The Last Players of NHL Defunct Teams (1967-1997) 

I was born and raised in Calgary. All my pals and I FREAKED OUT with joy when we got the Flames! I think it was summer of '79. I had an uncle take me to a ton of games in those days. We thought we had died and gone to heaven....."WE ARE IN THE BIG LEAGUES!!" I met Kent Nilsson one day, he came into the high-end stereo shop I worked in, I'm going to guess 1981. What I remember was how soft spoken and down to earth he was. He had no snooty airs about him at all. He was a beautiful player, so very skilled, but he didnt like the rough stuff, that's for sure. Fun trip down memory lane, thank you.

This was so well done!! And what a clever take. There have been many videos made on defunct teams but none with this angle. I had no idea that Giguère was even a Whaler! Also glad you included the Scouts and the Barons. They are like the NHL's forgotten teams which I can understand why but the fact is thy still existed. Excellent job putting this all together!

*Checks time remaining in video. "He's not going to do the Thrashers!" Got me good with that ending. Can't wait for the next one, keep up the good work!

Bro how do you only have 200 subscribers?? This video was awesome! So glad this came up in my recommendation! Subscribed!

This video was incredible! Great job man!

Former Colorado Rockies fan here, I even still wear my Rockies jerseys to current day Avs games down in Denver and meet up with others who do the same, the Rockies were'nt great but they got us into the Hockey mood and it never went away.....my jerseys are for Rob Ramage (5) and Lanny McDonald (9) but I had los of other favorite players on the team too....it was awesome to see those two players go on to win the Cup in 89 up in Calgary!

I didn't realize Kent Nilsson came back and played a few games in 94-95. I'd always though Brad Marsh (retired in 1993) was the last ever ATL Flame. I can definitely say I learned something from this video, so thanks.

Great video! It’s interesting to see how long a team’s legacy can last, even after the team folds or moves. If you’re planning on doing a follow up video with the pre-original six era teams, a fun fact to add from that era would be to talk about Reg Noble. He was the last player from the NHL’s original 1917-18 season. Keep up the good work, my friend!

I'm a Montreal Canadiens' fan and although it makes me feel old to say this. you young folks really missed something special when the Hartford Whalers moved. That building was special and there was always a unique atmosphere there, no matter what time of year a game was taking place. But in the playoffs, wow! That was as loud a building as I have EVER heard in my life. I really miss those days!

Good stuff, dude. Good facts, good stats, well done video. Cheers!

Just fantastic work! Thank you.

Excellent video! I was wondering if you do one on the final WHA players who entered the NHL after the merger?

The Remaining players of the Atlanta Thrashers is here! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lHhE71rRM4U.html The Last Players of Defunct NHL Teams (1917-1967) is here! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7w3N6MDAVsU.html

Very good video. I look forward to a video on the last player in the NHL for early NHL franchises like the original Senators, the NY Americans, and particularly the Montreal Maroons.

I grew up an Oakland Seals/California Golden Seals fan. LOVED the Seals and was totally heartbroken when they left. Now a San Jose Sharks fan from their beginning. HOCKEY IS LIFE

I think the biggest problem with the Whalers was they were located in an area where most people were either Rangers, Islanders or Bruins fans to begin with.

Footer went on to be one of the greatest Warriors of the Clutch n Grab Era and then on to Nords/Avs Legend💪🏻💪🏻

Great video I like the remix song of the windmill from OOT I noticed when you were talking about the Colorado

Nice history lesson, well done and thank you.

This is a great video, and it’s very informative. I hope you get as big as OhNyquist and Rob Talks Hockey!

Thanks for the content!

Great research - nice effort! Cheers

Good stuff

Seals fans loved Dennis Maruuuuuuuk. 👍

Great Video!!

I always find it heartbreaking for Quebec and Hartford seeing those franchises winning cup's so quickly after leaving.

Bring back the Oakland Seals. As a kid they never televised any west coast games on TV. The Seals were like a mystery.

Well researched and delivered - great work

Fun Fact: Mark Messier was the last member of the WHA to retire from the NHL. He began his career with the Indianapolis Racers in 1978(the same team Gretzky played for) then the Cincinnati Stingers before being drafted to the Oilers when the WHA and NHL merged. Mess retired in 2004.

Additional odd fact about Kent Nilsson; when the Atlanta Flames originally drafted him, they announced the wrong name; he was drafted as Torbjorn Nilsson who was, in fact, a soccer player. The Flames then drafted Kent Nilsson the next year using the correct name but had to draft him earlier. Watch "Kent Nilsson crossbar challenge" where a reporter put him on the spot during warm up and Kent scooped 5 pucks onto the ice near the blue line and proceeded to hit the crossbar with the first shot to the amazement of all, hanging his head and smiling sheepishly... a legend made BULLETPROOF!

Very interesting video n

Life long Hartford Whalers fan. They're still my favourite team. Hockey's never been quite the same for me.

Great Video

The North Stars were plagued with attendance problems long before they moved to Dallas. My grandfather & my dad had season tickets for the Northstars their first 19 seasons. In the late 70s, the attendance was so bad that they almost folded. Instead, as you pointed out with the Barons, they merged with Cleveland. In the late 80s & into the end of the 90-91 season, attendance was also horrendous. The Gund Bros., who had owned the Barons & took control of the Northstars after their merger, where getting no help from the Metropolitan Sports Commission, who fleeces ownership of the Met Center from the original owners of the stars, with renovations to the Met Center and horrible management by Lou Nanne, they almost moved the Northstars to San Jose after the 89-90 season. Channel 5 News & the Star Tribune did a poll asking people if they cared if the North Stars would leave the Twin Cites....over 60% said no, they didn't care. The league did a deal with the Gund Bros. Giving them the San Jose market as an expansion team and take some North Stars player & prospects, thus de-merging the teams. With the North stars run to the finals in 90-91, plus a season ticket promo that season, something like buy 2 season tickets get 1 free for the remainder of that season plus the next season, attendance spiked. But when the promo ended and you'd now have to pay for the free ticket, and the team went back to it's losing ways, attendance plummeted again until Norm Green was allowed to move the team to Dallas. Once he announced that the team sold out their few remaining home games.

4:45 - "Magic Man" Kent Nilsson was indeed a very special player on the ice. His magic touch of puck-handling and skating was something of a very rare breed. But as said, Nilsson was not a player who wanted to be in the more dirty plays on the ice and played a hockey style that was both a winner and a leg-tripp at the same time. 10 seasons in NHL/WHL and was for a top level player producing fine numbers. He won a championship in 4 countries/5 leagues and was in the finals for 2 more; - Canada = 2-time WHA Avco Cup Champion & NHL Stanley Cup Champion. - Sweden = Elitserien champion (SM-guld). - Swizerland = National League Champion. - Italy = Serie A Champion. - Austria = Alpenliga finalist - Spain = LNHH finalist - Norway = 2nd place in season league.

As a person in New York and having two teams within driving distance (the Islanders and the Rangers) I can't imagine not having a team nearby as a hockey fan or even worse, losing the team altogether.

Well done. 🏒🏒👍👍

Decent stuff Solid writing, with well edited clips But, with all due respect, you need narration help Let me know if I can be of service

Great video ... thanks for putting this together, love old Hockey trivia. One critique .... background music too loud, takes away from the info ... IMO

Great video. BUT North Stars lost in semi finals to Blues in Stanley Cup Playoffs in 67-68 season. I know this Blues pain all too well.

Mike Craig is actually the last Minnesota North Stars player but he did spend most of his career in Europe. He retired in 2013

Back in the 80’s the European players in the NHL had a saying…”corners are for bus stops and postage stamps”.

I really like your channel! I just subscribed! I kind of do the same thing as you, trying to come up with creative ideas for hockey videos. I know it's not easy but you are doing good! I do mostly Leafs stuff, but I do other hockey facts and history topics also.

You had the original Winnipeg Jets as the third team in Alberta. Winnipeg is in Manitoba.

Mike Modano is the only hall of famer on the list. Kent Nilsson, Shane Doan, Jean-Sebastien Giguere are next!

It's been 25 years since the 1st incarnation of the Hartford Whalers played their last regular season home game at the Hartford Civic Center (now XL Center) before becoming currently known as the Carolina Hurricanes. On May 15, 2023, Anna and Olivia Melnyk, on behalf of their late father Eugene, will sell the Ottawa Senators to a Hartford-based ownership group led by real estate broker Ben Castonguay and hedge fund investor Cliff Asness for $975 million, including a $195 relocation fee. On June 20, 2023, the NHL board of governors will approve both the sale and relocation of the Senators in a 30-2 vote. As a result, the Seantors will move from Ottawa to Hartford to become the 2nd incarnation of the Hartford Whalers and play at the XL Center beginning in the 2023-24 NHL season.

Rockies had killer uni’s

Kenta Nilsson with Atlanta 80-40-53-93.

The odd fact is that aside from Cirella (an average player) all of them were standouts, team career leaders and a few hall of famers.

regarding HoF for Doan, the thing is, there are so many players like him who would deserve it too so, while there could be arguments he should be in there, that would be "unfair" to hundreds of other players of his caliber.

I’m guessing that Dennis Maruk was the only member of the Cleveland’s Barons to go to the All-Star game..?

As of March of 2023 it looks like no teams are going to relocate for the 2023-24 season so forget about these teams coming back and there are no plans for future expansion

Winnipeg is in Manitoba, not Alberta; the original Jets may have had problems, but being "the third team" in a province dominated by the Flames and Oilers wasn't among them.

I have to ask you? Do you know how why? Teppu Numminen on kahdessa paikassa hänen paita katosso?

People forget the California Golden Seals were originally the Oakland Seals and were owned by Charley Finley who owned the Oakland A's.

On your video you stated that the Kansas City Scouts had no on-ice success. This was a true statement but before anyone writes off Kansas City as a hockey town, take these facts into consideration. The Scouts and Washington Capitals came into existence in the NHL at a time when the rival World Hockey Association was taking players from NHL teams at a dramatic pace and paying huge dollars just to get decent to fringe players to jump leagues. Aside from this factor, the NHL had aggressively expanded in the proceeding years by adding 6 teams for the 1967-68 season, 2-more in 1970, 2-more in 1972 and 2-more in 1974. That's 12 teams over a 7-year span, PLUS what the WHA did. So where was the talent supposed to come from?!!! The Scouts and Capitals had very little left to build their teams and had no chance of being competitive until at least their 5th, 6th or 7th draft. The Scouts fan base (me being one of them) was actually starting to grow near the end of their 2nd season when they were bringing in larger crowds, despite a lengthy winless streak. I was part of a sellout crowd of 16,500 at Kemper Arena when the Scouts played to a 2-2 tie with the California Golden Seals on a night known as Merchant's Night. The atmosphere was outstanding that night and I knew then it could be that way on a regular basis had the team been good. Sports fans and hockey fans in Kansas City knew this was going to be a long-term growth type of proposition and the NHL powers that be at that time were of ZERO help to the ownership interests of Kansas City. If Gary Bettman was the NHL's commissioner back then (Clarence Campbell was in charge at that time and he didn't give a rip about expansion teams because they weren't the Leafs or the Canadiens) he would have stuck with the program and helped Kansas City to build and secure a fan base and a corporate base. The fans were/are there. They just needed a product to enjoy. Kansas Citians are not stupid people. They are kind, hard working people who know the value of a dollar. They are not going to throw good money at a bad product and that's the same way it is in every NHL city. KC never got a fair chance as the owners were pressured to sell out waaay too soon. Kansas City deserves a 2nd chance at an NHL team. Atlanta, Minnesota, the Bay Area, Winnipeg and Denver all got 2nd chances. Where's the 2nd chance for Kansas City NHL?!!! P.S. Quebec City should be getting strong consideration as well!

ive never been a huge hockey fan, but i liked some of these old teams better than some of todays , and its odd to me where some of the teams are and that these arent arounmd anymore, mostly the hartford whalers, much better jerseys and location than carolina , i also like better the north stars in minnesota than the wild.and i always liked the nordiques jerseys .! also think the arizona columbus nashville florida panthers , ducks, sharks, and he absolute worst vegas are terrible hockey locations and team looks .. (tampa bay is also strange location, but at least they got good name and look )

Today I learned: 40 + 67 = 97

The North Stars Turned in to the Stars

I would not call some of these teams defunct. Defunct means no longer active. There are still some active teams. The Rockies became the Devils. The Nordiques became the Avalanche. The North Stars became the Stars. The Jets became the Coyotes. The Whalers became the Hurricanes.

I get what you're saying, but it's the Hockey Hall of Fame, not the Hall of the Very Good and Long Tenured. Shane Doan really isn't a Hall of Famer.

Is it Blake Wheeler? Started with Atlanta in 2011, ended with Winnipeg in 2023.

Man, imagine the chances of the Jets in the 90's if (other than actually staying in Winnipeg) they retained Doan, Selanne, Tkachuk, Zhamnov, Khabibulin, Numminen, et al? Secondly, the Flames were not "always better" than the Jets. The Jets beat the Flames 2-1 in the 80's playoffs (85 & 87 wins with a loss in 86) Moreover, I believe following the 85 season the Jets won the majority of the regular season games the next three years. Obviously in 89 the Flames were outstanding. And finally before seeing the next video, I believe the last Thrashers players are Blake Wheeler, Andrew Ladd, Evander Kane and Zach Bogosian.

Foote beat out Forsberg by just a couple of months. ..well... technically anyways.

Atlanta Thrashers: Kane (Edm), Bogosian (TB), Wheeler (Win), Ladd (Arz),, Little (Arz). I think Evander Kane will be the last Thrasher.

Wilf Paiement - Toronto Maple Leafs 40 goals 67 assists = 97 points?? I guess math was different in those days. I make it 107 points.

Why Teppo Numminen kuuluu Hockey hall of fameen?

Mike Babcock screwed Mike Modano out of playing his 1,500th NHL game, leaving him forever one game shy of that milestone.

And now no more coyotes franchise

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2:19 40 goals + 67 assists is 107 points, not 97.

Shane Doan of The Phoenix Coyotes Should Most Definitely Should Be Inducted Into The NHL Hall of Fame, Located In Toronto Canada!!!!!!

And kovalchuck with the atlanta trashers🤪

Babcock is such a bish for not playing modano 1 more game.

Norm Green still sucks IMO!

Quebec is disrespected

Only one of these teams is defunct Seals/ Barons the Minnesota North Stars Atlanta Flames Kansas City Scouts Colorado Rockies Hartford Whalers original Winnipeg Jets are still in business and Quebec Nordiques

Oakland seals are defunct but other teams moved and changed names that's not really defunct.

The only defunct team since the 1940s was the Cleveland Barons. Every other team you called "defunct" is still playing in the league in another city.

Those team weren't defunct. They were relocated. Defunct teams stopped operating and folded. They ceased to exist after that.. Defunct and relocation are two different things.