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Courtesy of Greg Innis, here are the franchises with the most victories in NHL history (through Jan. 8) ...
1. Montreal 3,004
2. Boston 2,699
3. Toronto 2,551
4. Detroit 2,549
As you can see, the Red Wings aren't far behind Toronto for third. With the way things have gone over the past decade for both franchises, once Detroit passes Toronto, the Wings could put some distance between the two teams.
The list looks as you'd guess except for Boston. Given the Bruins' less-than-stellar history, I'm surprised they're the No. 2 team.
1. Montreal 3,004
2. Boston 2,699
3. Toronto 2,551
4. Detroit 2,549
As you can see, the Red Wings aren't far behind Toronto for third. With the way things have gone over the past decade for both franchises, once Detroit passes Toronto, the Wings could put some distance between the two teams.
The list looks as you'd guess except for Boston. Given the Bruins' less-than-stellar history, I'm surprised they're the No. 2 team.
posted by Chuck Pleiness at
6:26 PM
7 Comments:
The list is kind of meaningless seeing that Montreal and Toronto have played the most games. More interesting would be the percentage of games won versus games played.
Actually Boston isn't all the suprising. They were a dominant team in the regular season back with Eddie Shore, but not so much in the playoffs. They also had a stretch of dominance with the Orr/Esposito tandem. Throw in the fact that they have the NHL record for most consective seasons making the playoffs and it makes alot of sense. Boston hasn't gotten many Cups, but they haven't really ever been an NHL bottom feeder like Detroit and Toronto were for long stretches of their history.
Gotcha TStar. Knew about the stretches of brilliance with Shore and my favorite player, Orr.
But Boston has been a bottom feeder. During the Original Six era, Boston was in the bottom half of the league, trailing Det/Tor/Mon. And during the pre-Orr stretch, the Bruins were really bad. The Bs were either last or second-last in the league for eight straight years (59-60 through 66-67). But the long playoff run does outweigh that.
Does the total include playoff games?
Bruce,
Are you okay? Did you take a January vacation? It's been a while since you last posted.
come back Bruce!
bruce, where in the world are you?
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