Oilers Squash Isles In 1984 Rematch

[@justind3583]

282 pts and 133 goals for Lemieux in the Q that year ! I think it's safe to say no one will ever come close to that again... Not even 100pts behind.

[@SverigeiSverige]

And 14-29-23-52 in the playoffs. 👍

[@deebly_goncerned]

impressive numbers

[@ryguy6577]

HERE WE GO! OILERS DYNASTY TIME

[@ryans413]

RyGuy 65 when people say oilers don't win anything I say I'm look at the 80s shuts them up right away.

[@PancakesAndHammers2426]

The light is here for the Capitals and here goes Edmonton.

[@watcher6935]

Lol‼️. I laughed as soon as I saw the title. I like the sense of humour. 👍 Did they really "squash" them? 😜 I have a family member on that 80s Oilers team that won more than one with them (all I'll say). 😉. We gotta get you a Smartboard. You should see those things. You could write like a white board and move the stuff you write, around the board or add graphics and stuff. They use them in classrooms and they are very cool and perfect for your kinda presentation. Plus you guys could watch games or movies and stuff on it. Big screen. Oh and you could save everything you write on your boards. So for example could put together multiple presentations for the board and shoot multiple videos quickly at a later time or best lighting time or whatever. Magnets do stick to them also and safe to do so.

[@mcdaviddeservesbetter8]

It’s nice to see you sporting the correct Oilers jersey. We need an alternate uniform in the worst way, to distract from the pumpkin spice atrocities.

[@SverigeiSverige]

Gretzky scored 100 goals, including playoff! First and only time...

[@patch8376]

Sverige the 87 goals and 205 points in the regular season, as my Gretzky nut father has reminded me countless times, came in only 74 games. Gretzky was on pace to break both his own goals and points records for this season. I don't have a calculator in front of me (actually I do but on my phone and awkward to switch apps mid stride) but it averages out to either 93 or 94 goals and roughly 221 points. Of course hockey isn't mathematics, but I still think he did have a good shot at setting new records this season.

[@SverigeiSverige]

Patch 83 Yes the highest goals- and points-per game. Lemiuex 93 equals Gretzky 82.

[@September2004]

@@SverigeiSverige It's amazing how exact that is. 69 goals in 60 games is exactly prorated to 92 goals 80 games. And in 1993 they played 84 games so if he was healthy, he could've beaten the record with an asterix! His 91 assists in 60 games translates to 121 assists in 80 games. Damn... he actually could've really beaten the goals and points record if he played a full 84 games. And a lot of that is *without* practicing. Imagine if he was healthy *and* practicing. Jeez...

[@Schneemaa]

Why did the Islanders have home ice when the Oilers finished with more points?

[@DARK24-7]

I remember these years-i was a huge Mike Bossy fan!!!So when the oilers started winning it just tore my heart out...

[@lights9115]

One hell of a run. We’ll be back soon. Drive for 5

[@justind3583]

you should probably change your profile pic mate.

[@aaronhaupert3015]

Thanks for doing these history videos Shannon, they're great! I hope you continue doing videos on the cup winners like you have some once all these years are over. Thanks for all your work, I look forward to it everyday.

[@lucrativelyrics8131]

lemieux didn't have a shortened career - he had an interrupted career (with back injuries..*but retired/came back twice - even mentoring/playing on the same line as crosby, in said rookie's first season; lemieux's last

[@CountElvis]

This is kinda a bittersweet series for me. Yeah, it sucks to see it end, especially considering how bad it has been since, but what the Islanders did will never be topped- 19 series in a row. And they could beat you any way you wanted to play. Plus as cool as it would have been to tie the Habs record, I'd rather see them win four and finally bow out to a team led by the greatest player ever then to win five and go out in an unceremonious upset the next year.

[@filipnassen9076]

Yeah! Mario Lemieux! I’m gonna look forward to the next videos in this series!

[@CountElvis]

My favorite story from this year- Potvin's dad died of cancer during the playoffs which is a big reason why he had a horrible playoffs. When he went to the funeral he found a big bouquet of flowers from Wayne Gretzky.

[@gunsmithbasic]

the race to the bottom between Pittsburgh and New Jersey was epic

[@LeoWhalen1933]

Love your channel bro. You're a complete hockey nerd, much like myself. Keep up the good work!

[@eddixon2015]

Hi Ash, I mean Shannon, if you get a chance, you should do a video on the Rod Langway trade, that trade almost single handedly saved Washington.

[@patch8376]

Ed Dixon Ashannon

[@dnasty312]

7:07 I knew something was off last viddy because I knew Lanny was Second Team All-Star RW with his *66 goals* that season 🔥

[@not2tees]

The younger '84 Oilers beat the older Islanders, but experienced talent won over the new talent the year before.

[@MrProvincial]

I remember several Soviet athletes, while talking about the Miracle on ice, saying that the weren't that upset. For them losing was, as strange as it may sound, a fresh interesting thing. They hadn't lost for so long that they'd forgotten what it was like. So they looked at those American guys who were celebrating there first big triumph, with a sense of curiosity and nostalgia: "Remember, guys, when we were like them? Remember our first big win? Remember what it feels like?" I imagine, something like thing must have been going through the Isles' heads after that final.

[@markcoxon5846]

Almost up to the era when I started - interesting to see the award for growing the game in the states...Lemieux was a major reason for me discovering hockey as a 6 year old in England UK. Along with Jagr and some of the Russian Five who came to the RedWings

[@Firestrike-ki4xw]

Gretzky domination incoming

[@richcerasale8909]

great video hockey game. the nhl best times were from 1979 thru 1991

[@paulinieminen9083]

This the year when Tiki makes the Oilers line up?

[@cmc8856]

I think it was 1985

[@cowetascore8476]

Some fun facts about the Islanders. 1) They needed OT of course to knock out the Rangers. 2) They got down 0-2 to the Canadiens and then won 4 straight. 3) The finals were SWITCHED to a 2-3-2 format and the Isles were extremely banged up. That's the NHL trying to stop them from matching Montreal's 5 straight cups.

[@andrewmassa5318]

The year the Good Friday Massacre happened.

[@SuperStrik9]

As a Leafs fan who lived through the Ballard era, in no way was the post lockout to 2013 era worse. The 1980's were easily the lowest point of being a Leafs fan in team history. Moves like getting rid of Lanny McDonald, stripping the C off Darryl Sittler, trading Russ Courtnall for John Kordic, etc. were unforgivable in a lot of fans eyes. I know people who stopped being fans because of moves like that. Fans were literally waiting for Ballard to die as that was the only light at the end of the tunnel. Things never got that bad post lockout to 2013

[@September2004]

6:21 Forgot to mention that 153 points in 51 games is *exactly* 3 points a game. Had he kept that up and not get injured, he would've ended with 240 points.

[@patch8376]

Go easy on Steve Smith in another couple of days, Shannon. The whole Oilers team put them in that predicament making the series against Calgary a lot closer than it should have been to allow a fluke bounce to decide it.

[@raheemgaines3518]

Barrasso was so good so early. I forget why my Sabres traded him.

[@keithfallon6742]

Is there any way you could do the history of various Canada Cups? I don't hear much about the '81, '84, and '91 editions.

[@eddixon2015]

Why did New York have home Ice in the Finals?

[@MrSito104]

NHL management decided before the season started that the winner of the Wales conference final would have home ice advantage in the finals that year, regardless of regular season finish. The intent was to alternate home ice advantage between the conferences on a yearly basis. I think this was the only year it was done.

[@eddixon2015]

MrSito104 thanks guy, really appreciate it!

[@johnmack3497]

Wasn’t this the year of the big Canadiens-Nordiques brawl on Good Friday

[@karilentz5000]

Tom Barrasso had chance to be a great goalie but his team was swept in the first round by the Nordiques that year and he was in net in a 9-2 loss to Sweden in the Canada Cup Semifinal. From that point on, he wasn't quite the same and developed a reputation for not being able to win the big one. It would not be until 1991 that things came together for him with the Penguins winning the cup.

[@btbucks]

The Pens with the greatest tank job ever.

[@MichGoBIue]

Oh good, I looked up the stats from last year and thought those 1st & 2nd All Star lineup did not make sense at all . . . Gretzky not on 1st or 2nd, can't be right!

[@email5023]

I think Gretzky became captain at the start of that season.

[@jordancivic96]

Yep. Lee Fogolin was the captain the prior season

[@drsalt328]

Oilers Dynasty begins with Wayne Gretzky

[@keanerbeaner77]

Are you a Stars fan because you were a North Stars fan before the franchise moved ??

[@gunsmithbasic]

btw, you mention that the Oilers didn't win 4 in a row, but they also never won 3 in a row. That fact has made lots of fans argue that the Oilers were never a dynasty, not one like the Isles anyway.

[@fightsports66]

The Oilers were definitely a dynasty, just not like the Islanders. Yes, I am an Islander fan.

[@jbellflower83]

I mean, from 84-90 they won all but 2 cups. That's pretty damn impressive. And maybe if Smith doesnt score on his own goalie maybe they win that 86 cup which would have had them winning 4 in a row, so I say yes they were a dynasty

[@zigfield723]

Shannon did you not do this same entire series of Stanley Cup winners last year? Not that I'm trying to say you shouldn't do it again, I just want to make sure I'm not crazy

[@patch8376]

Ray Nolan he doesn't talk about the league as much as the team in that series.

[@answeris4217]

How is Barrasso not in the Hall

[@johnhealy9238]

Patrick division had more teams over 500 than the entire Campbell conference. Isles had to beat the 94 point rangers then 100 plus point Caps and then Habs. And dont forget the format changed to 2 3 2 for the finals that year for some reason

[@TheHockeyGuy]

Yeah but nothing was stopping Edmonton that season. They were on a mission and the Isles had won 19 series in a row. They set a record which will never be broken and they were exhausted for those playoffs. I swear all of those playoff games took a year off of each player's career with the exception of Trottier.

[@johnhealy9238]

Oilers would've broke 19. Ohhh Steve Smith. He will forever hold a special place in my hockey heart along with the Flames.

[@cowetascore8476]

NHL wanted to stop the Islanders from matching Montreal's 5 straight. No other reason.

[@johnhealy9238]

@@cowetascore8476 interesting. Maybe but I heard somewhere I don't remember though but gretzky complained about the travel for the series. Dont know if that's true. Oilers win that series I think but no way they were taking our dynasty on Coliseum ice in game 5.

[@MichGoBIue]

Good grief, did Boston ever beat Montreal in a playoff series??

[@Lebby-lc9co]

Lemeiux.exe has entered the chat

[@ather4300]

Drive for five! LETS GO ISLANDERS! #inlouwetrust

[@nollieflipcrook]

Wouldn't it be 17 straight series wins for the Islanders because in their first 2 cup runs it was only 3 rounds?

[@TheHockeyGuy]

Nope, they played 4 series a year. www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYI/1980.html www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYI/1981.html

[@nollieflipcrook]

The Hockey Guy I was confused cuz in the last video it said they won 14 straight series', so how did it go from 14 to 19?

[@JoeyJordison97]

😊

[@oilersfan9214]

Let's go

[@answeris4217]

Lemieux also had cancer

[@johnhealy9238]

Gretzky would not have survived in the Patrick Division. Or the Wales conference. That is why Mario is the best of all time.

[@patch8376]

42nd like. Today's going to be a good one for one or both of us.

[@kennethhayiv3376]

rookies winning in the playoffs... screwing over boston? no, its not like a year after this video one will beat them in the cup right?

[@email5023]

For the TML, there was no worse era than the 1980s. Terrible drafting, bad management and an owner with many Trump like qualities.