Edmonton's Emergence | How The Great One Turned The Oilers Into A DYNASTY

Once upon a time, the Oilers were the NHL's model franchise. In fact, almost 40 years ago, humble, unassuming Edmonton was home to one of the most dominant dynasties in hockey history - one that took flight by vanquishing another in the unforgettable 1984 Stanley Cup Finals.
Written & Narrated by: Jonah Birenbaum (@Birenball | Twitter)
Produced & Edited by: Stephen Addante (@stephenaddante | Instagram)
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[@user-zj4sl1oz4y]

History does repeat itself… it’s 2024, time to claim the throne.

[@tudormiller887]

Yep! So Connor McDavid would be the Wayne Gretzky of our generation, especially if he ends the 34 year long Stanley Cup drought. ❤🇨🇦🏒🏆

[@regantyn]

It's a great little video, but a few minor corrections: -- Gretzky wasn't 1st in WHA scoring in 1978-79 -- he was third. -- "Moog" rhymes with "rogue". -- "Sutter" brothers, not "Suter". -- In the first round in 1984, the Oilers beat Winnipeg 3 games to 0, not 4 to 0 (it was a best of five then).

[@181cameron]

I honestly thought I'd been hearing "Moog" and "Sutter" wrong all those years. In this case it is indeed the kids who are wrong.

[@moody9442]

it means the team was first in the league not gretzky

[@regantyn]

@@moody9442 See 2:27

[@normandbeauchemin5259]

In fact, ha was second behind Bobby Smith. 192-184

[@kevinnagel68]

Moog - M-Oh-G

[@kenczerwinski6365]

I remember as a kid following him and collecting hockey cards. Great times.

[@JSGuitar80]

Great video. For future reference, tho, it's pronounced "Moh-g", like the dude who invented the Moog synthesizer that was also dominant in the '80s.

[@paulbelamour8042]

It brings a tear to my eye as those were the days when Hockey gods skated on ice and crowned the Edmonton with name befitting their greatness The City of Champions and lamenting this team as the Greatest Team of All Time. We will NEVER witness another team that will ever come close to the pinnacle of hockey invincibility like the boys on the bus.

[@glenmcdonald375]

what i love about it, is the second best team in the league for five consecutive yesrs - thr Philadelphia Flyerd were left completely unnoticed snd unremember in all of history... if it weren't for first the Islanders THEN the Oilers then the Flyerd would have had a dynasty

[@canadianguy7777]

If my aunt had nuts, she’d be my uncle.

[@RoboticDragon]

Did Moog dirty with that pronunciation.

[@Anonymous-gh6il]

yo these vids are kinda fire NGL🔥🔥🔥

[@rayallensjumper]

More hockey please 🫡

[@martysimmons1130]

Good video but maybe ask someone who knows hockey to help you with the pronunciation of certain names (Moog and Sutter).

[@Thraith]

Exactly what I was going to say. It's clear he's never watched a single video and heard their names.

[@brandoncharles6066]

Love these videos! 🔥

[@Liamapex1]

This guy did a good job on the details and on the overall story, but his pronunciations of player names are killing me 😂.

[@EdmontonBSW]

Apparently before the Kings "Clarified" it, everyone thought the 'Nucks were interested. I've hated Pocklington for 30 + years

[@780tk]

Aha that opening line was tough but true 😂😔

[@driptidegaming]

1 year later they find themselves going to a Stanley Cup Finals

[@TheKisj]

40th anniversary baby, let's go

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Jaylen Brown story behind your next video theScore 🙏🙏🙏

[@EdmontonBSW]

I agree. The panthers gave no shot due to the astounding special teams.

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Hockey more video please

[@780tk]

I'm from Edmonton and nice to hear this but it was almost 40 years ago time to move on

[@theodorebelmont7922]

Totally agree. I'm so sick of hearing about the 80s Oilers

[@ibrahimaraujo2816]

​@@theodorebelmont7922 io

[@erickouniakis5722]

I totally agree I'm also from Edmonton. It was like listening about Montreal Canadian's in the 70's.

[@klle4233]

Moog?? Clearly doesn't know much about Andy M(oh)

[@Hoovie9596]

Gretzky was almost a Winnipeg Jet.

[@erickouniakis5722]

Gretzky was great no doubt. Seems people forget that Wayne played with 7 other Hall of Fame players. Not sure how many goals he would of had without Kurri.

[@thebullfighter6733]

Kuri, messier, Fuhr, Coffey, Andersen, Lowe. That’s 5 skaters and a goalie. 2 D. No forwards drafted higher than the 3rd round and only Kurri played on his line (literally every team in the NHL passed on Kurri, messier and Anderson multiple times). Mario had Kevin Stevens, Murphy, barasso, trottier, jagr, Mullen, Francis, Coffey, recchi. 8 hall of famers and an all star on one roster. Mario had more help and nobody faults him for his teammates.

[@NJGuy1973]

​@@thebullfighter6733And the Oilers beat an Islander team which had 5 HOF skaters and a HOF goalie. Talk about hockey at its finest.

[@joshuaschroeder8027]

Mewg?

[@justawinddown]

Andy Muug

[@cameronpickard7456]

greatest team ever nothing comes close

[@MrOctober44]

You mean like the Islanders who swept The Oilers the year before, won 4 consecutive cups, and 19 consecutive playoff series. Remind me when the Oilers did that. If you want to say they were the best, that's fine. An argument can be made. To say no one is even close is ridiculous

[@dannycarlow8204]

The Moogeyman

[@jakemitchell6600]

It’s not MooooG it’s MoeG Moog

[@crushit9576]

Just goes to show how Edmonton was good as they even won the cup without 99. I can't imagine what would Mario would have done if that same route would've happened to him. Without the Cancer and the back pains. But again we can only imagine.

[@michaelgriffiths8068]

Keep in mind that Gretzky had more than double the points of any other Oiler in 1981 and also 1982. In 1982, Gretzky outscored 2nd place Anderson by a ridiculous 107 points and 3rd place Coffey by a mind boggling 123 points. His 120 assists alone were enough to destroy everyone’s point total. Yet he still scored an insane 92 goals on top of that almost as an afterthought. His 92 goals alone were enough to beat everyone in points besides Anderson. Craziness.

[@briancusack4386]

​@@michaelgriffiths8068Unreal!

[@jtom68]

Moo-g lol Mōg

[@jaymac654]

It ruins the whole video. Am I gonna listen to this guy who doesn't know how to say Moog. Nope, I'm old.

[@jtom68]

@@jaymac654 yeah makes it sounds like the guy is an actor just reading lines about something he has no clue about

[@danielrosenke1758]

Yikes... the Andy Moog pronunciation... and on The Score no less!

[@cliffordg5183]

Too early to bring the 80s dynasty comparison to the current team, wait til they win the next series,. Lol

[@danielrosenke1758]

And... the 83 Isles cup winning team was NOT on the steam of the "Suter" brothers "in particular"... both were pretty good in those playoffs, but what about Bossy, Trottier, Potvin, etc... not to mention, Bob Bourne was their leading scorer with 28 pts in those playoffs. Nothing personal, but you need to be a bit more prepared for these videos man. REAL hockey fans are watching and shaking their heads.

[@TheRealJiff]

Dude can't even pronounce Moog's name correctly.

[@theodorebelmont7922]

Man how many times are we going to keep hearing about the 80s Oilers.....Enough already it was over 40 years ago 😊

[@mikealvord55]

Then don't click on a video about the 80s dork. It's not tv

[@derekhammett8634]

this guy needs some serious lessons on how to pronounce names

[@almontoya5703]

This is bad. You gotta get their names right. theScore needs to fire him.

[@drew_peabawls13]

Learn how to pronounce players names ffs

[@MrOctober44]

Learn not to repeat the same comment 50 other people made before you. 🙄

[@bobo0202]

@@MrOctober44 The pronounciation made my head explode. You gonna cry about the comment?

[@tudormiller887]

Happy 40th Anniversary Stanley Cup win Oilers fans.❤🇨🇦🏒🏆

[@T0F4RUP]

it’s actually 34 years or do you mean there first cup?