98-99 Miserable Season for Isles, Canucks and Lightning

[@Aebischer1984]

98-99 Habs didn’t have a 20 goal scorer 🤦‍♂️. Worst Montreal team i’ve ever seen.

[@jasonfire3434]

I still wish the Kings wore the black and purple with that crown logo on the front. No purple teams left in the league.

[@matthewdaley746]

Their skin is purple after the game.

[@jasonfire3434]

@@matthewdaley746 lol that's true the Kings back then were always injured it seems

[@matthewdaley746]

@@jasonfire3434 They learned some discipline, and, finally got their Cups.

[@drinkinbuddy8264]

Speaking of eye injuries Bryan Berard was gonna be a star

[@bryangatto1334]

Jagr’s Game 6 of the ‘99 1st round vs. the Devils (he calls the biggest of his career) definitely deserves a shout out or its own video!!!! He played 30/68 minutes on a badly injured groin, tied the game in the 3rd and won it in OT. Then dominated game 7 in NJ, giving the Pens another round of home game revenues and probably saving them from relocation.

[@GRChrzak]

I loved the extremes that season. The annuals were saying Jagr was only going to manage 80 points without Francis, but he had other plans and was dominant with 127 points (whoops), and Hasek was Hasek. But there was one annual with a great sense of humor: for team projections it had a "Will Make the Playoffs if" section, and for teams like Detroit, Dallas, and Colorado, it said some variation of "If the team laces up each night."

[@matthewdaley746]

They were just confused.

[@chrisolivo6591]

This was the season Lindros was on pace for another MVP and than his lung collapsed in March, and never played again that season. As a Flyers fan, this was another ‘what if’ year because of a Lindros injury.

[@matthewdaley746]

If only Lindros could play as well as he could whine.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

That incident with the collapsed lung basically severed the ties between Flyers & Lindros!! Lindros had a lot of shit thrown at his direction while The Toothless 1(Bobby Clarke) never got any blame for how that situation went down. Clarke humiliated Lindros by making a spectacle of removing the C from Lindros & putting it on Eric Desjardins. Can't stand The Toothless 1 to this day.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@wilnerolivier7971 Clarke was Captain on the only two Cups that team has ever won, besides b****-and-moan contests, what has Lindros ever won? Don't bother to answer, that question was rhetorical.

[@chrisolivo6591]

Wilner Olivier I think both the Lindros family & Clarke didn’t handle that whole situation well in 99-00. Lindros should have never publicly called out the team doctors as he should have done that behind closed doors. Clarke should have not have publicly stripped the ‘C’ from Lindros as he essentially was saying his days were done in Philly by doing it. The sad thing is we could have won the Cup in 2000, as we were up 3-1 on the Devils as Boucher was playing out of his mind. The obvious choice was to let Lindros play when he was cleared for Game 6, but that hit by Stevens on him in Game 7 took the wind out the stadium and the team that night.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@chrisolivo6591 It's easier to say that now in retrospect because of the old adage of not airing your dirty laundry out in public!! However at that time he didn't think about because he could've died had he taken the team doctors advice & flown back knowing that the situation was very dire. When it comes to the Toothless 1 even to this day he still has too much juice inside the Flyers organization. Even though he's arguably the greatest Flyer of them all, that alone doesn't mean that he should be interfering with what Hextall was trying to build & now he is basically pulling the strings of Chuck Fletcher. If people think that Chuck Fletcher is the actual GM of the Flyers they are 100% wrong.

[@hardrockheavenXXX]

I remember seeing Lindros dominate as a teenager in the Canada cup and world championships. He instantly became my favorite player.

[@matthewdaley746]

Too bad he alienated everyone around him with his small name big ego.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

Bob Probert scored the last goal at Maple Leaf Gardens!!

[@matthewdaley746]

Bob Probert was a prick.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@matthewdaley746 But he played at a time when the league was rough & tough!!

[@matthewdaley746]

@@wilnerolivier7971 I don't care, he had all the nastiness of a Scott Stevens without the marginal offensive ability.

[@doctorx3]

It's crazy to think what Hasek could have accomplished if he came to North America in his draft year. By many accounts, he was already considered the best goaltender in Europe by the mid '80s.

[@drinkinbuddy8264]

Those capitals jerseys that are on your thumbnail are definitely high on my favorites

[@ChrisLamia]

I love these retrospective videos

[@matthewdaley746]

This year was one of my favorites.

[@allsystemsgo8678]

95-2000 was just brutal for the islanders. Ugh.

[@patch8376]

Yep, as a Habs fan I don't recall ever not liking Hackett at the helm. Solid netminder, if not a star. Could perform like one on some nights though. Unfortunately also injury prone, and I think it eventually took its toll on him.

[@jaedarz8790]

ah-ha! The year I arrived into this world! Loving this series by the way, the fresh take on NHL history is wonderful

[@resterdebout57]

Lovely memories of EA NHL 99, probably my very first proper video game, where players were fighting each other with frozen smiles on their faces. Still remember some rosters. Also, arguably the peak amount of Russian talent in the league, up until the current year.

[@matthewdaley746]

@taco meat He never had a great enough team in front of him.

[@patch8376]

LA treated that jersey like it was a first round draft choice.

[@PancakesAndHammers2426]

God, I love that thumbnail. Also you have a dang good jersey for this video.

[@matthewdaley746]

The Kings later got an even better one, then they won two things their name rhymes with.

[@sportsrook8282]

That is one of the best Kings jerseys I’ve ever seen. Also, Brett Hull.

[@matthewdaley746]

I like their current jersey best, scored the Cup-winning goal, people of Buffalo, you lost to the better team, GET OVER YOURSELVES!

[@Nickleblanc41]

Patrik Stefan who is missing the empty net on a breakaway prevented Vancouver from winning the Cup in 2010

[@matthewdaley746]

That is circular logic.

[@Tom-yv4rg]

That's a misplay of all time memory, thx for reminding me about that unbelievable moment

[@commandershepard1838]

Side note: did borque get his number retired in Colorado? If so....why? The wings didn’t retire Hasek’s number or hull’s number

[@matthewdaley746]

I can't figure that out either, he won a Cup with them but that doesn't seem to merit the honor.

[@matthewdaley746]

@Masa I guess, but, he didn't even play for two full seasons.

[@austinschwartz8226]

Rumour has it, Brett Hull is still upset that the Coyotes haven't retired his number.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@austinschwartz8226 He played only ten games with them, if that.

[@kevinbudzinski9576]

Come for the Hockey guy, stay for the cats😺

[@matthewdaley746]

That's what I do.

[@JoeBatson]

Did some research and can't figure out what 1507 meant in terms of Ottawa?

[@tylerp1105]

Well considering mogilny had 31 assists and 45 points in 59 games it really wasn’t that bad of a year for him. Love the vids THG, amazing how far this channel has come.

[@matthewdaley746]

His problem wasn't a lack of skill, it was a lack of consistency.

[@ChrisLamia]

Hasek is the best goalie ever. Roy and Brodeur can battle for 2 but Hasek is heads and shoulders above

[@matthewdaley746]

@Dan Evertt He was also a selfish prick who got his coach fired.

[@Aebischer1984]

Hasek couldn’t carry a team to a cup. Only won the cup in 02 because the wings were absolutely stacked. Roy & Brodeur are light years ahead of Hasek.

[@bsstyle123]

@@Aebischer1984 you're going to compare the teams they played on.. put Hasek on those teams and he wins multiple cups. You want to talk about achievements for sure he's not there but sole goalie skills and play he was easily the best there ever was

[@ChrisLamia]

bsstyle123 Ror nor Brodeur carried a team to a cup. Hasek almost did it in 99 and neither of the other 2 came close to doing that.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

Brodeur was "great" because he played behind the trap!!

[@Nickleblanc41]

12:12 That's just mean for Alex Connell and Clint Benedict.

[@matthewdaley746]

Mean, but true.

[@trentthurow5696]

A little interesting fact, during the wings 25 year playoff streak they won every series in which they had an OT winner unless it was scored by Kirk Maltby. He scored in game one in OT against Col this season and against Edm in 06 which they also lost.

[@matthewdaley746]

Oddly enough, he was one of only five players to play on all four Cup teams, (Lidstrom, Draper, McCarty, Holmstrom).

[@MrYancakes]

Coat of Arms/military emblem Jerseys: dope. The Sabres logo has been a favourite since I was a kid.

[@matthewdaley746]

They changed them an awful lot.

[@MrYancakes]

@@matthewdaley746 The Sabres? They had some other designs here and there but for most of their history they've had the same basic logo

[@matthewdaley746]

@@MrYancakes Basically they have, I was referring to coloration.

[@MrYancakes]

@@matthewdaley746 Oh yeah, totally. I very much prefer the original bright blue, the dark blue is too common in the NHL lol

[@TheFruitsnacks93]

Surprised you didn't comment on one of the biggest and most controversial moments of the 98/99 season. Eric Lindros suffering a collapsed lung in April '99 during a game in Nashville. The Flyers and their medical staff was adamant that Eric should be put on a plane back to Philadelphia, which ultimately didn't happen, but if it did it's said that Lindros would've died. Instead he stayed in the hotel room where teammate Keith Jones found an extremely pale Lindros in the bathtub in the middle of the night. This whole situation kickstarted the whole Lindros vs Clarke feud(although Clarke had the season before said that if Lindros wanna be paid as the best player in the game, then be the best player in the game) and Lindros distrust of the Flyers' medical staff.

[@gymrat2647]

Tobi B Didn’t know that before about Eric Lindros

[@matthewdaley746]

@@gymrat2647 Lindros was a whiny diva who couldn't handle that his talent never equaled his boasting.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@matthewdaley746 But he was a pioneer when it came to players getting a 2nd opinion after getting originally diagnosed by the medical staff!!

[@TheFruitsnacks93]

@@matthewdaley746 Sure Lindros was no saint, but no one deserves that treatment when it could've potentially been fatal.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@TheFruitsnacks93 He should have gotten someone else to voice his concerns.

[@Khorney]

Why is that cat constantly licking itself furiously in every video?

[@fabriziolorenzo2392]

Khorney It’s a cat, kinda what they do.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@fabriziolorenzo2392 That and sleeping.

[@BoyNamedSue4]

I’m a Ducks fan and can’t stand the Kings. But that’s by far their best look.

[@matthewdaley746]

You at least won a Cup before they won their two Cups, and, San Jose STILL has never won, the Kings best jersey, and, teams, were yet to come.

[@tsteele1944]

I think their last three were all very good.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@tsteele1944 You may be right.

[@Habu12]

Shanny, you didn’t live in LA through that period of time. Lieven I will admit that part of the disdain for that livery and color scheme is what the team went through from 99-07. And I’d even add to 09/10ish. We don’t like that sweater, and the colors. It’s mostly either meh...or hated by us. Some have called for its return, but most of us closed that chapter. And we’re glad.

[@matthewdaley746]

Plus once you changed it you were rewarded with two Cups.

[@andersnilsson8303]

My favorite logo/jersey of the Capitals (in that thumbnail).

[@matthewdaley746]

I prefer the one they have now.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@matthewdaley746 So do I!! Old Caps logo blows.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@wilnerolivier7971 The Hockey Gods did as well, and, finally rewarded them.

[@gymrat2647]

The season the leafs played there last ever season in Maple Leaf Gardens. When I was a Leafs fan sadly never got to see a game at Maple Leaf Gardens

[@matthewdaley746]

It's forever memorialized in the Conn Smythe Trophy.

[@klompsauce]

Hey now, you’ve called the 90’s Pens a dynasty and also the kinda recent Blackhawks, 3 in 6 with a back to back counts

[@matthewdaley746]

With free agency, and, a salary cap, what constitutes a dynasty is different.

[@rashawnreese7995]

That season satan scored 40 goals and peca had a career year he scored 28 goals and rob ray led the league in penalty minutes with 261 minutes in penalties and he also scored a goal in game 4 against Toronto eastern conference finals and to end this to this day I still say NO GOAL

[@matthewdaley746]

I still say GET OVER IT, THE STARS WERE BETTER!

[@rashawnreese7995]

@@matthewdaley746 on paper yes but buffalo played Dallas hard for 6 game and if James Patrick shot was an inch lower in the second ot there would be a game 7 but during that season I seen many goals get called back because of a player being in the crease and bert hull goal should have not counted

[@rashawnreese7995]

Did they lose to Toronto I want to say Pittsburgh lost to Toronto in 6 that year

[@matthewdaley746]

Yes that is what happened.

[@MONSTERDT2112]

I think you forgot Dallas

[@Detector1977]

the Avs saved the stars that playoffs.

[@matthewdaley746]

The Red Wings blew it, I don't credit the Avs, though they were a great team.

[@Detector1977]

@@matthewdaley746 The avs saved the stars from facing the wings. If they had the stars would had been toast.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@Detector1977 The Red Wings weren't as good as they had been in previous years, attrition finally caught up with them, they got better though.

[@Detector1977]

@@matthewdaley746 Well, the stars hadn't beaten the wings in forever...

[@matthewdaley746]

@@Detector1977 The Red Wings lost to those same Avs in 2000, and, an inferior Kings team in 2001. They clearly were reeling, fortunately, they picked up Luc Robitaille, and, won their third Cup in 2002.

[@J.Sandhu2]

If you werent a fan of the elite 4-5 teams hockey during this time was garbage

[@veselinboyadzhiev4724]

No controversy in 99? Just ask Sabres fans!

[@Mr.Thermistor7228]

My favorite la kings look too!!

[@matthewdaley746]

The one that they currently wear is their best look.

[@Mr.Thermistor7228]

Matthew Daley disagree

[@matthewdaley746]

@@Mr.Thermistor7228 It's your right, but their new look was the look of their greatest success.

[@richardvargo2740]

You didn't have to leave out the whole team just because you don't want to bring up the cup winning goal. I gotta say, the old history video were better than this, although I do prefer the format of these without all the statistics.

[@ChairmanOProductions]

Stars winning the cup that year.👍

[@matthewdaley746]

Yes they did!

[@matthewdaley746]

@Jeremy May They won it fair and square, there are 25 players on a team, the Stars had the better player in 24 of those cases. Besides, Hasek got Ted Nolan fired, and, the Sabres, let him get away with it, they SO deserved this loss. Game Seven would have been a blowout anyway, they had Hasek, and, pretty much nothing else.

[@matthewdaley746]

@taco meat Puck in net!

[@BvG_Venom]

1:16 humble brag. Jk good stuff

[@matthewdaley746]

That's somewhat contradictory, I love it!

[@stefanconradsson]

Oh look .. no colorado. Cheers

[@matthewdaley746]

They'll be back here in two videos.

[@martinhavelka5365]

no goal!:)

[@matthewdaley746]

Just stop, the Stars were better, you would have lost Game Seven anyway, and, Hasek deserved this for getting Ted Nolan fired. In a larger sense, the Sabres deserved this for their cowardly decision of letting ONE player, out of TWENTY-FIVE, dictate policy.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@matthewdaley746 The in skate in the crease rule was by far 1 of the stupidest rules to be inacted in NHL history!! It slowed the game down because they had to stop play & review whether the skate was in the blue paint or not. It also took away goals at a time that the league was desperate for offense.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@wilnerolivier7971 For that, and, the reasons I mentioned the call was correct, only delusional fans of the Sabres think they got robbed, they were not.

[@cohendionne6599]

First

[@matthewdaley746]

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