The 1990 Oilers | 30 Years Later: The Story Of The Unexpected Cup Run Narrated By Kevin Smith
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2020
- Filmmaker & Edmonton Oilers fan Kevin Smith narrates this look back at the teams 1990 Stanley Cup win 30 years ago & what it took to win without Gretzky.
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One of the most underrated Cup runs in Stanley Cup History... nobody thought the Oilers could ever win a Cup without Gretzky...
Exactly everyone that’s not a oilers fan they say.” They only won with Gretzky.Thank you
That was probably the tagline that pissed these guys off, then they went on a tear and the rest was history
I had them the whole way. In 87 too. I won 30 bucks from my douchbag Step dad... HA! Seven games OILERS WIN!. He believed in 90! Now They are his favorite Team LOL!
They was be done wrong
My Jets almost had em
My childhood as an oilers fan was so amazing. I remember the sleepless nights when Gretzky was traded. The emotion of the next season was only increased by the loss to the great one and the kings. 1990 was the year that will always be remembered for me and solidified my love of the oilers for life. I cried so hard with relief when the won the cup and even today watching this, the tears flowed. I’m 47 this year and have been an oiler fan since they came into the league. I will always be an oiler fan. I will be buried in my jersey when that day comes.
Oilers were awesome. It was so much fun seeing a a lot of them win with the Rangers in 1994. Messier and Leetch were the dynamic duo of the Rangers in the 90s for years! I'll also be buried in my Rangers jersey.
What an incredible story. Would love to see a MJ Last Dance type mini series on this @sportsnet
On Wayne Gretzky himself! Also espn should but like obv won’t get hype. Wayne is the most dominant athlete probably ever better then MJ
There is a pretty good one on Netflix
@@colecalleri3234 ESPN could have hockey on the same level as other sports but they choose not to promote it as much.
I remember being a little kid and listening to the last game on my walkman. My dad had got a job in Grande Prairie and I was heart broken to move from Edmonton. All the cups the Oilers won were special to me growing up, but this one was the best for me personally. It helped assuage the intense home sickness that I felt on that lonely highway that day. All these years later, I hope I get to see McDavid hoist the cup in an Oilers jersey. Lord knows us Oilers fans have suffered enough over the last couple decades, and I can think of no better replacement for Gretzky as ambassador of the game than Connor.
Yes
Game 1 soon buddy
Graves was such a Underrated player, really came into his own as a Ranger. Team leader, tough, gritty player always gave 110%
They made Boston look like little boys twice.
@rustykuntz94 I loved Gravy! Messier, Leetch, Graves and Richter were the core of 94! It's hard for me as an older adult to move on from those guys. That'll always be "my team" forever.
Gretz was all class - he won't just go down in hockey history for stats alone - he had a lot of character. Like all the greats.
how sweet it was, nobody expected this cup run. that is what made it so sweet. congradulations Edmonton oilers
I missed my high school graduation to stay home to watch game five on NESN (in New Mexico). My father bought me a case of Molson Canadian in anticipation of an Oilers win. I have no regrets.
That was probably the grittiest Oilers team that they ever put together. The most forgotten stanley cup of all time.
If you're talking sheer grit to overcome a shortage of budget and skill, the '97 and '98 Oilers that beat the disgusting Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche have to given that title. Any team with Messier, Kurri, Anderson and Simpson can't be considered short on skill.
@@TheNathanScot As a neutral fan of hockey, in what way was Dallas and Colorado disgusting? I'm curious to know 😊
I was happy when Ray Bourque finally won his cup in 2001 !
It must utterly grate on Gretzky's nerves that Messier has two more cups that he does. Gretz won all of his with Mess ... Mess won two without Gretz.
Unkle Salty As a Rangers fan, he is truly the Messiah. Without him, I don’t know if they win the Stanley Cup. A true leader. He should never have gone to Vancouver.
I don’t think that’s how Wayne feels at all. Gretzky was probably as high as a kite happy when Mark won it in New York.
Gretzky isn't bothered at all. He loves Messier. Gretzky is the greatest ever so why would he even care? I say that as Rangers and Messier fan.
@@ryanjones8622 On a personal level I have no doubt that they'll always be tight. But consider that as competitors, Mess will always have the edge. He won a fifth cup without Gretz in Edmonton, then carried the Rangers on his back to win his sixth. Gretz couldn't do the same in LA, and never got close when he went to the Rangers. Gretz was supposed to be the final piece when he was traded to St. Louis ... out in the second round. Sure Wayne has all the stats and records that will never be broken, but if your team is playing game 7 of the Finals who would you want captaining your team? For me that's a no-brainer.
@@ryanjones8622 at least he was until I came along
Edmonton - City of Champions. A time that will never be forgotten and never again repeated. The last great hockey dynasty in the NHL. Gretzky, Messier, Kurri, Coffey, Fuhr, Anderson, Tikkanen. Legends never die, they will live on in hockey lore as the Greatest Team in its prime the world has ever seen
Islanders Dynasty has entered the chat
Agreed! They were the Best team and Dynasty ever. They would've won 2 or 3 more if Gretzky wasn't traded which would have given them 7 or 8 total. People forget the Oilers went to the Conference Finals in '91 and '92 and Gretzky's Kings with 7 ex Oilers in '93 Finals and Messier's Rangers with 7 ex Oilers winning in '94. As of 2022 5 Oilers are still in the top 10 in NHL playoff scoring of all time. It was sick how good they were and the longevity they had as players.
Happy 30th Anniversary 1990 Stanley Cup Champion Edmonton Oilers. :-D
I wish they would do a documentary on the oilers from 83-90.
The islanders from 78-84
And the oilers vs islanders 80s rivalry.
I would love this. You gotta respect and admire that run they had. As an Oilers fan, I have the upmost respect for those Islanders glory days. That team was absolutely insane.
As an Isles fan, I don’t think there was much of a rivalry as much as people think. I like that Oilers team. It was a changing of the guard in the 80s and they both respected each other’s team. I consider the Oilers Back then Isles west. Same colors and Oilers claimed they learned from them. That’s pretty cool
@@thegoodguywins1 The best 2 Dynasties put on ice. The Oilers were the most exciting team to ever play with the the greatest player ever. 7 Hall of famers and 5 Hall of famers on that great Islanders teams. Crazy. I'm so glad I lived it.
I tell people this was the greatest cup run in the history of sport. There have been only a few times a pro sports team has come back from 3-0 in a series. Edmonton did it against Winnipeg that year. It was the greatest thing I’ve ever seen on a television. There was a couple games where they were down a goal or two and would win in the last minute or overtime. If you find a way to find that entire cup run watch it all. What a great run. Spring of 1990. Great memories.
Real Deal Prospecting: They were down 3-1 to Winnipeg - not 3-1. The Oilers won game two of that series. Edmonton lost games three, and four in Winnipeg. You know the rest. It was a great Cup run ...
The current oilers might very well be on their way to the greatest cup run in history as I type this, coming back from 3-0 in the finals???
the love for gretz is beautiful
As an Oiler fan since the early 80s, we didn't realize what a magical team we had. They were by far the greatest teams ever assembled. Great times.❤❤❤❤
Wow 90. The year of their dynasty that is never spoken of.
Love this
This video brought tears to my eyes! The 1990 team was truly a great team. It's a painful process going through the past 30 years as an Oilers fan. I hoped for this year, but alas, the current team lacks conviction in the playoffs. The supporting cast is missing, but more importantly the superstars on the team need to be coached on how to play in the playoffs. It's a long painful road ahead, in my opinion. But I will still hope for next year... sigh....
We are off to a pretty decent start so far. I think the playoffs losses against Winnipeg and Chicago humbled the Oilers. I’m not saying they’ll win a cup this year or anything, but they are close. They are easily the best team in their division and in Canada. It’s early but the signs are definitely there.
@@oilersridersbluejays I hope you are right CB. I feel a sense of optimism too, so hopefully, they will do better in regular season and the playoffs.
@@Mo-ix4ov It starts tomorrow! 😮✌
@@jockejocke1 I am chumping at the bits...!!! Go OILERS!!!!!!
This the team for which I was hoping. I am a LOT more optimistic this year than in the past 33 years! And even if it doesn't work out this year, they will get VERY deep in the playoffs.
Damn Pocklington
If Gretzky had never been traded, the Oilers might have had ten Cups.
8 Cups
30 years later and they have the chance to make history in 2024 on to the final ❤
The Oilers are so good they even won the cup with out the GOAT!
They got worse after Messier left, though.
@@ariccua6101 Messier kept that team glued together before he left. Love him or hate him he was an amazing leader. No way they win that last cup without him.
The Oilers were literally being gutted by this time. Coffey in ‘87 was just seen as a bump. But after the ‘88 cup and Gretzky was traded was really the beginning of the end. Not only did they trade away another core player, but the captain and the heart and soul. Kurri was gone after the ‘90 cup, and Messier, Anderson, and Fuhr were all gone within a couple seasons. The effects of the ‘80s recession was still being felt with high interest rates, low grain and oil prices, the Canadian dollar plummeted, an election with the unfriendly to the prairies Liberals winning, and NHL salaries climbing did not help the Oilers at all during those times.
What great and humble men. That's a real man. Messier keeping it real AND, is real. Great viewing, and, truly shows the mark of The Great One, and what a mark he put on the Oil, as a franchise!
Thank you all Oilers of the eighties and early nineties..you gave me great memories for all my life to remember in Edmonton! Love you guys forever!☝️👏❤
2:27 "the ageing veterans were considered too long in the tooth"?? These guys were still in their twenties! Messier, Kurri, Anderson, nearly the entire team!
And winding down. Only one is wasn’t was Messier and you can clearly see that in the stats. That’s probably what they meant
Oh this is gonna be epic
It was awful lol
Detroit’s trades of Graves, Murphy, Klima, and Oates put the team back 5 years and were bad deals on the days of the trades...ridiculous.
Truth. Oilers wouldn’t have won the cup of not for those deals
Absolutely... Klima (pure goal scorer) and Oates (elite assist man) would've went down in history as one of the best duos in NHL history... Demers and Devellano were absolutely blind douchebags!
Cool how Messeir shakes his head and acknowledges what Muckler is saying.
I like that simple act of respect to let someone know you are listening to them.
And that young group have a chance to bring home the cup and break the streak of no cups from a Canadian team since Roy and the habs won in 93.
My favorite of all the Oilers Cups because it showed they could win without Wayne, and because the 94 Rangers had a bunch of these guys on their team that won the Cup. I also believe this Cup firmly placed the Oilers dynasty ahead of the Islanders dynasty. For the record I believe Wayne Gretzky is the greatest player in sports history.
I grew up watching the Oilers win their 5 cups. One of the greatest teams of all times, and the fact that they won a 5th cup without Gretzky speaks to their depth. I'm rooting for them to win a 6th cup against Florida in 2024.
Messier the true GOAT of his era. 2 rings without #99.
Wayne Gretzky will always be a goat but Mark Messier won 2 (1 in Edmonton and 1 in New York) without Gretzky proving how good of a leader he was.
Oilers in game 6 vs Panthers let make another history Edmonton
Somehow Reijo Ruotsalainen was again missed. 22 games 13 points and +13 as a defensman in the playoffs. Well what can you expect from canadian made program! Oh and Esa Tikkanen the shadow of Wayne Gretzky!
And Kurri wasn't mentioned once...
Kurri is like the present day Draisaitl. Both are/were amazing players in their own right and both get overshadowed. Not knocking Gretzky or McDavid at all, I love those guys, but it grinds my gears when people forget how important Kurri was and how important Draisaitl is to the Oilers. Kurri played amazing in 1989-90 and Draisaitl is amazing when he isn’t playing on McDavid’s line. Frig, they’re both +100 point a season guys!
Kurri was so much better than Draisaitl. Kurri was always in good mood and true team player. Draisaitl is very much energy sucker in their team. Kurri was very unselfish.
This team still had class to still give credit to Gretzky awesome!
It’s not the slightest bit surprising that they all deferred to Wayne after the win. Had Wayne stayed with the Oilers, they probably would have won at least two more.
Absolutely. If Gretzky was given an extension on his contract and they could have held onto Messier, Kurri, Anderson, and Fuhr, they most likely would have won in 1989, 1991, and possibly 1992 and/or 1993. Imagine, consecutive cups from 1984 to 1993 with the exception of 1986?! Absolutely insane but very likely if they were able to hold onto those guys. Look how many former Oilers were on the 1994 Ranger team.
No they wouldn’t have. And I appreciate that oilers team. Not with Mario’s Pens out there. Plus did you forget the players the oilers got back from the Gretzky trade and through that trade? Graves, Murphy, Klima and Gelinas aren’t there to help the Oilers. No trade…no fifth cup. They may have won five anyway with Gretz but that’s it
@@oilersridersbluejays I disagree, the Oilers never woulda won that. Can you say Mario and Calgary? 91-93 the oilers were BAD in the regular season. They only got to the semis thanks to guys that got via trades. 93 they were horrible and in last place. By then age was on the horizon and other teams took over. There were only 6 guys from the oilers on the rangers and only messier and graves really produced. Many other guys on that ranger team were homegrown or from other teams.
@@thegoodguywins1 I think you’re wrong. The Oilers were able to win one without Gretzky and then made the conference finals in 91 and 92. In 92 they had no Messier, no Anderson, no Kurri and no Graves. The team benefited from the Gretzky trade to the degree that they could, but that fifth Cup was no walk in the park. They were a 90 point team that overcame 3-1 to beat Winnipeg, swept an LA team that was beyond beat up in round 2, and then had a tough time knocking off a good Chicago team. The Finals was a different story: they rolled over Boston. None of the players they got back from LA had the impact Wayne would’ve had. Graves wasn’t part of the Gretzky deal. I say they win at least two more. They managed to stay very competitive without Wayne and with Carson gone. Hard to believe having Wayne they wouldn’t have done at least as well and probably better.
@@dzanier I think you’re wrong. The Gretzky trade helped them win the cup that year and it’s chronicled in this video of whom they picked up. They made it to the conference finals with this some new players in 91-92. Did you read what I posted? In 92 they got Damphouse, they literally fleeced Toronto for that guy as Fuhr and Anderson were done. They also picked up Nichols that year who helped them. You are forgetting the players your team picked up to help win. Who said anything about LA? Though they did get Gelinas there. I mentioned Murphy, Graves, Klima clearly did have an impact and beyond just the 90 season (they got those guys from the Carson deal…they got Carson from the Wayne trade). Hard to see Gretzky alone helping them win many more when they clearly wouldn’t have had those depth and scoring guys. Then there are the awesome teams of Mario and Calgarys 89 team. 5 and done bro. I don’t see it going further than that
I grew up on the east coast in an Oiler household and we were gutted watching Gretzky and the Kings come back in '89. To top the season off, the Flames won the Cup. The 1990 Cup is one I'll cherish for the rest of my life.
As a Bruins fan this one hurt because it was our best chance with Bourque. But man they were a great TEAM.
Anyone see jeff Beukeboom
Jesse Pollock from Bar Down has!!!
I'm from Sherwood Park (suburb of Edmonton) and I just have to say "Let's Go Oilers!"
Ranford. My GOAT.
@Michael Markowsky I didn't feel like going to school one snowy morning and Mark Messier had shown up that day :(
the LA Kings took away 3 Cups from the Oilers; 1982, 83,..and 89, but Oilers paid them back in 90'
Look out Chicago, you got an angry Oilers team coming at you!!
A frustrated team about to go absolutely off with 2 best players on the planet
McDavid isn’t with the Hawks......
Kevin Hayes no one said he was on the hawks...
It'll be a goal fest. Battle of bad blue lines.. But if Crawford gets knocked out, BIG drop in play.
@@stevenreplogle8644 bad blue lines huh than how do u figure the oilers have #1 powerplay and #2 best penalty killing man the Oilers blue line so underrated
great memories, nice vid but too short! more please, it was so well done
Messier is one the greatest leaders of all time 👌
Agree very much. Growing up watching hockey and much basketball in the 80s and 90s, realized that next to players like Jordan, Magic, Bird, that Messier was one of the great leaders and clutch players to play a team sport.
He was my favourite player for the team.
They went on to win another while wearing NY Rangers jerseys in 94. 1994 ReUnited Oilers!!!!
And how sweet it was!!! Thanks Mess!!!
And they won again in 1994.
The *"New York Oilers"* lmao
bruh look at this dude I don’t care, I’ll take it.
@@jfedol7760 It technically was lol
@Alex Lucian we got a jealous rangers fan, a team that only won 1 cup in an era much easier to score in
may I mention that you guys had the richest team with no salary cap and still couldn't do anything because of chemistry?
New York Oilers
@Alex Lucian What, because the new york oilers won the cup? Actual idiot rangers fan, just like the rest.
The trade for Wayne Gretzky originally came from the owner of the LA Kings Dr Jerry Buss back in 1985 but it was rejected by Peter Pocklington
So stacked.
To bad for what happen to Joe Murphy . Now he’s homeless in Conora Ontario . I hope he gets help
yeah.... that's really sad.
just read up, that's really sad. Was the concussion mostly from the altercation in NYC?
Very sad. Although he wasn't the superstar he was supposed to be, he had a very solid career and then his post career is just very sad.
Yeah poor guy has a lot of issues. He deserves better and hopefully he can get his train down the right track.
Ranford run was amazing
Most of these Oilers met in 94. Especially Jelly.
you Will always have brothers for life Oilers for life !🇬🇧♥️♥️♥️🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
My favorite of the five championship teams.
Да помню пас Мессье за спину.Обожаю Ойлерз 80х годов.
Good memories. Now let's make some new ones. LFG BOYS!
Chicago better watch out.
The Oilers kept Ray Bourque from winning the Cup twice.
Mess is for my money the greatest leader in hockey history.
I remember watching the Bruins final. NHL hockey has changed a lot since 1990. It has become way faster.
And those 1988 & ‘90 Bruins teams could beat any team today.
This young Oilers team is missing one main ingredient to winning a Stanley Cup. A solid playoff goalie. Edmonton were fortunate with the like of Grant Fuhr, Andy Moog and Bill Ranford.
Carson must be kicking himself!
That’s exactly what I was thinking ha ha ha 👍
He was pretty full of himself anyway. Best thing that happened to the Oilers was getting rid of that pouty bum.
Nah carson couldn't handle the pressure of replacing gretzky
Gretzky NEVER should have left the Oilers.
I was born in 1990, it would only be natural of me to become an oilers fan
Messier was a beast that year, I remember it well
How do you do 15 minutes on that season and not mention that Messier won the damn Hart and broke Chicago's will to live in game four?
The last time that there were 21 teams in the NHL?
1990-91 would have been the last time. Sharks joined the league for the 1991-92 season.
This season was the end of just a few teams winning the Stanley cup over several years.Thank better management of the league.
I was 18 back then, Christ I feel old
amazing
Walt Disney could not have written the Oilers story better.
that was a beating they gave the bruins. should have been a sweep
Kurri was a huge part of that team. Kind of disappointing hes not really mentioned here.
13:47-13:51 this clip is used to cap off one of the greatest playoff commercials the NHL ever made. Their 2010, "No Words" ua-cam.com/video/JSd8CqBEbcY/v-deo.html
This is exactly what I was thinking of when I saw it but couldn't put my finger on it, thanks for the link!
this is great ! GO OILERS !
Bill Ranford was the reason they won the cup that year.
The 1990 Oilers are what the 1994 Chicago Bulls could have been if not for Hue Hollins.
Classic!
They never should have got through Winnipeg in round #1.
Awesome
Weird- Two teams in the four major sports, who won a championship in 1990, are still waiting for their next championships! Oilers and Reds. Giants and Pistons both won championships since 1990!
Lawomenshoops: I know this is not a North American pro sports team, but in England, Liverpool last won the domestic title (Premier League) in 1990. It was called Division One back then. Like the Oilers, Liverpool dominated the '80s, but haven't won the League since 1990. It's hard to believe.
Brian Cusack I was thinking how did you know I’m a Liverpool fan? But, I’m only a fan because 96 people should never had died going to a damn game! I only found out about Hillsborough a few years ago. But, the incompetence and coverup is just disgusting!! #JFT96
we're still waiting
How had I not known that Silent Bob had narrated an Oilers documentary?
well Kevin Smith is Also a Edmonton Oilers Fan Besides The NJ Devils!
8:23 is that Hasek playing stand up style?
Looked like it but it wasn't. That goalie had a right glove hand. The helmet tho looked exactly like his and the build too. It's Greg millen. Looks just like him tho
Viewers check this out if you want to see more Oilers winning the Cup. Iconic B&W Hockey Photos from the 1980's. Some of these images will blow you away!
I wish a had have been alive back in the 80s
messier didn't need gretzky to win a cup... two more times
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Kevin James narrating old school hockey?? Hahahahahaha
Uh...no. Kevin Smith the director of classics Clerks and Mallrats. Lol
As a Jets fan, I hate this
It was an Amzing ride! Then My Hero...Still is. White LINES!!!! BLOW AWAY!!!!!!! LETS GO OILERS!! MAKE IT SIX!!!!!
The Oilers one another cup descised as the New York Rangers
How many would they have won if Gretzky had stuck around?
2 at most ,..The Penguins dynasty was on the scene ,.
@Derrick Yodes Two Cups isn't a Dynasty. Had Gretzky not been traded Penguins wouldn't have won a Stanley Cup
@@derrickyodes8743 The Oilers won five.
"Without" 99 ??
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Boston Bruins for the 2nd Stanley Cup In 3 years. But this time Without Wayne Gretzky.
First in.
Bill Ranford was the reason.
9:29 Ron... with hair?!
We forget Wayne
So, only Huddy and Kevin Lowe were 30, of the players who were part of the other Cup winning teams. Yet, they were getting long in the tooth? Generally, most players are in their prime from 26-32/33. So, many of them had 3-4 more prime years!! Wrong narrative!
Mike Keller wrong!
They had a lot of playoff mileage though.