Wings Land Hasek and '02 Cup, Jagr Traded to Caps, Flyers Trade Lindros

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[@jaytee4374]

Hasek is my favorite athlete of all time, and no one will ever be able to usurp him, I was sad he left the Sabres, but I was so god-damned happy he got his Cup that year

[@NJDevil1982]

Imagine Hasek on those post lockout Sabres teams when they actually had some firepower? Felt like Buffalo was always short a goal scorer or two in the late 90's that might have gotten them over the top. Hasek did what he could and kept them in a ton of games they probably had no business being in.

[@poejavelski148]

Imagine the Sabres with the 05-07 era offense and the late 90s defence + Hasek. That would be damn near the best team of all time.

[@Kmartsmart]

@@matthewdaley746you’re pretty out there man

[@crossface222]

This is the year Mike Illitch slammed his checkbook on the table and told Ken Holland to get it done. I miss that man.

[@mgcgrozit]

I miss the pre salary cap era.

[@TecMatt]

2002 was the first year I can remember and I was spoiled growing up in Michigan so that 02 team is still my favorite of all time. I just got my home white jersey embroidered with Yzerman's name and number, the captain's patch, and the 2002 cup final patch. Totally worth it

[@andrewschristopher2]

This year was the other bookend to the Detroit/Colorado rivalry. Game 7 in the 2002 WCF was epic.

[@McSomething15]

That game was unreal to watch live.

[@crossface222]

That backhand pass from Larionov to Robitaille is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve seen in hockey. Hearing the fans singing “nah nah nah goodbye” as Roy got pulled. That definitely sealed the rivalry.

[@NJDevil1982]

Yeah, by the time they met again in the playoffs (2008), it felt different since most of the guys from the late 90's/early 2000's wars were long gone. I don't think we'll ever see a rivalry like that again. It's just a different game now.

[@coldengrey12]

Speaking as an Avalanche fan, I’m surprised they canceled the entire season after Game 5 of the WCF, real shame 😂 Joking aside, the ‘02 Wings are one of the best teams ever assembled

[@EdwardCaskinett]

It's especially epic that hasek put on a near shut out performance in patrick Roy allowed allowed six goals some of them soft. In the previous game, Detroit also won 2.Nothing on a dominant hasek shut out. And patrick roy allowed a soft first goal

[@waverod9275]

THG: Come for the hockey, stay for the pets.

[@bigjohn08865]

Exactly.

[@Matthew-gn5yi]

Maple says Dad, do what I want & pay attention to me

[@BvG_Venom]

The '03 Ducks really did come out of nowhere.

[@jceggert7163]

that lidstrom goal from center ice was a complete 180 reversal of momentum

[@NJDevil1982]

Absolutely. When you have a great team on the ropes, you can't give them something cheap that allows them to hang around or get back in it. Squads like that know how to take advantage of a break.

[@TECHNICIAN-13]

Game 3. That was an awesome game and definitely a turning point in that series

[@BarbaOlof]

2002 playoffs, where a well rested Peter Forsberg is at the top of the points list. Amazing to be able to do that after sitting out the entire regular season.

[@filrut]

Vegas took notes

[@BvG_Venom]

​@@filrut kucherov

[@ryanprosper88]

Unfortunately couldn't get any in that game 7

[@thebestwingsfan]

The year that I started watching hockey and my hometown Wings happened to go all the way and win the Cup. I'll never forget me and my uncle losing it when Shanahan hit the empty net to seal it in Game 5.

[@MrBlazemaster525]

My o my how time flies

[@bartsanders1553]

Hasek: [sees Roy punching red] This is my chance to solidify my place in the rivalry. Roy's stick: [dons guillie suit, lays in ambush]

[@ShenmueAtheist]

I know people like to crap all over the NHL's dead puck era, but it truly was the best era of hockey in terms of players, rivalries, and skill. I still love hockey, but it just wasn't the same after the 2005 lockouts.

[@BarbaOlof]

@@ShenmueAtheist I sort of feel the same, but I wonder if it’s not, at least in my case, just as much that it was at the right time of my life. Up until about 30 years of age, which in my case was 2001, I found new music, enjoyed the new films coming out and was able to follow and enjoy lots of different leagues in different sports. After that, I still try to keep up with new stuff, but more and more look back toward the “golden era”, which, according to me, is the nineties (give or take e couple of years) for music as well as film and sports. This feel like such a big coincidence that I’m inclined to think it’s actually me who peaked then, and not everything else.

[@VinceSoori]

Remember the Canucks were the hottest team down the stretch and compiled a 26-9-3 record ...hottest team in the league vs the best team in the NHL in the first round. Birth of the West Coast Expresss

[@mastersquid20]

the real final was det v col... legendary

[@anthonyf.9457]

Perhaps the great collection of talent on an NHL roster ever. I think there was about 9 or 10 Hall of Famers. Glad to see Scotty leave with another championship. That guy is a winner🏆✨

[@Roboswaggins]

@@anthonyf.9457 with Pavel being elected this year, that makes 10, plus Scotty behind the bench. Absurdity of a squad

[@anthonyf.9457]

@@Roboswaggins agreed and with their average age, it was a win now or fail mentality

[@Roboswaggins]

@@anthonyf.9457 one of, if not the oldest team in the league. A problem, unless almost 2/3 of the squad are HOF’ers that can still play 😂

[@RIUUI007]

@@Roboswaggins If you include everyone, players and front office, I count 14 Hall of Famers from the '02 Wings. The ten players and also Bowman, Holland, Devellano and Illitch.

[@JPMadden]

The 1978-79 Canadiens also had 10 Hall-of-Famers. If this is the record, other teams might be tied.

[@Sreynolds88]

That Flyers Senators series was so hard to watch as a Flyers fan. They only scored 2 or 3 goal in the entire series

[@SverigeiSverige]

Only scored 2 goals in 5 games! Awfull 🤮

[@NJDevil1982]

Flyers had a lot of first round flameouts in that era. Plenty of talent but it never came together for them. Also went through a ton of goalies trying to find the answer that never came. That was their Achilles heel.

[@Rockhound6165]

Flyers traded their future for Lindros then traded him for a bag of used pucks. I am happy to say that their relationship was mended and Lindros was put in the Flyers Hall of Fame and had his jersey retired. To Lindros' credit he always gave thanks to the fans and the fans never stopped loving him. He now comes back for alumni programs and such.

[@giodagrate5369]

Osgood was a huge addition for the Islanders this season. Put him in the HOF.

[@theawayfan6052]

Couldn't agree more!

[@McSomething15]

This is probably my favorite Cup run ever. Possibly even higher than 97, but it's too damn close to judge.

[@chrisbelos2834]

i was at the bell center when Koivu came back from cancer in 2002. one of the best nights of hockey of my life. 7 minute ovation, habs wins against ottawa and securing a playoff spot. Koivu our captain courage won his biggest battle that year and montreal was happy to have him back. beating the heavily favored boston in the playofffs was the cherry on top, bitter sweet after the vicious hit zednik got from kyle mclaren. no one in montreal forgot about that guy either, 22 years after.

[@chrisbelos2834]

@@matthewdaley746 you got it all wrong. habs take on the bruins like no other team because losing to the bruins is shameful.

[@danglesnipecelly13]

2002 was a special year being a wings fan. What a season!!

[@MrKarmazsin]

Getting excited for these historical videos! These.are the times I started watching hockey!

[@lankancheetah]

Saku Koivu battle with cancer this season.

[@chrisbelos2834]

he won

[@cmc8856]

Gotta love the cat appearances

[@bigjohn08865]

The last time Toronto got as far as a conference final. The Leafs would lose in the first round in 2003, lost in the second round in 2004 and wouldn't win a postseason series until 2023

[@bigjohn08865]

@@matthewdaley746 Bad for him

[@jeremyarmstrong7093]

This was the first NHL season I remember

[@kevinstull8552]

No All Star selections for this season. Oh well 😂.

[@TheMe9595]

This was the year I started watching hockey. I remember watching Hasek playing for the wings and pretending to be him by throwing foam pucks at myself in front of the couch

[@lewisyaworski8962]

2:00 Cat alert!😸

[@tweekins]

Definitely do a video on Roger Neilson. The guy was a madman. A lot of rules got added as he discovered holes in the rule book and exploited them.

[@sirekumasutra7022]

This was my first year watching hockey full-time. I was a Leafs growing up and lived outside of Detroit so a Wings fan too. I was living outside of Atlanta at this time so yeah my main team were the Thrashers. My dad took me to a game this season to see them play LA. Kings goalie was my fave goalie growing up in Felix Potvin. Fun times.

[@senorsoupe]

Jose Theodore was absolutely fantastic this season. The Habs were not very good but he was lights out all season.

[@jasonpaul4308]

"no offense to buffalo but it must have been nice for hasek to have a good team in front of him" yep and Ullmark and Lehner agree lol (and maybe even Barrasso)

Ya so gotta do a career video for Captain Video, Shannon!

[@NolanEgbert]

Huge improvement season for the Islanders that came at the expense of their future, but that doesn’t diminish that it worked in the short term. If they had gotten past Toronto in Round One without losing Peca and Jonsson they would’ve had a real good shot at being the east’s representative in the Final

[@NJDevil1982]

Agreed. I think anyone could have won the East that year. No scary, dominant team. Islanders had to do something to shake things up after being bad for so long.

[@NolanEgbert]

@@NJDevil1982 If hockey were scripted then having a NY team in the Final would’ve been exactly what the league wanted immediately following 9/11, plus an Osgood revenge storyline against Detroit would’ve made for a hell of a narrative

[@NolanEgbert]

@@matthewdaley746 100%, everyone in the East that year was fighting for the right to lose to Detroit

[@dstcoyote22rants]

Game 6 between COL and DET, the famous botched showboating stunt by Roy that cost them the win and huge momentum swing for Detroit.

[@JeikobuNippon]

Yep. Roy was arguably the greatest goalie of all time, but this was the greatest blunder of his career, and he will never live it down. 😔

[@dstcoyote22rants]

As an LA fan it was bittersweet to see Luc Robitaille and Steve Duschene, two "LA homegrown" players who were both rookies as Kings in 86-87, win the cup with Detroit that year (if only Jimmy Carson would have found his way there too). Same feeling that we had with Blake in 01 with COL.

[@dstcoyote22rants]

@@matthewdaley746 Yup, he ended up making Edmonton much stronger with the players they got in exchange by trading himself to Detroit.

[@father042]

First time in 21 years the Art Ross wasn't won by Gretzky, Lemieux or Jagr

[@TheHockeyGuy]

Which I mentioned.

[@jonathangarmuth8975]

Did Vancouver draft the Sedins that year?

[@dsc4178]

That Colorado have 2 of my favourite players that I wanted my Leafs to draft.

[@isaiahwirch9389]

Love the history vids

[@klompsauce]

2002 Red Wings, the greatest team ever assembled

[@bartsanders1553]

I dunno. Only half the team is in the HOF.

[@yoholmes273]

Absolutely not

[@acanadianineurope814]

hahahahahhhhhahahhaha NO

[@gogolplex74]

99 Stars come pretty close

[@jaytee4374]

I feel like the 2001 Avs would have something to say about that

[@lankancheetah]

To date last time Leafs in 3rd round...

[@ryanprosper88]

I remember being so frustrated that round that the Leafs stalled against Carolina of all teams.

[@NJDevil1982]

Felt like the East was wide open that year. Devils were down a bit and the Penguins fell off. No real powerhouse. Wings likely would have handled anyone who came out of the East.

[@1bert719]

Roger Neilson was the rulebook beta tester, love him or loathe him he was a great innovator and left us with some very memorable moments. Had a strange way of success with poor teams and failing with teams that should've been contenders.

[@twerps1]

The Wings team rubbed off on you because that roster was sick!

[@Mark-xl1ze]

The Stars missed the playoffs for the first time since 1996. Ken Hitchcock gets fired during the middle of a disappointing season.

[@McSomething15]

Game 3 of the finals I stayed up to watch the entire thing. School the next day was not easy.

[@NJDevil1982]

Could swear Game 3 took place on a Saturday night. I remember being out with friends and getting home just in time for the 3rd OT.

[@McSomething15]

@@NJDevil1982 seems that it was, must be thinking of an earlier OT playoff game.

[@samifyrqvist258]

Still hoping for a video of Jere Lehtinens career. Also, If not done yet, would love to see Teppo Numminen video.

[@GizmoBeach]

Khabibulin pitches a shutout in the All-Star game’s 3rd PD and wins the Should’ve Been MVP Award. 🥇

[@isaiahwirch9389]

Great jersey

[@Lcngopher]

2008 was the first time a european captained a team to a stanley cup win

[@RIUUI007]

01-02 was the final season for Probert, Grimson, Laus and Odjick. A big loss to fans of hockey fights. And not long after 01-02 Berube, Odgers, Ray, McKenzie, Worrell, Johnson, Cummins, McCarthy, Simpson, Tamer, Myhres, Langdon, Oliwa, VandenBussche, Stock and others retired as well. 01-02 to 04-05 saw the end of an era.

[@JeikobuNippon]

2001 made me a hockey diehard for life. I couldn’t wait to see the Avs repeat 2002, and when we pushed the Wings to the brink, I thought this was really going to be it. Then all hell broke loose. The worst memory of my life. If there was one game in the history of hockey I would like to change, it would’ve been Game 6 of the WCF. Take the series and avoid the worst game ever with Game 7. Nevertheless it happened how it happened. Amazing that Jose Theodore had such a successful year. All I can remember when I think of him as how outrageously horrible he was when he came to the Avs. Worst goalie we ever had.

[@williamscolaro1159]

These were dark times for Ranger fans.. they even teased us by being the number 1 seed briefly halfway through the season before everything totally fell apart. Even the late season acquisition and surge by Pavel Bure couldn’t fix this train wreck.

[@NJDevil1982]

There were a couple of seasons in that stretch where they had a decent first half, then fell off. There was talent but maybe having so many older players hurt them later in the season.

[@williamscolaro1159]

@@NJDevil1982 yea the pre-salary cap era where they would sign a bunch of over the hill veterans to big money and had no team chemistry

[@NJDevil1982]

@@williamscolaro1159 Bad drafts also. None of their picks seemed to work out. Pavel Brendl, Jamie Lundmark, Hugh Jessiman, etc. Manny Malhotra had a long career but was never the superstar many projected he’d be. Dan Blackburn was a case of bad luck somewhat with his injury problems. I thought he had potential in net.

[@williamscolaro1159]

@@NJDevil1982 ok this is getting depressing now

[@NJDevil1982]

@@williamscolaro1159 I hear ya. Devils did a lot of similar things in the 2010’s. Guess every team goes through it at some point.

[@theaverageDon]

Would be interesting to see a video on the Montreal-Boston playoff series history, and why it was usually a "bad match up for Boston" 😅

[@RIUUI007]

All-time playoff stats: Series - 34 times Boston has won 9 times, Montreal 25 times Games played - 177 Boston has won 71 games, Montreal 106 games Total goals: Boston 436 Montreal 531

[@jeffreyg4626]

The Buffalo Sabres Captain was playing for the NY Islanders in 2002. He was tremendous for Buffalo. The Sabres had one of the best goaltenders in the history of the NHL. He's playing for the Red Wings 2002. I blame the owners: The Rigas family. The Buffalo franchise hasn't been the same since the Knox family owned it. Please don't mock the fans or the city of Buffalo. We hockey fans don't select owners.

[@SverigeiSverige]

For the second time Peter Forsberg lead the playoffs in scoring, 20-9-18-27, without reaching the final. That's a new record.

[@jameshenner5831]

Let's Go Red Wings! Truly the greatest year. They got Hull and Hasek in 2001. They got Shanahan and Chelios before this year. And they won the Cup. My brother went to the victory parade. As a side note, the East started to look worse than the West this year.

[@SverigeiSverige]

Shanahan was traded to traded to Detroit 1996.

[@kevinstull8552]

They also signed Luc Robitaille as well.

[@jameshenner5831]

@@kevinstull8552 Lucky Luc!

[@SverigeiSverige]

Robitaille, Larionov, Holmström - that's a good 4th line.

[@isaiahwirch9389]

W series

[@lenkennedy9214]

It broke my heart when the Leafs lost to Carolina. Those early 90's teams were good too but this was the Leaf's best chance to win the cup in my lifetime. I think they shoukd have had home ice against Carolina. They had 9 more points in the regular season. It wouldn't have mattered though i don't think its mot an excuse. Just a dumb rule.

[@SverigeiSverige]

Mats Sundin injured...

[@lenkennedy9214]

@@SverigeiSverige He got hurt in round 1 against the Islanders. He came back in game 2 against Carolina but he wasn't 100%. They went all the way to round 3 without Mats. That was a good team. Gary Roberts and Cujo were legendary in that run. Alyn McCauly played the best hockey of his entire career when Mats went down.

[@michaelleroy9281]

In 2 years or so the Penguins will be wanting a new arena

[@clydeblair9622]

No mention of Bowman's retirement.

[@TheHockeyGuy]

Nope, none because I haven't mentioned any coaches retiring in this series.

[@clydeblair9622]

@@TheHockeyGuy Perplexing. The winningest coach ever retires from an iconic team at a Cup victory. Granted, not Vancouver, Dallas or Boston.

[@dvon1097]

Iginla shoulda won the Hart

[@NJDevil1982]

He got the NHL 2003 cover the following season though.

[@SverigeiSverige]

Adam Oates had the most assist, again, 39 year...

[@springbay1]

Only four Swedish captains this season...

[@SverigeiSverige]

Only... 🧐🇸🇪

[@clydeblair9622]

Wings should have won more even with Bowman retiring.

[@kensuter57]

ATTENTION. I am getting into collecting hockey jerseys however I only have like 8 players I know well enough outside of the Blackhawks and the backyard hockey game. If you could, reply with some players for me to dive into, especially for teams like the thrashers, sharks, and other teams that aren’t in the league or haven’t had players who would reach my bubble. Thank you

[@RIUUI007]

Jeff Odgers. He was a favorite of mine and he played for both the Thrashers and the Sharks.

[@sojiroseta98]

Iggy was robbed of the Hart and even us Habs fans know it

[@williammontroy9024]

Of the 4 cups ive seen the wings win this one was the least interesting to me .. mind you i was super excited still lol i just expected this one .. the other 3 with the exception of knowing theyd slaughter the caps in the 98 finals things were much less predictable

[@NJDevil1982]

Still great to see your team lift the Cup but it was almost like they had to win that year. It was expected after everyone they brought in. Anything less would have been a disaster. Sometimes that takes the pure joy out of it. If you win, you're supposed to. If you don't, you're a joke.

[@williammontroy9024]

Definitely... And um lol .. we done had more than our share of that stigma in Detroit in the past by then lol

[@FlashSwe]

LA’s captain was Mattias Norström, not Nordström.

[@MrJvog]

Norström not Nordström.

[@TheHockeyGuy]

Meh, his name won't be back on the board again anyway.

[@redbeard6403]

I thought ypou sounded fine.

[@ronfehr7899]

Never liked Lindros. Didn't bother me that he got traded.

[@DianaBarbeau]

Your videos are always filled with warmth and kindness. Thank you for your generosity and openness!☺️🐙🖕

[@theawesomer8587]

No one cares about the stupid season. We need more cats!!!

[@bigjohn08865]

Well, I don't agree with the former but I agree with the latter.

[@theawesomer8587]

@@bigjohn08865 I was half joking.