional hockey league standing after the Great Depression when the other leagues folded. And they ended up hanging on to the Stanley Cup, and adopted it. The last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup was the Victoria Cougars in 1925. They ended backing up when their hockey league went bust and they moved to Windsor and then eventually Detroit to become the Red Wings. Interestingly enough, the NHL does not own the cup. But that's a whole other story for another time... absolutely, and the nhl not owning the cup is right on....weren't they threatened to lose if if they lock out for more than one season? |
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Post by wolfmannick on Nov 18, 2014 22:27:49 GMT -6
^ If they lock out for an entire season other teams are allowed to challenge for it thanks to a Judge decision.
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Post by hal1971 on Nov 19, 2014 10:44:14 GMT -6
What's interesting is that Quebec was part of the founding teams (Quebec, Montreal and ottawa) of the NHL. So a 100th anniversary without quebec ?
The Bulldogs, along with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers and Ottawa Senators, were frustrated with Toronto Blueshirts owner Eddie Livingstone's acrimonious dealings. However, they discovered that the league constitution didn't allow them to simply vote Livingstone out. Instead, the four clubs joined in founding the National Hockey League in 1917, and didn't invite Livingstone to join them. Quebec's long-time manager Mike Quinn had retired due to ill health. The other directors of the opted to suspend the club for the league's inaugural season.[4] To balance out the schedule, the remaining three clubs granted a temporary franchise to the Toronto Arena Company; the direct ancestors of today's Toronto Maple Leafs.
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