What is the best Stanley Cup Final of all time?

Since Lord Stanley’s Cup was inherited by the NHL in 1927, we have seen several outstanding matchups that have left fans and critics alike in awe.

The 2026 Stanley Cup Final between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Vegas Golden Knights has laid the foundation for one of the greatest finals in league history. However, it might not be the best, thanks to several exciting series that preceded it. Whether it be just two years ago, when the Edmonton Oilers rallied back from a 3-0 deficit to force Game 7 against the Florida Panthers, or back in 1950, when the Detroit Red Wings bounced back from a 3-2 deficit to beat the New York Rangers, winning Game 7 in double overtime, the finals always seem to bring out the best drama at the most exciting time of the season.

On Thursday’s edition of Daily Faceoff LIVE, Jeff Marek of The Sheet joined Tyler Yaremchuk and Carter Hutton to explain what he believes was the greatest Cup Final of all time.

Jeff Marek: 1987. Edmonton. Philadelphia. That to me is the best Stanley Cup Final ever. First of all, super competitive, super violent, super high-skilled. When JJ Daigneault scored that goal in the third period, and the Flyers forced a Game 7, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of building that loud. It’s really the loudest Spectrum I’ve experienced, and for maybe the loudest building in the history of the NHL. That place went bonkers, and it was insane. Great performance, Ron Hextall was tremendous, Edmonton was Edmonton, and every pretty much every single game was really close, and there was that good old-fashioned hockey hatred underlying all of it. To me, ’87 was great, ’94 Rangers/Vancouver was fantastic, Vancouver/Boston in 2011 is right there as far as storyline and drama, but bringing all of it together, like all of it, and it started off with a Buchberger/Brown fight, right off the hop to ’87 Philadelphia/Edmonton.

You can watch the full segment and entire episode here…