Never made the playoffs, always screw up in drafting......etc etc.
2007-09-11 08:40:09 · 16 answers · asked by searchandseekanddestroy 4 in Sports ➔ Hockey
1 ottawa
2. sad joke
3. im sure anaheim
4. Phil
5. montreal
6. boronto
7. New York rangers
8. New York islanders.
need i go on.
2007-09-11 08:44:11 · update #1
LA Kings is much worse. 40 yrs of nada.
2007-09-11 13:04:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The BJ's can't blame young age. The first season I believe they ended up with right around 70 points, just short of 30 wins (give or take a game, I don't remember).
Also , the Minnesota Wild got into the league the same year, and they've crushed many of good teams' dreams in the play-offs since then.
The truth of the matter is money. The fact that winning is absent is one thing, but when the scouting is off, you can tell that resources and interest is not what it should be in the organization.
The BJs obviously have decent personell on paper in Nash, Fedorov, Modin, Vyborny, Murray, Foote, Campbell, Peca, and Norrena, but a good coach and most of all a good GM know how to create the right synergy and room to succeed for their talents. If a player can't adept or fit in the system, it's time to ship him out for a better match (both for him and for the team), and there are some of the guys above that are known as 100% headcases. They would have been better of scouting for fresh fruit of the tree as opposed to picking up big has-been or never-quite-will-be guys from other teams.
Now, looking at it from a different angle.... The Browns, the Bengals, the Reds, the Indians, and the Cavs (pre-Lebron) seem unable to put it together except for once in a while as well, so maybe the problem is to be found elsewhere?
2007-09-11 20:12:24 · answer #2 · answered by anystroem 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately I think the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes is the worst of all time. They've been in the NHL since 1980 and I do believe they've won fewer postseason games and series than ANY other team, other than a couple of the teams that have only been around a few years. I say "unfortunately" because I'm a native Winnipegger and they've always been "my team".
To whoever wrote about some people being surprised that only Edmonton made the playoffs that first year, I don't think it was surprising. The WHA teams were raped and pillaged by the NHL when they joined. I was more surprised that ANY WHA team made the playoffs.
2007-09-11 20:24:20 · answer #3 · answered by Mister Sarcastic 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Oakland Seals/California Golden Seals/California Seals/Cleveland Barons franchise was a lot worse.
The New York/Brooklyn Americans are a damn close second
To m d
The Atlanta/Calgary Flames made it to the playoffs in their 2nd season
The Buffalo Sabres made it to the playoffs in their 3rd season
The Florida Panthers made it to the Stanley Cup final in their 3rd year
The Minnesota Wild made it to playoffs in their 3rd season
The New York Islanders made it to the playoffs in their 3rd season
The San Jose Sharks made it to the playoffs in their 3rd season
The Anaheim Ducks made it to the playoffs in their 4th season
The Kansas City Scouts/Colorado Rockies/New Jersey Devils made it to the playoffs in their 4th season
The Tampa Bay Lightning made it to the playoffs in their 4th season
The Ottawa Senators made it to the playoffs in their 5th season
The Vancouver Canucks made it to the playoffs in their 5th season
In fact, only 4 times took longer than 5 years
The Washington Capitals took 9 seasons, and then made it 14 straight years
The Nashville Predators too 6 seasons
The Atlanta Thrashers took 7 seasons
This will be Columbus' 7th season coming up. I don;t expect they will make the playoffs, but I think they have the right management in place to get them there in 2-3 years
I've only included true expansion teams. In 1967...4 of the 6 new teams were guaranteed the playoffs because they were in the same division. The 1979 NHL/WHA merger consisted of teams that had pre-existed and therefore could play as a team. The fact that only Edmonton made the playoffs the first year surprised a lot of people
2007-09-11 16:26:36 · answer #4 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Columbus isn't the worst! The Bluejackets came close to tying the Maple Leafs in October of 06.
2007-09-11 16:23:03 · answer #5 · answered by Adam Chambers 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
M D, I can name at least one like, oh, I don't know, Florida Panthers.
The Jacket's management is worse than the Leafs, that's why. At least the Leafs management have some kind of hockey sense.
Go Leafs, by the way.
2007-09-11 21:02:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you speak ENGLISH? What are all those notes?
Columbus another ill fated experiment by the meglomaniacal dwarf. How long before their fans stay away in droves?
2007-09-11 16:07:02 · answer #7 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
takes time to grow! I'm a blues fan and they haven't even won a cup yet .They been in the hockey league going on 41 yrs. so maybe you shouldn't be crying just yet
2007-09-11 15:46:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They've been a team for what 5 years? Name an expantion team that made it to the playoffs within 5 years?
2007-09-11 15:42:46 · answer #9 · answered by m d 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Give them time. What have you accomplished in the last 7 years?
2007-09-11 19:27:01 · answer #10 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋