Greatest franchise out of the 4?

[Jets4Life]

I don’t know Pittsburgh had some pretty garbage years even with Lemieux. Oilers at that time were a scrappy underdog that managed to upset a couple of the 5 teams that won cups in that 9 or so year span. Oilers had one of the worst stretches ever from 2007-2016 but the pens had some absolute garbage years in there as well through the first half of the 2000’s. Edmonton hasn’t won in the cap era but has been to the finals twice and lost in game 7 both times. Pretty wild how 2 games could completely flip that script.

LOL

You cannot compare any team in the NHL to the ineptitude of the Oilers from 2006-15. They were, by far, the worst franchise in the NHL. Pittsburgh had 4 straight seasons of poor play, once Jagr was gone,and Lemieux was aging out, and often injured.

Edmonton had 3 #1 overall picks, and still were the worst team in the league. It;s a complete fluke that the fourth time they were so bad that they once again were gifted the #1 pick, it just happened to be the year a generational player was available.