The three most recent Stanley Cup-winning Blackhawks teams placed among the 50 greatest NHL teams of all time in a fan poll.
The poll began with all 96 Cup winners, then was narrowed down to the top 50 in the first round of voting on NHL.com. In the second round, which is now underway and will run through May 18, the list will be reduced to the top 20. The NHL will announce the top 10 teams during the Cup final.
Of the three Blackhawks teams on the list, the 2012-13 squad was the most dominant. That team went unbeaten in its first 24 games and finished 36-7-5 — a winning percentage of .802 — in a 48-game season that was delayed by a labor dispute. The Hawks went on to win the Cup in six games over the Bruins, capped off by the remarkable two-goals-in-17-seconds comeback in Boston.
To cast your vote, go to NHL.com/GreatestTeams.
Below are the 50 greatest teams as selected by the fan poll, in reverse chronological order:
2015-16 Pittsburgh Penguins
2014-15 Chicago Blackhawks
2012-13 Chicago Blackhawks
2009-10 Chicago Blackhawks
2008-09 Pittsburgh Penguins
2007-08 Detroit Red Wings
2006-07 Anaheim Ducks
2001-02 Detroit Red Wings
2000-01 Colorado Avalanche
1999-00 New Jersey Devils
1997-98 Detroit Red Wings
1996-97 Detroit Red Wings
1995-96 Colorado Avalanche
1994-95 New Jersey Devils
1993-94 New York Rangers
1992-93 Montreal Canadiens
1991-92 Pittsburgh Penguins
1990-91 Pittsburgh Penguins
1989-90 Edmonton Oilers
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1988-89 Calgary Flames
1987-88 Edmonton Oilers
1986-87 Edmonton Oilers
1984-85 Edmonton Oilers
1983-84 Edmonton Oilers
1982-83 New York Islanders
1981-82 New York Islanders
1980-81 New York Islanders
1979-80 New York Islanders
1978-79 Montreal Canadiens
1977-78 Montreal Canadiens
1976-77 Montreal Canadiens
1975-76 Montreal Canadiens
1973-74 Philadelphia Flyers
1972-73 Montreal Canadiens
1971-72 Boston Bruins
1970-71 Montreal Canadiens
1969-70 Boston Bruins
1968-69 Montreal Canadiens
1967-68 Montreal Canadiens
1966-67 Toronto Maple Leafs
1965-66 Montreal Canadiens
1964-65 Montreal Canadiens
1962-63 Toronto Maple Leafs
1959-60 Montreal Canadiens
1958-59 Montreal Canadiens
1957-58 Montreal Canadiens
1956-57 Montreal Canadiens
1955-56 Montreal Canadiens
1954-55 Detroit Red Wings
1951-52 Detroit Red Wings
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