Favourite Defunct NHL Team

Who is everyone's favourite defunct NHL team. For some reason I've always been a fan of the Cleveland Barons.

Nordiques. I wear my Nordiques toque all the time at work, and get a lot of comments on it. I long for a Sakic blue Nords jersey.

Nordiques.

Yeah, the Nordiques for sure. Though I've been looking more for a Jets jersey than anything.

Definately the Winnepeg Jets.

Definitely "The Whale"

Kevin Smith solidified that. :)

Nordiques

I started as a Rockies fan, they moved. Transferred over to the Whale (Kevin D playing for the solidified that. Got to give love to Quebec.

Hartford, the Whale.


"They beat the Canucks, what? once every 5 years"

The 1924-25 Hamilton Tigers. ( found most of this in Charles L. Coleman's "The Trail of the Stanley Cup" - Volume II. A rather interesting case when the NHL was run quite different from the way it is now (or was it?)

Some of the Tigers had signed two year contracts in 1923-24, then in 1924-25 the NHL added six more games to the schedule. Hamilton finished first (19-10-1) and earned a bye into the NHL final. They were to play the winner of the Canadiens vs Toronto playoff, but the Hamilton players wanted $ 200 each to play the winner of that series.

NHL President Frank Calder got really ticked off, and said that Ottawa, which had finished fourth, would play the winner of the Toronto/Canadiens series. This just made the press, Toronto, and Montreal angry, so Calder said the winner of the Toronto/Canadiens series would defend the Stanley Cup against Victoria, since the teams from the Western Canadian Hockey League were still challenging NHL teams for the Stanley Cup. On March 30, 1925, Victoria defeated the Canadiens 6-1 and won the Stanley Cup. This would be the last time a team outside the NHL would win the Stanley Cup.

The Hamilton players remained firm in their strike, and the NHL held a meeting April 17, 1925. The Hamilton players were suspended and fined $ 200 each.

The Hamilton Tigers were replaced in the NHL by New York....the NHL began the 1925-26 season with no limit on individual salaries, but no team was to have an aggregate players' payroll in excess of $ 35,000...kind of blurry what happened with the suspensions and fines handed to the Hamilton players, ..it was left in the hands of NHL President Calder...most of the Hamilton players (Billy Burch, Redvers Green, etc.) were original memebers of the New York team in 1925-26.

The Minnesota North Stars...

Nordiques. I wear my Nordiques toque all the time at work, and get a lot of comments on it. I long for a Sakic blue Nords jersey.

I echo this statement. Gotta love that Nords jersey.

I echo this statement. Gotta love that Nords jersey.

Agreed. I've always wanted either the Nordique's Sakic jersey, or the North Stars Modano jersey. Just something about those jerseys that represent hockey so much better than some of the jerseys of today. Before I leave this Earth, I will own one of those two jerseys.

Jets. Jets/Oilers had a couple good series.

Seals then the North Stars

my favorite defunct team is the Winnipeg Jets, because they became my beloved Coyotes :p

For right now - I'm taking the Bay Area homer route:

California Golden Seals (1971-72 season -> link: www.sealshockey.com (http://www.sealshockey.com/season_1971-72.html) )

"On the unusual side of things, Charlie Finley decided that if the Oakland A's looked good in white shoes, then the Seals would look good in white skates. The white skates didn't go over too well with the players or the trainers whice they had to be painted white. Of course, they had to be constantly repainted since puck marks and scuffing would inevitably occur. Some players joked that the skates weighed 20 pounds by the end of the season..."

:lol:

Definitely "The Whale"

Kevin Smith solidified that. :)

"Breakfasts come and go, but Hartford - The Whale - only beats Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime"
Classic.

the whale

Nordiques

Gotta be Hartford, "The Whale".

Hartford, the Whale.


"They beat the Canucks, what? once every 5 years"

So your saying they were better than the Flames were for the past 7 years?

:D

Hartford, Rockies, Jets and Nordiques by the way.

The Golden Seals...the kangaroo skates were cool.

I liked the Whalers unies but I used to hate that music they played after a goal was scored in Hartford.

Hartford, Nordiques, Jets, North Stars

Hail the Whale!

"Breakfasts come and go, but Hartford - The Whale - only beats Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime"
Classic.

Another great line. "If I want to call the Hartford Whalers a bunch of [bleeps] in the privacy of my own home - there's nothing wrong with that!"

Nordiques and Whalers

Another great line. "If I want to call the Hartford Whalers a bunch of [bleeps] in the privacy of my own home - there's nothing wrong with that!"


What Kevin Smith is it that you're referring to? I've seen about half of his movies but don't think I've seen this one

What Kevin Smith is it that you're referring to? I've seen about half of his movies but don't think I've seen this one

Chasing Amy? It's been a while since I've seen it.

And my answer is of course, The Whale. Still wear my green jersey every once in a while.

I would love to see the Nordiques again. SImply because, as a Habs fan, i never learned to hate them. I'm only 17.

Honorable mentions goes to the Whalers.

Agreed. I've always wanted either the Nordique's Sakic jersey, or the North Stars Modano jersey. Just something about those jerseys that represent hockey so much better than some of the jerseys of today. Before I leave this Earth, I will own one of those two jerseys.

Ideally you should be hunting for Sakic's Nordiques jersey; Broten's North Stars Jersey, Hawerchuk's Jets jersey and Ron Francis' Whalers jersey. Just imagine the respect you would get from hockey nerds like ourselves....

Or if you're a goalie, Liut's Whalers, Essensa's Jets, Casey's North Stars and Bouchard's Nordiques.

Nordiques.

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The Whale. The first NHL jersey I ever owned was a Hartford Whalers jersey :yo:

I'm torn between the Nords and Whalers...

Those Adams division days were a blast !

the whale. i guess my avatar gives that away. i grew up with a record of "Brass Bonanza", it had a radio call of a fight on the b-side. hockey video games were still using brass bonanza up to couple of years ago. ron francis (#4) or geoff sandersons (#13) rookie jerseys were the ones i always wanted. sakics nord jersey (away) is a classic too, though i wanted sundin's when i was a teenager.

The Jets, Whalers and Seals.

No love for the KC Scouts? :dunno:

Gotta be the Nordiques.

Winnipeg Jets... I loved watching the Canucks and Jets battle. I remember the year I started watching hockey... first round of the playoffs that year the Canucks and Jets played. The Canucks were down 3 games to 1 :eek: Never forget that series.

Oh and I want a Khabibulin Jets jersey!

The Jets defined the word 'cool'.

If the mid 90's Jet core would have stayed together and been modernized they would have been something special. Selanne, Zhamnov, Tkachuk, Doan, Khabibulin, Briere etc. Aside from Tkachuk being an ignorant jackass around town and holding out during every training camp, it was such a cool team.

The Nordiques, as a Habs fan I missed out on most of the Battle of Quebec games.

Easily the Nordiques. Foppa, Foote and Sakic wearing their old Nordiques sweaters two years ago for a game back in Quebec was my favorite moment of the season.

The Blackhawks.

The Blackhawks.

:lol :joker:

Nordiques

Well, since the question is about which DEFUNCT NHL team, not one that moved, my answer would be:

The Montreal Maroons.

What a great name! And only English players on it, to compete with the Canadiens' French-speaking players.

Of the teams who have only MOVED, of course the North Stars (still have my 1985 jersey) and the Jets (have a Bobby Hull jersey from the WHA days...only I cut the sleeves off a bit later to make it fit longer!).

Never could stand the Whalers, I don't know why. Maybe it was the Coopperalls... :joker:

The Blackhawks.

:lol Haha, you beat to to it! I was gonna add Nashville, Phoenix, Carolina, Atlanta, Florida...

For my favorite defunct team it would have to be the Nords cause of there blue jerseys and The Jets...

Hartford Whalers.

Was a big Mike Liut fan growing up...

Nordiques. Love those jerseys, loved those provincial battles with the Habs. Separatists vs. Anglophones. Quebec would essentially turn upside down. The Stastnys, Michel Goulet, Dale Hunter, Wilf Paiement, Dan Bouchard, Mario Marois, etc. Now THAT was hockey. They actually scored goals back then.

http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000471983.html

i love the california golden seals...they were terrible...wore white(girls) skates...not that far off the mark considering they were from oakland...

seals never once made the playoffs...traded away the rights to draft guy lafleur for some older retread players...

when they played the canadiens...the score would either be 10-0...or else the seals would play so badly the habs would go into a funk and the game would be tied...

they should move the calgary flames to oakland...and rename them THE FLAMING RODEO QUEENS

Hail the Whale!

:lol good one.


I miss the Jets the most.

The Nords, I'm a huge Goulet fan and Sundin is my second favorite active player. I think it was in '88-89 I bought an 88 Sakic jersey.

Jets.

Jets.

Nordiques.