Cup Win Percentage in NHL

[VM1138 1,921]

So I was curious tonight. Not just about how many Cups each team had, but what percentage of the time in the league each team had.

The teams with the highest Cup win percentage relative to their years in the league (Counting only the years the Stanley Cup was only an NHL trophy, I figured it was only fair):

1) Montreal Canadiens (25%)

2) Detroit Red Wings (13.3%)

3) Edmonton Oilers (13.2%)

4) Toronto Maple Leafs (12%)

5) New York Islanders (11%)

Bottom Feeders/Underachievers:

5) Philadelphia Flyers (4.8%)

4) Chicago Blackhawks (3.6%)

3) Carolina Hurricanes (3.3%)

2) Calgary Flames (2.7%)

1) Dallas Stars (2.4%)

The rest were all in the middle somewhere.

Not sure what the point of this is. Maybe it's satisifying to see that the Wings are overachievers compared to the LEafs? Or that the Islanders show up as one of the more successful teams in the league, when amount of years in the league are taken into consideration?

It's late, I couldn't sleep, so do with this what you will.

Oh, and Anaheim came in at 8th with a healthy 6.3%.

[drfnr14 0]

Montreal Canadiens sure as hell dont play/act like there on top of the list

but some intresting fact. thanks

[catbox_9 1]

You have to factor in the Original 6 had a 1/6 chance each year. An interesting comparisson would be to take each team's theoretical number of championships compared to their actual championships.

[VM1138 1,921]

You're right. It still shocks me how dominating Montreal has been up until the '90s, really. They had quite a few stretches of 4 or 5 cups in a row. As awesome as a dynasty is, I think that that many in a row for the league is bad. Gotta piss off other fans quite a bit.

Here's to the Wings extending their dynasty this year!