What is 2008–09 NHL season?
{{Infobox sports season | title = 2008–09 NHL season | league = [[National Hockey League]] | sport = [[Ice hockey]] | duration = October 4, 2008 – June 12, 2009 | draft = Draft | draft_link = 2008 NHL Entry Draft | top_pick_link = List of first overall NHL draft picks | top_pick = [[Steven Stamkos]] | picked_by = [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] | season = Regular season | season_champ_name = [[Presidents' Trophy]] | season_champs = [[San Jose Sharks]] | MVP = [[Alexander Ovechkin]] ([[Washington Capitals|Capitals]]) | MVP_link = Hart Memorial Trophy | top_scorer = [[Evgeni Malkin]] ([[Pittsburgh Penguins|Penguins]]) | top_scorer_link = Art Ross Trophy | playoffs = Playoffs | playoffs_link = 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs | finals = Stanley Cup | finals_link = 2009 Stanley Cup Finals | finals_champ = [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] | finals_runner-up = [[Detroit Red Wings]] | playoffs_MVP = Evgeni Malkin (Penguins) | playoffs_MVP_link = Conn Smythe Trophy | nextseason_year = [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10]] | prevseason_year = [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]] | seasonslistnames = [[List of NHL seasons|NHL]] | no_of_games = 82 | no_of_teams = 30 | TV = [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]], [[TSN Hockey|TSN]], [[NHL on RDS|RDS]] (Canada)<br>[[NHL on Versus|Versus]], [[NHL on NBC|NBC]] (United States) }} The '''2008-09 NHL season''' was the [[List of NHL seasons|91st]] [[Season (sport)|season]] of the [[National Hockey League]]. It was the first season since before to the [[2004-05 NHL lockout|2004-05 lockout]] in which every team played each other at least once during the season, following three seasons where teams only played against two divisions in the other conference (one division at home and one on the road.)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3134834 |title=NHL teams will play each other at least once per season |date=30 November 2007 |access-date=2009-10-23 |archive-date=2011-08-25 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/61D2lzWNT?url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3134834 |url-status=bot: unkn