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Originally Posted by EonBlue
Ottawa 0 in the modern era but they were winners of the cup 11 times in the early era. There are 11 Stanley Cup banners hanging in Scotiabank Place.
Four of those SC wins came while Ottawa was a member of the NHL, and one of them while the NHL was the only league competing for the cup.
I know it's mostly trivial but people do count the other teams cup wins from the early era too.
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It's nice to see someone up on his hockey knowlege. It's like when people say Winnipeg has never won a cup, I just have to smile (and inwardly laugh at their ignorance of the sport they claim to know about). Early 1900's saw Winnipeg enjoying several Stanley Cup wins. And, although it wasn't the Stanley Cup the Jets did win the WHA's Avco cup 4 times in the 70's. (It counts because I say it counts)
But of course the original 6 teams are going to have a boatload of cups more than anyone else. For thirty-odd years those were the only teams playing for it. But I can assure anyone thinking that because a team has X number of cups won in the past that it explains why they are winning today... it doesn't. It means squat, actually. Look at Edmonton. Many cup wins in the past, where are they right now?
Here's the complete history of Stanley Cup winners for anyone who wants to read up on it;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._Cup_champions