’87 Oilers, ’77 Habs among greatest NHL teams of all time

The “Great One� thinks the 1986-87 Edmonton Oilers are the greatest team he played on, but there’s no shortage of debate over whether that’s the best team of all-time. Four of Wayne Gretzky’s 1980s Oilers dynasty teams are among the 20 “Greatest NHL teams� as voted by fans during the league’s 100th anniversary. Also among the top 20 are three teams from the Montreal Canadiens’ 1970s run and three from the New York Islanders’ 1980s stretch when each dynasty captured four Stanley Cup titles in a row before passing the torch to Edmonton.