When you looked to the banners that hung in the hallowed rafters of Rexall Place, that now make their home on the north end of newly-christened Rogers Place, there's no shortage of evidence indicating the NHL powerhouse that was the Edmonton Oilers of the 1980s - so much so, that the banners follow a predictable pattern through the mid-to-late 80s.

There are five white banners dispersed among the several President's Trophy, Smythe Division & Campbell Conference Championship banners, denoting the five Stanley Cups the Oilers won over the span of seven years from 1983 to 1990, solidifying their spot among the list of the greatest NHL dynasties of all time.

Now imagine one looking up at these banners for the first time, regaling the history of a franchise's most successful run to date. There's an obvious gap, and it begs the obvious question:

What happened in 1985-86?