Which Playoff Matchup Would You Most Have Wanted to See?

[NVious]

Post lockout which matchup would you most have wanted to see? You can matchup teams from different years and different conferences.

 

[Elias GOATtersson]

Canucks vs Panthers every year forever

 

[Matty Sundin]

There’s been some teams that have teased a possible finals match up but it never happen

2010s - Chicago Blackhawks vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Late 2010s/Early 2020s - Vegas Golden Knights vs Tampa Bay Lighting

2004,2011,2016 - San Jose Sharks vs Tampa Bay Lighting

1996 Colorado Avalanche vs Pittsburgh Penguins

 

[Coach Parker]

2011 Bruins vs. 2024 Panthers. War. All the black aces would be playing in game 2.

 

[NVious]

2011 Bruins vs. 2024 Panthers. War. All the black aces would be playing in game 2.

Colin faced with the ultimate choice, does he help his son the player or does he help his son the GM?

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Pittsburgh vs Chicago in 2013

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

Pre-lockout but 1993 Canadiens vs Maple Leafs. Would have been glorious to see the Habs beating the Leafs in the Cup finals.
Oh well, 2021 will have to do.

 

[bert]

2006 Ottawa VS Detroit SCF. Two most talented teams in the league. Hasek vs his old team.

 

[BTO]

Boston-LA in 2012. Big, mean and nasty the both of ‘em.

 

[BTO]

Pittsburgh vs Chicago in 2013

Pitt would’ve needed to score more than 2 goals against Bos in the ECF for that lol.

 

[Ignatius]

Pittsburgh vs Chicago in 2013

Penguins would have been swept. A better matchup would have been the two teams from 2017.

I wanted the Coyotes to play for the Cup in 2012 just to see if they could win it.

 

[JKG33]

As far as matchups that could've happened, I wish LA could've played a team from the east that didnt suck. I'm thrilled they won the cups as a Kings fan but as a hockey fan those were two mismatched SCFs thanks to the east.

If we're talking fantasy land time travel, I'd love to see a memorial cup style tournament between the best team of each:

2013-15 Hawks
2012-14 Kings
2017-18 Pens
2020-22 Lightning
2022 Avalanche
2023 Golden Knights
2023-25 Panthers

Could throw in the 2018 and 19 Caps and Blues, but those teams feel inferior to the other champions.

 

[Hockey2Hockey]

Colorado vs Pittsburgh in 96. There definitely would not have been a sweep.

Edmonton vs Montreal in 86.

 

[GMR]

Red Wings vs Sabres.

Any year.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Colorado vs Pittsburgh in 96. There definitely would not have been a sweep.

Edmonton vs Montreal in 86.

I still feel slightly annoyed by the Florida Panthers franchise because of that. Robbed of a potentially amazing finals. They played to a 6-6 tie earlier in the season.

 

[Summer Rose]

Utah (previously Arizona) vs. Tampa Bay, which can obviously only happen to the the SCF.

This may or may not be a biased opinion.

 

[tabness]

I truly wish the Wings would have gotten another crack at the Devils in the late nineties or early 2000s for a shot at revenge for 1995

 

[voxel]

As far as matchups that could've happened, I wish LA could've played a team from the east that didnt suck. I'm thrilled they won the cups as a Kings fan but as a hockey fan those were two mismatched SCFs thanks to the east.

If we're talking fantasy land time travel, I'd love to see a memorial cup style tournament between the best team of each:

2013-15 Hawks
2012-14 Kings
2017-18 Pens
2020-22 Lightning
2022 Avalanche
2023 Golden Knights
2023-25 Panthers

Could throw in the 2018 and 19 Caps and Blues, but those teams feel inferior to the other champions.

I'd like to see those peak Hawk/Kings and the 22 Avs teams - which I think are the best of the last 20 years - against the 85-87 prime Oilers. I'm sure they would destroy the Oilers because the game has changed so much but it would be physical and full of goals.

 

[Maplebeasts]

2011 Canucks vs 2013 Blackhawks.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Bruins vs Kings 2012.

Caps eliminated the Bruins after goalie interference by Joel Ward in game 7.

 

[wunderpanda]

06/07 south east champion thrashers vs 11/12 pacific champion coyotes

 

[hangman005]

Vegas Vs Carolina... next year will be the year.

 

[NYRnine94]

2014-2015 Rangers against Chicago that year in the cup finals. I think we would have matched up well with them

 

[CashMash]

This one.

 

[SharksFan1992]

2011 Canucks vs 2013 Blackhawks.

That pretty much happened in the 2011 WQF. Still one of the best series ever.