NHL: Each franchise’s best team ever

We watch sports and the NHL in particular, for many reasons. Many want a distraction in the form of competition. Others love the way a team embraces the city they call home, and they feel like this sports team is an extension of that city. Some just want to be entertained for three hours on a random Tuesday night.

One thing all these fans have in common is they want to see greatness personified. Whether it’s on the ice, on the field, on the pitch, or wherever the sport is played, fans want to see superheroes in real life, and there is no greater place to see that than in sports.

Each franchise has great teams in its history. Which was the best for each city?

It’s so much better when some of the best teams in history are playing for the team you’re rooting for. Sometimes it’s not clear that you are watching the best team in the history of your franchise. It’s fun to compare the best teams of your generation against the best teams of the previous generations. Are the Crosby-Malkin Penguins better than the Lemieux-Jagr Penguins? Would Orr’s Bruins take out the team that won in 2011? What about the Blackhawks? Which of the three Stanley Cup winners from their most recent dynasty is the best team?

This is where we come in. We will take a look at the best team from each franchise. Some were Stanley Cup winners. Others were the best team in a dynasty. Then, there are the teams that have never won a Cup, and that is where it gets complicated. The Vegas Golden Knights are not on the list because of lack of service time in the NHL, but let’s take a look at the other 30 teams in the NHL and find out which team was the greatest in franchise history.