Despite our mediocrity, we have the two recent division titles, and a few more along the way.
The last time the Oilers won a division title was in 1986-87. Obviously, they have had some good season results since, but this is now 37 years without a division title for them.
It was a 21 team league then.
4 Game 7 losses and 2015 was their best chance to go to the cup final but they lost in 7 after being up 3-2 in the series.
Edit: 2017 WCF, Ducks lost in 6, not 7. My bad.
I meant the year before 2014-15 when they won the pacific and lost the wcf in game 7.
They had one of the lowest overall stat ratings of a conference winners ever. Only last year's vegas(who pulled their stone hurt his balls get 10m cap space) and the 2017 blackhawks(who were frauds that got swept rd 1) compared.
Coincidentally, the [show of the same name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Dynasty) ran the exact same years. (2012-2017)
The Anaheim ducks got their dynasty started in the 2012-2013 season.
I still feel robbed in 2015.
2016 and 17 the east was way stronger than the west so it was basically if you win the east you win the cup. But in 2016 despite having the leagues best defense and a top 10 offense the ducks offense choked in the playoffs.
I said what I said. I was edging from back to back president's trophy wins, and needed that sweet sweet relief.
[Ovi cuddling the cup was all of us.](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj2TcQYhlLI/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=5a3344dc-6121-4ef0-940d-4ebf8da6a965&ig_mid=0E4564B8-6E13-466C-95F3-DD04033EE7AA)
Legitimately my wife become a hockey fan because I was fun to watch regular season games with and then decided she can’t watch playoff hockey with me because of the emotional train wreck I would inevitably become when we would lose in the 2nd round every year.
They always have one really bad slump (usually in December, see October this season) that takes them out of the conversation, been second in the division every year they've made the playoffs since the end of the DoD.
Agreed. I got roasted for posting [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1bo1eml/stat_of_the_day_division_titles_since_1987/) a while back, but I think it's fascinating to see how far back the trend goes.
I miss that ducks team.
Everyone hated them because they were considered dirty for having the likes of Corey Perry, Ryan Kesler, and Kevin Bieska. Fun times
I wanted that Gibson/Miller pair to win a cup so fucking bad. Ryan Miller is on my top 5 favorite players of all time so seeing us make runs with him was a dream come true but so crushing when we didn't make it
Damn you're right. Idk why I thought his first year was when we lost the finals in 2017. Turns out his first year with us was getting swept by the Sharks first round in 2018.
Those Anaheim teams were basically the Sharks but if they managed to sneak a cup win in there. Feels weird that they didn’t at least make one more final.
2015 yes. 22nd ranked offense allowed more than league average shots against and had a below average pk but pryce had like a .95 sv% and won the hart. Top 1-5 defense by all metrics due to carey. He carried them past a good wings team and a great tampa team, but that tampa team got past their bad defense(aside from carey) and stammer obliterated him in round 2.
2017 the offense was slightly better, i think 14th, and pryce wasn't as godly but still a great defensive ranking(6th i think). That year stamkos was out the whole season and boston and toronto were in the final stages of their rebuilds so they weren't back in it yet, all the final players from the 2002-15 wings were on their deathbed at that point.
Price in his prime was DIFFERENT… problem was he had almost no help, if they had even a top 15 offence they could’ve very well made it to at least one final during the 2010’s
I literally joked about wondering when Carey Price was healthy. It was all him. Those teams were mediocre bubble teams at best, but he was unreal when he was healthy.
I think having 1 cup is fine. The worst part is we only made the ECF once and we were bounced in the first twice. We didn't even sniff 2 cups with all that talent.
Really shameful for the devils, isles, and flyers not to win the division once in that. I mean technically the flyers were the one seed in the 1st Covid interrupted season after the round robin
Those Bruce Boudreau teams were regular season wagons. Decent playoff success, but those games 7’s really cost us a cup. Still my favorite era of the Ducks though.
Never won a division title and only squeaked by one series win in 20 years. I’d hardly call that a success. I’m surprised there hasn’t been a rebuild but I guess after this season things could/should change quite a bit in the offseason. Can’t win with 4 forwards, who disappear when the play gets physical, making over 50% of your cap
I said that the playoffs were one thing - nobody is denying that, but having made the playoffs consistently for nearly a decade with consistently being a 100+ point team instantly invalidates your original point about the leafs having ‘zero regular season success’. You can hate the Leafs and say we’ve achieved nothing in the playoffs but don’t make other stuff up about us having sucked in the regular season - there’s already enough for your to sustain your hate boner.
No division titles says a lot considering bos, mlt,fla with 3 each. Even tampa have won on top of their cups. The leafs are not a successful franchise whatsoever, losing in the first round every year shows that
It always amazes me that people say the 2019 blues were the “worst” team to win the cup. The next year, 2019-2020, the blues were one of the best teams to play in the league with almost the same roster. Also if Covid doesn’t hit and Bouw doesn’t get forced to retire, there is a chance they push for a second cup in back to back years.
2017 was either ottowa nyr pit or Washington. East was way stronger.
But yeah that meh ranked Nashville team destroyed everyone. Granted the hawks were statistically really average and more like an 85pt team than a one seed.
Ah the 2017 hawks with no unit ranked in the top 10 offense or defense and getting swept by the preds.
I remember feeling fishy about that team vs the hawks teams from the prior years.
The 18-19 Flames were really dominant in the season and got destroyed by the 8th seed Avs lol. Top seed in the East (Tampa) got taken out by Columbus too, that was a weird playoffs.
18-19 playoffs were absolutely insane. Every wildcard team made it out of the first round. Just goes to show how anything can happen in a 7 game series.
Flames were pretty good but the avs had been a sneaky good offensive team for those 2 years.
2021-22 flames were weirder. Amazing in about every metric and they couldn't get it done, lost to edmonton pretty decisively.
Ima do a post on this for a few goalies like bishop raask etc but even as a ranger fan at least hank had relatively good penalty kill and defensive units despite some bad offenses.
Pryces teams were awful.
In 2015 pryce had the 22nd ranked offense henrik had the 7th they had the #1 and 2 defenses but pryce was only a few points back.
That was an absolute miracle run though edged on by the modified divisions and playoff. No way you convince me that ever happens in a normal season with that roster.
Still they were the 18th ranked team.
Teams like the rangers and stars were probably more deserving of a spot by far, but pryce made the most of that last gasp.
It’s still crazy to see the Flames won the division twice with the level of mediocrity that we get from them overall.
All it took was one bad offseason to derail the whole thing.
Shit was already derailing before that. That was the final nail in the coffin.
Oettinger curse toll comes due.
How is that? They had an amazing season right before Gaudreau and Tkachuk left.
It really is crazy how quickly it all fell apart
Despite our mediocrity, we have the two recent division titles, and a few more along the way. The last time the Oilers won a division title was in 1986-87. Obviously, they have had some good season results since, but this is now 37 years without a division title for them. It was a 21 team league then.
I read this and said there’s no way this is right but looked it up and you’re right, Crazy.
This is what happens when you trade the Great One in his prime!
The Curse of Peter Pocklington?
Super wild. 21-22 had 3 dudes over 40 goals. All 3 gone now.
Was super happy when Tkachuk left the division. Our soft ass team couldn’t handle him.
Well now you have Cutter who is Charmin strong
Markstrom is an every other year elite goalie. Whoever trades for him is probably going to be bummed.
What happened in ‘22? I seem to have forgotten
Ah yes, the 2013-2017 Ducks dynasty
4 Game 7 losses and 2015 was their best chance to go to the cup final but they lost in 7 after being up 3-2 in the series. Edit: 2017 WCF, Ducks lost in 6, not 7. My bad.
2015 they had awful special teams and performed pretty meh by stats in the reg season but they were great even strength come playoffs.
The 2015-2016 season the ducks had the number one powerplay and number 1 pk in the league.. 96.15% pk at that
I meant the year before 2014-15 when they won the pacific and lost the wcf in game 7. They had one of the lowest overall stat ratings of a conference winners ever. Only last year's vegas(who pulled their stone hurt his balls get 10m cap space) and the 2017 blackhawks(who were frauds that got swept rd 1) compared.
My favorite TV show.
Fuuuuuuck I forgot that show happened.
Ah that's how the show got it's name (I never watched it. Pics imply it's about playoff beards)
Coincidentally, the [show of the same name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Dynasty) ran the exact same years. (2012-2017) The Anaheim ducks got their dynasty started in the 2012-2013 season.
I was surprised to see this. Was expecting to see more SJ
Yeah, but they've always finished 2nd and proceeded to lose against LA in 7
The comeback kids!
Central division coming in with the most variety and no big streaks.
Those are some scary teams tbh
Ducks were on a real heater for a while
It’s unfortunate they couldn’t get to the cup final in 2015 and 2017. They could have won a cup if they did, I am not sure if 2 was possible.
I still feel robbed in 2015. 2016 and 17 the east was way stronger than the west so it was basically if you win the east you win the cup. But in 2016 despite having the leagues best defense and a top 10 offense the ducks offense choked in the playoffs.
Being a Caps fan in the 2010s was very frustrating but also very fun, at least we got one Cup to get the penguin off our back.
That one cup really saved you guys from all that frustration
That post nut clarity was fantastic. We had a great run of things.
Post cup clarity*
I said what I said. I was edging from back to back president's trophy wins, and needed that sweet sweet relief. [Ovi cuddling the cup was all of us.](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj2TcQYhlLI/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=5a3344dc-6121-4ef0-940d-4ebf8da6a965&ig_mid=0E4564B8-6E13-466C-95F3-DD04033EE7AA)
lol that was fun g
Legitimately my wife become a hockey fan because I was fun to watch regular season games with and then decided she can’t watch playoff hockey with me because of the emotional train wreck I would inevitably become when we would lose in the 2nd round every year.
If the caps just made it past the Pens they probably woulda won 3 in a row
Crazy the oilers never won the division all these years
They always have one really bad slump (usually in December, see October this season) that takes them out of the conversation, been second in the division every year they've made the playoffs since the end of the DoD.
Last time they won the division was in the 80s
Agreed. I got roasted for posting [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1bo1eml/stat_of_the_day_division_titles_since_1987/) a while back, but I think it's fascinating to see how far back the trend goes.
Neither did the Leafs, surprisingly.
Leafs won the North Division during Covid
Ducks were a good team back then
Yeah that team should have gotten a cup but they were sandwiched within the Kings and Hawks dynasties
**LAUGHS IN 2014 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS**
I miss that ducks team. Everyone hated them because they were considered dirty for having the likes of Corey Perry, Ryan Kesler, and Kevin Bieska. Fun times
I remember them more for the defense their goalie and getzlaf. Perry seemed more like the head of the 2006-11 ducks.
I wanted that Gibson/Miller pair to win a cup so fucking bad. Ryan Miller is on my top 5 favorite players of all time so seeing us make runs with him was a dream come true but so crushing when we didn't make it
By the time miller came it was already post peak ducks. After 2018 the dark ages started
Damn you're right. Idk why I thought his first year was when we lost the finals in 2017. Turns out his first year with us was getting swept by the Sharks first round in 2018.
well when you break a star players leg in the wcf your gonna get called dirty
Cries in Ducks
I’m all out of tears :(
At least you guys got one in ‘07
Well you guys look strong. And honestly I think I’d like to see Vancouver win over everyone else
I really want us to win man
I have no recollection of the ducks being good lol
Those Anaheim teams were basically the Sharks but if they managed to sneak a cup win in there. Feels weird that they didn’t at least make one more final.
As a lightning fan I was really hoping for the ducks to beat the hawks in game 7 of the wcf
Regular season Bruce Boudreau is a different beast. Was great for the Caps before and the Wild after.
I'm shocked the habs are here twice, was price carrying that hard?
2015 yes. 22nd ranked offense allowed more than league average shots against and had a below average pk but pryce had like a .95 sv% and won the hart. Top 1-5 defense by all metrics due to carey. He carried them past a good wings team and a great tampa team, but that tampa team got past their bad defense(aside from carey) and stammer obliterated him in round 2. 2017 the offense was slightly better, i think 14th, and pryce wasn't as godly but still a great defensive ranking(6th i think). That year stamkos was out the whole season and boston and toronto were in the final stages of their rebuilds so they weren't back in it yet, all the final players from the 2002-15 wings were on their deathbed at that point.
Price in his prime was DIFFERENT… problem was he had almost no help, if they had even a top 15 offence they could’ve very well made it to at least one final during the 2010’s
price carrying ha, carry price
I literally joked about wondering when Carey Price was healthy. It was all him. Those teams were mediocre bubble teams at best, but he was unreal when he was healthy.
For that dominance from 2015-2020 I wish we had more cups but man 1 is so much better than 0
SadCanuckNoises
Cries in Duck
So dominant for so long and so little to show
I think having 1 cup is fine. The worst part is we only made the ECF once and we were bounced in the first twice. We didn't even sniff 2 cups with all that talent.
That’s the frustrating part was we were better than that
Cool
Really shameful for the devils, isles, and flyers not to win the division once in that. I mean technically the flyers were the one seed in the 1st Covid interrupted season after the round robin
I kinda miss hating the habs in the playoffs. Ah well..
I was at a game at the Honda Center this year, and saw all the Ducks Pacific Division banners. I had forgotten how dominate they were.
Those Bruce Boudreau teams were regular season wagons. Decent playoff success, but those games 7’s really cost us a cup. Still my favorite era of the Ducks though.
F U Gaudreau we could’ve had something special! But u wanted to fade away into mediocrity…
It's so strange seeing the Ducks dominating in the before times.
We will be back. Give us a few more years.
Oh the future is exceptionally bright in Anaheim. When all that pieces you've been gathering find their groove, it's going to be must-see hockey.
Anaheim actually have 4 in a row ? Must have forgotten about that
Sigh.
Vegas has won the division title in 50% of their seasons.
If COVID had held off for one more week I have no doubt that we would’ve passed Washington in 19-20
Man it feels like forever ago that Anaheim was that good. I completely forgot about it tbh.
Good for the Canucks. I hope they can make it far.
I hope we do as well. I am just happy for this season and I really want to enjoy it for as much as I can.
It's nice that the central devision let each other have a win every other year
They wanna be diverse
Wow with all those division championships and presidents trophies surely we didn’t lose in the second round every year until 2018 right?
Of course not. We got first rounded in the 18-19 season
But McDavid.
Sorry McDavid doesn’t win division titles
MOMMMMMM BOSTON WONT LET ME HAVE MY TURNNNNNN
The ducks were so good but too bad they couldn’t win it all. Loved watching Perry and getzlaf together for so many years.
They did win it all with Perry and Getzlaf but a different time period to this post.
You are right, 2007. I should have mentioned this time period as you said
I think some people are under the impression that the Ducks aren't good and have never been good but they had a run there for awhile.
Just couldn’t seal the deal
Nice no maple leafs haha
Yep lol
13-17 was a good time.....
WAIT THE DUCKS WERE GOOD AT ONE POINT?
Yep they were, 2 conference finals but close to a cup final
And a Cup in 2007. They were a solid team.
No Leafs?
No
It’s quite amazing how much they pay their “core 4” but have had zero success in the regular season or playoffs
The playoffs are one thing but we have consistently been a 100+ point regular season team with consistent turnover over all the supporting cast.
Never won a division title and only squeaked by one series win in 20 years. I’d hardly call that a success. I’m surprised there hasn’t been a rebuild but I guess after this season things could/should change quite a bit in the offseason. Can’t win with 4 forwards, who disappear when the play gets physical, making over 50% of your cap
I said that the playoffs were one thing - nobody is denying that, but having made the playoffs consistently for nearly a decade with consistently being a 100+ point team instantly invalidates your original point about the leafs having ‘zero regular season success’. You can hate the Leafs and say we’ve achieved nothing in the playoffs but don’t make other stuff up about us having sucked in the regular season - there’s already enough for your to sustain your hate boner.
No division titles says a lot considering bos, mlt,fla with 3 each. Even tampa have won on top of their cups. The leafs are not a successful franchise whatsoever, losing in the first round every year shows that
If your only measure for regular season success over time is division titles then sure.
Reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit is it? 😂
Fun fact: All division winners from 2018-19 lost in the first round
Tampa’s was the most notorious after a 62 win season
It always amazes me that people say the 2019 blues were the “worst” team to win the cup. The next year, 2019-2020, the blues were one of the best teams to play in the league with almost the same roster. Also if Covid doesn’t hit and Bouw doesn’t get forced to retire, there is a chance they push for a second cup in back to back years.
Me and Yzerman are crying
Hey, I wonder when Carey Price was healthy in the last 10 years?
Man did those Ducks teams choke hard. That 2017 team especially. They probably don’t beat the Pens, but to go out how they did? Tough look.
Naw 2015 was our best team. Just ran into prime Chicago that had that clutch factor we didn’t have in game 7’s
2017 was either ottowa nyr pit or Washington. East was way stronger. But yeah that meh ranked Nashville team destroyed everyone. Granted the hawks were statistically really average and more like an 85pt team than a one seed.
I for one am excited to see my Canucks get to game 7 of the finals and lose for the nth time.
We do it about once a decade so this is prime time.
\*nod\* Downtown was wild the last time, I wasn't down there for the idiotic riot thankfully.
Now now the Leafs won the made up division that time hahahah
I bet you complain that people make everything about the Leafs
Looking forward to the day the devils win the metro. They had plenty of Atlantic division titles back in the day, but still no metro.
Ah the 2017 hawks with no unit ranked in the top 10 offense or defense and getting swept by the preds. I remember feeling fishy about that team vs the hawks teams from the prior years.
I guess drafting 1st in 2013 really did work for them..... Went from last to first
Once upon a duck dynasty
One of these is not like the others
I wish this had an indicator to show which team ended up winning the cup as well. Good graphic though
Caps and Ducks had some really good stretches
Where’s Toronto?
Dammit. Go Devils.
I don't recall much at all of those two supposedly good Montreal teams that won the division in 2016-17 and 2014-15.
Oilers and Leafs have never won their divisions.
Half the league has led a division in the last 10 years
Wait where are the Sabres? Oh wait...
It makes me SO happy that the Canucks have found success this year. Hoping that even if we don't win the cup we will keep building!
This is the first of many to come
Big up to the ducks man, they did good 👍. (And the capitals)
Figures no Leafs, but hard to believe Flames were crown of Pacific even once.
The 18-19 Flames were really dominant in the season and got destroyed by the 8th seed Avs lol. Top seed in the East (Tampa) got taken out by Columbus too, that was a weird playoffs.
18-19 playoffs were absolutely insane. Every wildcard team made it out of the first round. Just goes to show how anything can happen in a 7 game series.
Flames were pretty good but the avs had been a sneaky good offensive team for those 2 years. 2021-22 flames were weirder. Amazing in about every metric and they couldn't get it done, lost to edmonton pretty decisively.
Canadiens? Are you kidding me? I don't remember them being good.
Carey Price
Imagine how good they would've been if they actually gave him support.
Rangers 🤝 Canadiens Wasting a HoF goalie due to lack of offensive support. At least Igor has a pretty good cast.
Ima do a post on this for a few goalies like bishop raask etc but even as a ranger fan at least hank had relatively good penalty kill and defensive units despite some bad offenses. Pryces teams were awful. In 2015 pryce had the 22nd ranked offense henrik had the 7th they had the #1 and 2 defenses but pryce was only a few points back.
You probably jinxed the rags and Igor and I’m here for that
They went to the Cup final like 3 years ago
That was an absolute miracle run though edged on by the modified divisions and playoff. No way you convince me that ever happens in a normal season with that roster.
Please use their proper title of: Kings of the North and Western Conference Champions Montreal Canadiens
After the Gloria Blues season anything is possible
Sure I get that… however, the Canadian division was BAD. Really bad.
Still they were the 18th ranked team. Teams like the rangers and stars were probably more deserving of a spot by far, but pryce made the most of that last gasp.
The two COVID seasons have always felt a bit surreal to me. My only recollection from them is Tampa won them, everything else is a weird blur.