League Expands to 30 and Jagr Seen as Best in the NHL in 2000

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[@oopopp]

NHL expands past 6 teams... leafs NEVER makes the Finals again...

[@matthewdaley746]

Coincidence, I think not, at least you kept the Canadiens from winning five straight Cups again.

[@Seraph89_]

The Leafs, Canadiens or Rangers will win a Cup soon. The team owners will gift them a Cup for always bringing in so my revenue. The Leafs didn’t have a winning product on the ice until they started losing money.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@Seraph89_ Toronto will bankrupt itself first, the Canadiens will finally pay the price for their unhealthy dependence on Carey Price, and, the Rangers, are just snake-bit.

[@ry4nx]

@@Seraph89_ lmao not happening. the hilarious part is i see rangers gettin it before the other 2 and they started their rebuild way after toronto or montreal

[@tbc9652]

@@matthewdaley746 you dont watch the current maple leafs do you they have the best young core In the league 25 and under

[@coffeeandrage686]

Best Masks Countdown would be insanely awesome.

[@matthewdaley746]

That would be very awesome.

[@spergerkang5291]

Antero Nittymaki

[@goalie1131]

I think Osgood aged like a fine wine over the course of his NHL career. When he became an Islander, there were a lot of questions whether or not Osgood could still play at the same level with out a future hall of fame defense in front of him. Osgood sharpened his game away from Detroit, leading a suspect Islanders team to the playoffs in 01-02 with a .910. In 03-04 with the Blues, he had another solid season as starter posting another .910 over 67 games. In 07-08, in which I think was the best year of Ozzy’s career; he became the backbone of another Cup winner in Detroit. He posted a .914 during 43 starts/appearances splitting time with Hasek. Hasek started the first 4 games vs Nashville, and honestly the team seemed nervous with him in net. When Ozzy took over in the first round it seemed like a wave of confidence enveloped the team. Osgood posted an incredible.930 and was one of the main reasons why Detroit won the Stanley Cup that season. He followed that incredible late-career run with another the following season nearly repeating (If not for Talbot in game 7) posting a .926 during the 08-09 playoffs. Not to mention he won 401 games. The last part of Ozzy’s career should get him into the Hall of Fame.

[@Defy5]

Nice that you mention Mariusz Czerkawski, the only NHL player with a polish name that actually was polish! He was great for the Islanders with 130+ goals total

[@matthewdaley746]

This is a player that I've never heard of.

[@SverigeiSverige]

Matthew Daley you can't be old... 😉

[@gocanuckurself1]

He stopped it with his left Khabi, or was it his right Bulin? Don Taylor is a legend!

[@matthewdaley746]

That is just a weird sentence to read.

[@rodzor]

@@matthewdaley746 Not if you remember Don Taylor on Sportsnet.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@rodzor I'm an American, I didn't.

[@jmarx3943]

The flyers playoff run that year is what got me into hockey. The 5 overtime game in Pittsburgh, Keith Jones body checking Hasek, the eastern conference finals loss in game 7 after being up 3-1 in the series...the highs and lows hooked me, and I've been watching ever since.

[@WHADDDD]

Ozzy is a legend in Detroit. You’re fair to point out the bad goal tendency.

[@andyc9979]

Love this. While many didn't like this era, I loved it. So many superstars. As exciting as hits were you're right in that it's better for an athletes health without that style. Loved watching it tho. Jagr was the best in the world that year and kovalev for a short time shortly after.

[@bryangatto1334]

Love these videos! Wasn’t always old enough to remember well what was happening in hockey in the so it’s nice that Shannon gives us the year by year breakdown of what was going on at the time!

[@matthewdaley746]

Or, if you were old enough to remember, you get a nice retrospective, or, learn some new insights.

[@Comryft]

+1 for the mask video

[@matthewdaley746]

Interesting logic you have there.

[@BXCDavid]

anyone else remember the mask viewer they had in NHL 98? That had to be one of the coolest features of the game. Now EA gives every team who janky default masks. Funny how far backward theyve managed to take their video game franchise.

[@JakeMook]

Miss Jagr :(((

[@PancakesAndHammers2426]

The Columbus blue jackets made me excited for a new expansion team at the time. I am still interested in the blue jackets.

[@matthewdaley746]

Good to know.

[@dorientjewoller113]

Aaacks, can't keep up with the amount of goodies Shannon is pumping out :D

[@matthewdaley746]

They are great, and, getting greater.

[@Nickleblanc41]

This Atlanta team is the last team that had less points than the 2016-17 Avs

[@matthewdaley746]

I was unaware of this fact.

[@shawnthompson2303]

BRING BACK BIG,BRUISING, TOUGH HOCKEY. The NHL is for big boys!!! Keep your head up, be aware of who is on the ice and take responsibility for yourself!!!

[@treyrich2373]

As a transplant who lives in tampa, they get some of the best away team support in the nhl.

[@matthewdaley746]

I am too, let's hope they keep it.

[@Perkunas84]

Where can I get a WCE era 'Nucks jersey that's not Ebay, Hockey Guy?!? I live in Vegas and the only ones I've seen were on Ebay.

[@matthewdaley746]

That's a very tough question.

[@Sniff420]

Forsberg, what a hero. Couldve easily been top 10 all time without those injuries.

[@matthewdaley746]

In Sweden, he already is a hero.

[@Sniff420]

National treasure 😍

[@matthewdaley746]

@@Sniff420 On a stamp.

[@brooke-3615]

Easily? Top-10? That's a stretch.

[@Sniff420]

@@brooke-3615 Everyone has different opinions, the only real way of knowing is if he wasn't suffering from his injuries all the time. But with those injuries he got over 885 points in 708 career NHL games, 8th in PPG all time. Triple gold club twice. Calder trophy, art ross, Hart. He was pretty damn good when he was feeling healthy. But the fact that he was injured all the time makes him a forgotten player almost. Shadowed by the ones who could play healthy for their whole careers. So the fact that he was injured disqualifies him from being one of the best according to lots of people. So we will never truly know how great he was or could be. But in my mind he was the best forward in the game during his best years, atleast in the 02-03 season.

[@bdonaghu]

How come there is never a Dallas Stars magnet with notes? Between their Cup in the previous year and their finals run in 2000, I'm surprised that there are rarely any notes about them.

[@matthewdaley746]

Being short-lived hurts them.

[@jfbop37]

Love my Horse Head jersey....my third favorite behind all of my Blues jerseys and my Thrashers Red 3rd.

[@BrodieBr0]

This season I remember the chant of ''Osgood not as good, Osgood not as good'' hahaha

[@matthewdaley746]

To be fair, Mike Vernon won the Conn Smythe Trophy, and, eventually, the Red Wings got rid of him in favor of Hasek, though he won another Cup with them later.

[@SverigeiSverige]

Matthew Daley no. No Hasek in DET in the 90...

[@shmemsta]

i have that exact jersey in the thumbnail. one of my favourites

[@matthewdaley746]

Toronto had many jerseys.

[@peterlenko3355]

I thought the horsehead would make good shoulder patches on the Flames jerseys.

[@matthewdaley746]

Sounds like a good patch.

[@VividVisionary]

Hitting should not become a novelty however, skill is definitely the better entertainment.

[@matthewdaley746]

Some players only know how to hit.

[@slasky8164]

@@matthewdaley746 kronwall for example BUT he's a clean hitter

[@matthewdaley746]

@@slasky8164 There's a word for hitters who can't play, jerks.

[@chrisolivo6591]

It’s amazing how differently we look at concussions now and 20 years ago. Fans/Media/Management were questioning Lindros heart for not coming back when he got another concussion that season. Primeau got multiple concussions in the next few years and sometimes played the next game, and everyone thought he was a hero. That eventually ended his career early by coming back too quick as he still has post concussion effects to this day. He was the coach of my nephew’s Hockey team and I would hear all the stories how he would forget things mostly regarding his short-term memory.

[@matthewdaley746]

Concussion or not, I'll always view Lindros as a petulant diva who underachieved.

[@chrisolivo6591]

Matthew Daley No argument here. His career is the ultimate ‘what if.’ Even as a Flyers fan, I never thought he deserved to be in the HOF because of longevity. He was dominate from 1992-97 (until that first concussion in 1998) as he won 1 MVP, and got the Flyers to the Finals in ‘97. He was just never the same in the post 1998 years with injuries, hold out and age.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@chrisolivo6591 He always be in a hero in Denver, he built them a dynasty.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@matthewdaley746 Crazy time in Philly between Lindros & Iverson!!

[@matthewdaley746]

@@wilnerolivier7971 Iverson also whined, but, at least he could back it up, too bad he had NO team to help him out.

[@LHOH197]

These summary videos for the people who say oh we need to change the playoff system back to the 1vs8 2vs7 3vs6 4vs5 we had that format from 1994 til just a couple years ago and we were still seeing these quote great teams with big point totals bounced in round 1 it was a 27 point difference between the blues and sharks in 2000 we don't need to change the format these teams just should play better bottom line keep up the good work shannon we love what you do keep it up brother

[@matthewdaley746]

It just proved what most people already know, hockey is BY FAR the most random of the four major sports.

[@patch8376]

Milbury Ideas sounds like a great name for a deliberately bad troll fantasy hockey team.

[@matthewdaley746]

Mike Milbury reminds me of the troll the Three Billy Goats Gruff dealt with.

[@LittleRosston]

Another fantastic video! any chance we will ever see a video of how Mike Keenan ruined the blues in the mid-'90s?

[@matthewdaley746]

He should get a video on every team he ruined.

[@matthewdaley746]

@mojo Or he left them in ashes.

[@Nickleblanc41]

The Flames should bring back the Horse logo

[@matthewdaley746]

I think they'll keep the logo they have.

[@geraldjohnson7435]

This has the feel of reading that thick book of hockey forward by gorde howe

[@matthewdaley746]

Never knew he was an author.

[@edivadR]

JAGR G.O.A.T not born in north America hands down!!!!

[@matthewdaley746]

Best Czech player ever, the greatest European player was Jari Kurri, Jagr had two Cups in three tries, Kurri had five Cups in seven tries. Moreover, Kurri won a Cup without Gretzky, Jagr didn't win a Cup without Lemieux.

[@edivadR]

@@matthewdaley746 lol Jagr 2nd all time in points Kurri not even top 10 Jagr 3rd in goals Kurri not even top 10, Kurri can keep living the Greztzky moments...✌

[@edivadR]

Temmu Selanne is better than Kurri in my eyes!!!

[@matthewdaley746]

@@edivadR I think Selanne was good, but Jagr won only two Cups, and, wasn't able to lift the Penguins up, eventually getting himself kicked off of them.

[@edivadR]

@@matthewdaley746 lol so I guess titles mean so much Robert Horry is better than lebron James and Kobe Bryant... Jagr won scoring titles MVPs owned the league on the mid 90's ...Larry Murphy won 4 cups in the 90's is he the best defender...

[@patch8376]

...while an ad rolls...when hockey became kind of a cure for insomnia at times...

[@matthewdaley746]

Whatever floats your boat.

[@patch8376]

@@matthewdaley746 The clutch and grab era was like watching John Ruiz on skates everywhere, if you know your heavyweight championship boxing history. He was also a cure for insomnia, or at least his fights were.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@patch8376 Boxing was great, before it became too expensive, RIP Pernell Whitaker.

[@BoyNamedSue4]

Imagine how good the Ducks could have been if Disney had spent actual money on them.

[@matthewdaley746]

They were good enough to win a Cup in 2007.

[@BoyNamedSue4]

Matthew Daley that was after we got new owners.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@BoyNamedSue4 Plus better uniforms.

[@matthewdaley746]

@To Release is To Resolve They didn't look like a semi-pro team anymore.

[@janoycresva1930]

Have you already done video on Gretzky's coaching/manager career?

[@matthewdaley746]

I'm not sure whether he has.

[@peterlananna3999]

JASON ARNOTT!

[@matthewdaley746]

Highlight of his career.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

Hasek got injured because he was basically carrying the Sabres franchise on his shoulders!!

[@matthewdaley746]

He was, when he wasn't getting coaches fired due to his own selfishness.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@matthewdaley746 Or fighting with reporters!!

[@matthewdaley746]

@@wilnerolivier7971 Hasek, for all of his skill, had the thinnest skin of any athlete I ever knew!

[@Nickleblanc41]

Tomas Vokoun who owns the record for highest career GAA with Montreal

[@matthewdaley746]

Is this record true?

[@Nickleblanc41]

@@matthewdaley746 His career in Montreal consist 4 goals against in 20 mins for a 12.00 GAA. That's the record for a real goalie. Albert Leduc did worst allowing 1 goal in 2 mins for a GAA of 30.00 but he was a defenceman who replaced the goalie in a game because until the mid-30s goalies had to serve their own penalties.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@Nickleblanc41 Who knew?

[@drizzt102]

Youd have to introduce him to his goalie at the end of the year cause he's never met him. Oooofff thats a description. 😅

[@JeffKing310]

What, no Dallas? Good review nonetheless.

[@peterlananna3999]

Stars won the Cup, Devils won it from the Stars and then the Avalanche won it from the Devils. Amazing.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@peterlananna3999 After the way Scott Stevens behaved in 2001, that is by far the happiest I've ever felt seeing a team lose.

[@SverigeiSverige]

Matthew Daley cheap shot Stevens. He would just be suspended all the time if he played now...

[@ManFurMan]

Where is Chicago's report?

[@matthewdaley746]

He must not have thought of it.

[@rashawnreese7995]

That year they get Gilmore and JP domont and they also they pick up chris gratton from Tampa bay as well that year as well and also that year Simon scored 29 goals

[@matthewdaley746]

Glmour bounced around.

[@andrejsuchanek]

where is Dallas?

[@matthewdaley746]

They were overlooked even when they won.

[@vinnysoori4512]

Steve Moore on Naslund. People forget how good Naslund was during this time. Never the same player after that hit.

[@matthewdaley746]

Steve Moore had his own career-ending hit.

[@allsystemsgo8678]

Three careers were never the same after that hit.

[@matthewdaley746]

@mojo Todd Bertuzzi ended Steve Moore's career because he was either too stupid, or, too sadistic, to stop hitting someone who clearly could no longer defend himself.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@matthewdaley746 Preach!! The whole incident started with the overreaction to the Moore hit on Naslund by the so called Canadian hockey media. That overreaction led to the temperature being risen between the Canucks organization & Moore. What should've happen was that the league office should've talked with both organizations before that fateful night in Vancouver 15 years ago about making sure that no further incidents happened in the game. But instead that didn't happen because Bettman is no leader because if he had the spine of his former boss(David Stern) then this situation would've been cooled. As a result Brian Burke, Marc Crawford, Brad May all got to continue to make a living in the game while Steve Moore never got that chance.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@wilnerolivier7971 You're right, although David Stern had the little problem of not knowing when to leave.

[@gocanuckurself1]

My favourite Leafs jersey in that thumbnail.....and with Sundin 👌👌👌👌👌

[@Hockeyhobo89]

Johnny Canuck my brother who isn't a leafs fan likes that jersey too. It's just meh for me though.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@Hockeyhobo89 I never liked Toronto, Pat Quinn always rubbed me the wrong way.

[@gocanuckurself1]

mojo That was lit 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@matthewdaley746]

@mojo That was an undignified end to a career.

[@eddy5097]

Pavel Bure was best at this time

[@flare_firez1144]

Hi

[@BoyNamedSue4]

Hello

[@matthewdaley746]

i hope your day is nice.

[@jordanwolfcastle7387]

Best canucks Jersey ever

[@matthewdaley746]

Way better than the Crayola jersey.

[@SverigeiSverige]

No! Skate much better!

[@jessiegandhi4340]

Phoenix was sick of losing in the first round 10 years in a row, so they decided they can be eliminated in the first round if they don’t make the playoffs lol

[@matthewdaley746]

i guess that's right.

[@Gergentine]

Lol Toronto was too soft back then too... It's like they feel like it needs to be their identity

[@matthewdaley746]

Their identity seems to be in a constant state of flux.

[@dorientjewoller113]

Concerning concussions and head hits, to the nay sayers, just watch the Tod Bertuzzi incident with Bashir and how it wrecked Bashirs carreer.

[@matthewdaley746]

Todd Bertuzzi was a talentless jerk who destroyed a man's career, and, life, he was the one who wrecked Steve Moore's career, Marty McSorley wrecked Donald Brashear's career.

[@matthewdaley746]

@mojo I don't care who started it, he ended a man's career to satiate his ego.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@mojo Moore was playing hockey!! He wasn't deliberately trying to injure Naslund. If the player on the other end wasn't Naslund then no,1 would give a fuck at all. But because it was Markus Naslund the whole province of British Columbia was having convulsions because of that play.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@wilnerolivier7971 No matter the actual circumstances, Todd Bertuzzi was OBSCENELY out of line!

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@matthewdaley746 So was Burke, Crawford & May!! Everytime I see Brad May on my screen, I change the channel because he shouldn't be cashing a check from the league as a VGK analyst.

[@johnbenard9550]

Umm, the league is expanding to 32 teams, not 30! There's been 31 since Vegas joined. When Seattle joins it will be 32 teams, 8 teams in each division because Arizona will be moving to the Central division. Finally, all divisions will have the same amount of teams.

[@Christoph5782]

Wanna read the title of the video again there buddy?

[@matthewdaley746]

@@Christoph5782 Let him find out by himself.

[@BigStretchies]

😔

[@Nickleblanc41]

Scott Stevens should be in prison for what he did.

[@matthewdaley746]

He also ABSOLUTELY SHOULD be in prison for what he did to Shane Willis the following year, his response when questioned just clinches it. I felt happier seeing him lose, than I have ever felt seeing anyone lose in any other sport. It sounds horrible to say this, but, the post-concussion syndrome from which he now suffers couldn't have happened to a nicer prick.

[@bartholomewesperanza3442]

Matthew Daley if anyone ever deserved to have post concussion symptoms and CTE, it’s Scott Stevens. Absolute piece of shit. The fact a clown like him is still remember as a good player when all he ever did was injure players with actual skill (kariya, Francis, etc) with hits that should have never been close to legal

[@matthewdaley746]

@@bartholomewesperanza3442 Hits that I'm fairly certain NO LONGER ARE LEGAL, Ray Bourque winning the Cup was great, Scott Stevens losing his Cup, and, place in history was even better.

[@matthewdaley746]

@To Release is To Resolve Not anymore, his harsh style of play was rewarded with chronic illness.

[@thecommish1976]

Sir, this The Hockey Guy's Channel, Arby's is down the street. Stevens' hits were legal and glorified by the league at the time. Just like Jack Tatum's were in 70s. They were not illegal, but neither sport could continue when guys are getting concussed like that, heads down skating or not.