Better timeframe for hockey, 2010-2011 to 2015-16 or 1998-99 to 2003-04

[Felidae]

For obvious reasons I included 1998 cause of the lockout.

Both the lowest scoring timeframes in the last few decades. 2010 to 2015s highest scoring league average was 2.73.. with the rest between 2.65 - 2.67

1998 to 2003 had 2 seasons around a 2.75 scoring average, 3 seasons just below 2.65, and one season with a brutal 2.57 scoring league average. You have to go back to 1955 to find a lower scoring season.

I'm assuming how successful your team was will reflect which timeframe had better hockey for some. let me know if the poll options should reflect that since i can add poll options and changing vote is allowed. For now, I'll leave it as is.

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[Albatros]

Neither was a very appealing period, but the first had better rivalries between teams and also more interesting players to watch.

 

[Golden_Jet]

I’d say either an earlier or later timeframe, than those listed.

 

[Wings4Life]

I voted for the 2010s. The game had evolved by leaps and bounds after the lockout.

The late 90s had bottom 6 guys who would be AHL replacement level players today, or worse.

 

[Duffy13]

I voted for the 2010s. The game had evolved by leaps and bounds after the lockout.

The late 90s had bottom 6 guys who would be AHL replacement level players today, or worse.

Look at every 4th line out there today and you will find lots of those types still in the game, hell, Pittsburgh may have 2 or 3 alone lol

 

[Video Nasty]

Despite scoring dwindling each season, easily 1998-1999 to 2003-2004.

Better rivalries, better playoff seeding, more interesting top end talent, better goalies who seemed more consistent, no shootout. Mario’s comeback at the end of 2000 probably generated more excitement in me than anything up to McDavid’s debut.

It’s not a nostalgia vote for me since I think the period we’re currently in right now is the best since the early 90s.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Earlier era had more entertaining teams and stars.

 

[tabness]

old nhl ainec

In retrospect the late nineties and especially early 2000s sucked compared to earlier in the nineties but then again there are still fond memories of the time since the Wings were the team of period, and there were the rivalries Avs and Stars and Blues too, the marquee of the stars was still real high as the slower dead puck era and soaring salaries had a lot vets from the golden days hang on, it was still quite nice

What did the this new NHL period have? Wings were on the decline too, at least Datsyuk was still the shit and Stamkos was at his zenith which was cool, but like everything post lockout it can't hang at all with the nineties, and you could just see the game getting softer and softer year by year with no end in sight (look at the wussified abomination today... ugh)

 

[the valiant effort]

I was going to try to justify my 2010s pick based on the pure greatness of various Kings/Blackhawks (and a few other teams) playoff games, but yeah it’s just not enough. I do believe the 2010s gave us some of the very best hockey games ever played, but the next tier down can barely compete with the worst game from a 90s/2000s Sabres/Flyers QF.

 

[daver]

I voted for the 2010s. The game had evolved by leaps and bounds after the lockout.

The late 90s had bottom 6 guys who would be AHL replacement level players today, or worse.

I remember thinking that exact thing in 2000.

 

[daver]

The question really should be asking what was the worst timeframe as it was obvious that tight, defensive hockey was reigning supreme.

But gun to the head, the rivalries made the earlier one better. Kings/Hawks was a brief throwback to those days.