Top Ten Best Defunct NHL Teams of All Time

The Top Ten
1 Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League. The franchise was relocated to Denver, Colorado in May 1995 and renamed the Colorado Avalanche.
2 Minnesota North Stars The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white. The North Stars ...read more.
3 Hartford Whalers
4 Montreal Maroons
5 Winnipeg Jets The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League.

The original jets are gone but they got the Atlanta thashers to move there.

6 Montreal Wanderers
7 Atlanta Flames The Atlanta Flames were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1972 until 1980. They played out of the Omni Coliseum and were members of the West and later Patrick divisions of the National Hockey League.
8 Kansas City Scouts
9 Hamilton Tigers
10 Cleveland Barons
The Contenders
11 California Golden Seals
12 New York Americans
13 Colorado Rockies
14 Atlanta Thrashers
15 Victoria Cougars

Stanley cup winners of 1925

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