Introduction

It is a big question when someone asks who is the greatest hockey team of all time. So many worthy choices have multiple factors and stats to consider. And the legendary players that made these teams the best NHL team ever. In this post, we will take a closer look at some of the top-flight teams with the Hockey-Reference database and examine their accomplishments in NHL history to uncover the best hockey team of all time.

For this exercise, we will only consider single seasons and view the success through a few categories.