RAW: 1984 Oilers reunion

[@patrickcampbell7285]

I've always been in awe of greatness, and this team was it!

[@sidneymcdavid]

Imagine if Gretzky was not traded, Edmonton probably would have won another couple of cups in the first half of the 1990s

[@seanyesaki5985]

Gretz, greatest ever and having the most fun. What a leader.

[@mikeway2223]

You can’t beat this team in any era.

[@jofess15]

The Islanders ran them out of the rink with virtually the same roster the year before. The Oilers got their due then next season as the Isles were in their 20th straight playoff round. 5 long seasons and 5 straight finals will do that to you.

[@erickouniakis5722]

​@@jofess15 The oilers were a bunch of 18-19 yr Olds at that time. Don't forget they were voted best team of all time. 8 Hall of Fame players that shattered just about every NHL record.

[@wavmaster]

Denis Potvin once said something to the effect 'It took that kind of a team to beat us.'

[@ace942]

A great team and a great bunch of guys. Thanks for posting this.

[@ZZ-qk8ji]

I loved those Oiler teams even though I lived in Winnipeg. It was great to hear Wayne give credit to the WHA Jets for the Oilers style of play. I sure was lucky to have grown up watching these guys play.

[@Evocati-Augusti]

Andy Moog should be in the Hall Of fame

[@NYFanatic]

I think you can make an argument for that. Even with his years with the Bruins which was probably his better years. The Campbell Conference is a run n gun style of play while the Prince of Wales is hit hard and block shots.

[@andyc9979]

@@NYFanatic I thought he had a few decent years with the stars too. He was a steady tender. Never too high or too low, which is incredible in itself.

[@NYFanatic]

@@andyc9979 thats so forgotten. He came in when the Stars came to Dallas. That's when the dead puck era was coming into play. Me personally I want to see a balance of the live puck era make a comeback. They're trying, but the fighting has gone way down with it.

[@percyjackson3416]

I never finished high school so this is my first reunion.. Classic Mark hahaha

[@jeanmarcks6269]

Percy Jackson go back to school lol

[@martinpatrick9915]

Shame on Mark,never finished high school.

[@martinpatrick9915]

Messier,from St.Albert,along with Iggy,I'm sure Iggy finished high school.mark you dunderhead you never finished high school sheesh.

[@erickouniakis5722]

​@@martinpatrick9915 Mark got his B.S in physics from MIT 1993 and his PhD from Boston university 1999.

[@hospodar87]

Perharps the best team ever !

[@craigconley1872]

This team can beat anyone out there!!! BEST OF ALL TIME!!!

[@thegamersgalaxy2855]

Nahhh, that's the NY Islanders!

[@philsims8655]

DAMN RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@amazinmets8439]

@@thegamersgalaxy2855 Islanders weren't as good as the Oilers. They won 4 cups in a row but the Oilers won 5 in 7 and their guys went on and continued winning after the Oilers were broken up. Messier won in NY, Gretzky and Kurri almost won in 93 etc. After the Islanders 4 cups they were pretty much done.

[@timroot5852]

I look at Coffey and think wow he played with Gretzky,Lemieux and Yzerman what a lucky S.O.B. !

[@amazinmets8439]

I think you forgot to mention Messier who was a better player than Yzerman for sure.

[@timroot5852]

NY Rangers It's not even close,Yzerman posted 65 goals and 90 assist one year playing with a bunch of nobodies.Messier never came close to that,plus Yzerman was much better defensively and wasn't a dirty player like Messier was!

[@amazinmets8439]

Ahhh so you're a Messier hater. Gotcha. No wonder you have Yzerman ranked higher lol. Look kid, Yzerman was a great player but he was no Messier. That takes nothing away from Yzerman, but you're comparing him to a guy who is out of his league (Messier). Messier's numbers, especially in the playoffs, destroy Yzerman's. Messier also won 2 Hart trophies (almost 3, came in 2nd in 1996) to Yzerman's zero. The only thing you got right was "it's not even close" as Messier had the far more distinguished and better career than Yzerman. We're not talking Orr vs. Lemieux here. If you want to compare Yzerman to someone don't pick a guy like Messier, who is up there with Gretzky and Howe in the top 5 all-time. You won't win too many of those arguments, bud.

[@timroot5852]

NY Rangers if Gretzky and Lemieux never existed Yzerman would be known as the greatest center in NHL history!Plus he played for 1 organization his whole career and was the best and longest serving Captain in all of sports!Yzerman didn't care about individual awards like Messier did which makes him a better teammate also!

[@NYFanatic]

You know Gretzky could’ve been traded to the Red Wings, but that never happened because he wouldn’t put the Red Wings in the position to draft Konstantinov, Federov and Lidstrom after the 1988-89 season. Had Gretzky been dealt to the Red Wings, Yzerman would end up wanting out. The Red Wings won 4 more cups than Gretzky since he left the Oilers.

[@CeeTeeUSA]

They'll always be my favorite team. They all had such class and dignity. True love of hockey. These qualities are born from good family and parents..

[@rere8858]

Poor Grant. He didn’t get a word in :( The greatest goalie of all time. Good to see Wayne call Kurri the greatest right winger ever.

[@simonmarshall19]

This is a great team ever ! No one couldn’t beat that team

[@bb-gc2tx]

think you met no one could beat them. yes they good team but not as good as the 79-84 islanders

[@simonmarshall19]

@@bb-gc2tx you got yours from 80 till 83 . They got there’s 84 , 85, 87, 88 & 90

[@bb-gc2tx]

@@simonmarshall19 they could only Win 2 in a row. Another reason why islanders were the better team. They beat them 10 games in a row in regular season. And 2 to 1 in playoff series. Islanders won 19 straight playoff series no other team has ever or will ever do that again

[@simonmarshall19]

@@bb-gc2tx I’m glad they didn’t shattered Montreal’s record

[@erickouniakis5722]

​@@simonmarshall19 What difference would it make. Montreal had a 74 yrs head start. Playing only with six team's.

[@kellyellingson2335]

Great to see the respect you showed and still do for one another

[@johnmarino5378]

First game I ever went to was at MSG in '85 (Rangers/Oilers) as a 9 yr old. Rangers won a barn burner 8-7 (or something crazy). I left in awe of the Oilers & went to a local store in Greenwich CT to purchase an Oilers jersey the next weekend. Team was incredible.

[@frankfossella6863]

The best team of all time.

[@bb-gc2tx]

gretzky went from winning faceoffs to getting face lift lol

[@simonmarshall19]

Kevin Lowe should be in the Hockey Hall Of Fame

[@erickouniakis5722]

He was induced in the hockey hall of Fame 2020.

[@simonmarshall19]

@@erickouniakis5722yes . Ty

[@percyjackson3416]

Two dislikes wow Calgary flames fans following the oilers!!

[@martinpatrick9915]

Slats was the best coach,tough and very talented.

[@Ace96x10]

I disagree. The Best Oiler team by far was the 87-88 team. Didn't win prez Trophy, but they annihilated everyone in the playoffs and made it look easy.

[@September2004]

Definitely the best playoff record. But if you were forced to have to include both regular and playoffs, which would be #1? Scotty Bowman picks 83-84.

[@Ace96x10]

@@September2004 Flames finished first overall in reg season of 87-88, and then got swept by the Oilers 4-0 in the playoffs. Hmm.. Which is the better team I wonder?) Bowman thinks what he thinks, Gretzky thinks it was the 86-87 team. I think what I think. Who's right then?

[@September2004]

@@Ace96x10 No need to be a jerk. It's just a question. Is there anything in my original statement that suggests antagonism? Really, like I can't ask a question out of curiosity to see what people think without all that attitude? "Bowman thinks what he thinks?... Who's right then?" Did I say anything about right or wrong? All I asked was your opinion on which was the best team overall. Anyway, the 84 Oilers had a better regular season record *and* they defeated a 4-time defending champion in 5 games with scores such as 7-2, 7-2 and 5-2. Is that more or less impressive than sweeping a President's Trophy winner who had not yet won the Cup and may have only gotten there 2 years earlier because of Steve Smiths' goal. Hmmm.... hmmm... I also think it's funny that you don't want to include regular season in your equation (even if it's just a fun question) but you quote the Flames winning the President's Trophy as if that meant something. Which is it? Does regular season count or not count? And your point about the Flames being #1 also proves my point. I'm looking for the best team when combining regular season and playoffs which you don't want to do, fine. Just say you don't want to do it.

[@Ace96x10]

@@September2004 Interesting.. Lol. You seem to need to pretend that my answer to you was insulting. That's as wrong as thinking what I said means I think the regular season means anything towards what is the best Oiler team, when in reality what I said is it mean nothing to me that overrides the facts I've already stated. So think whatever you like. Bye.

[@kimberlycoffey4064]

My favorite sport of all time!!!!!!

[@whocares3591]

Bobby Orr would Steal the puck off them and never give it up..

[@erickouniakis5722]

True but but every era has it's greats.

[@Evocati-Augusti]

I didn't know both Cup teams the Oiler and the Islanders traded to the LA Kings in 88 one John Tonelli 4 cups NYI and Wayne Gretzky 4 cups EO they both traded 2 guys that were on the run of there lives and traded..sometimes fans would rather see a guy stay even if it doesn't suit the team...why?because they gave their life and 110% to get there teams 4 cups... I'm an NYI fan but first i'm a hockey fan..even when Gretzky would score a goal on the NYI I would admit great hockey no matter who was playing..and the league hasn't produced anybody like these 2 teams...some goals were as beautiful of a great Opera, seeing the whole play pass to pass like artwork out..My dad got the NYI account from METLIFE in 78 so as a 7-year-old and hockey player I got to sit behind the scene and eat ,have locker room time with these guys..and the first cup..after every game they would all meet at a Burger King Bobby Ny would should up with Butch and they were off to paint in there beat up painting vans...world champs making no money painting after playoff games too... crazy times

[@randallrhoads3271]

Gretzky and this team literally saved the NHL...that league was on its last legs. Because of all the brawling and fighting, NBC had dropped covering the games. Teams were folding left and right...the Red Wings franchise, an original 6 team, couldnt give tickets away. Mike Illitch actually bought the Wings for a measley 6 million dollars!!. Oilers came along, thank god, and gave the league credibilty....

[@kathydimario5263]

This was hockey

[@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8]

The Oilers Organization are like the Al Bundy of the NHL: just like Al Bundy from Married With Children who constantly brags about his high school past glory days when he scored 4 touchdowns in one high school championship football game, the Oilers Organization constantly brag about their 4 Stanley Cups with Gretzky back in the 80's, because sadly enough just like Al Bundy it's all they got.

[@tomedmonds8347]

OVI-Wan Kenobi Do you steal all your material from Urinating Tree?

[@brianstanton4645]

Al is the greatest of all time

[@bb-gc2tx]

if series wasnt 2-3-2 and isles werent decimated by injuries oilers would not have won in 84

[@jimlayhey1965]

who would protect wayne if he played today

[@adamo1827]

Best answer 20:20

[@bb-gc2tx]

islanders also had a coach with class unlike glen sather

[@DeL-sm8bl]

Lol, Oilers need to look to the future not the past. The way it's going now McDavid will ask for a trade in a couple years. Well I guess they can always talk about the past.

[@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8]

The Oilers old boys club love to brag about their 4 Stanley Cups back in the 80's, just like how Married With Children's Al Bundy loves to brag about his 4 touchdowns in a single championship game back in his Polk High School days LOL! Just like Al Bundy, past glory years is all what the Oilers have left.

[@Samsquamsh]

Jari looks like an old and swollen Jimmy Fallon LOL

[@bopazoo]

Me Ok

[@camillegagnon9804]

NICE INTERVIEW! WHAT ABOUT GRANT FUHR LEFT OUT FOR QUESTIONS! THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY RUDE ON THE INTERVIEWER PART! THE OILERS DON'T DESERVE THIS KIND OF RUDENESS! LOVE THOSE OILERS!

[@camillegagnon9804]

THE OILERS WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED BUT THAT INTERVIEWER IS LONG FORGOTTEN A NOBODY TRYING TO DO A REAL MAN'S JOB! LOVE THOSE OILERS!

[@camillegagnon9804]

THAT interviewer is Terrible!

[@camillegagnon9804]

THE GOOD OLD DAYS DAYS WHEN BETTMAN WAS NOT AROUND! HOCKEY WAS PLAYED ON THE ICE! NOT BEHIND NHL GOVERNORS CLOSED DOORS AND CHOOSING WHO W OUTCOMES OF NHL CHAMPIONSHIP

[@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8]

The Oilers old boys club love to brag about their 4 Stanley Cups back in the 80's, just like how Married With Children's Al Bundy loves to brag about his 4 touchdowns in a single championship game back in his Polk High School days LOL! Just like Al Bundy, past glory years is all what the Oilers have left.

[@coolybop66]

You wrote the same comment 3 times man. I don't know what team you like, but atleast the Oilers have something to brag about, unlike most teams in the league.