(1/) The @canadiensmtl have, during the @nhl's #salarycap era (2005-'06 season to present), been hot & cold but did to the 2020 #playoffs win #postseason series in each of ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Montreal_Canadiens_seasons):
- 2008 (lost conference final to @NHLFlyers)
- 2010 (same as 2008)
- 2014 (lost https://twitter.com/AshamGasham/status/1391546444507615233

(2/) conference final to @nyrangers)
- 2015 (lost conference semi to @tblightning)
- 2020 (lost conference quarterfinal to #nhlflyers but did win in #roundof16 vs @penguins)

The @edmontonoilers, during the #salarycap era, have won 1 or more #playoff series only in TWO seasons

(3/) ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Edmonton_Oilers_seasons): 2006 (when the lost to the @canes in the #stanleycup final) (3/) & 2017 (losing a conference semi to the @AnaheimDucks). The @nhlflames haven't done much better ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Calgary_Flames_seasons), winning #postseason series in each of 2015 & (4/) 2020 but

(4/) only ONE in each of those #playoff runs.

The @canucks ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vancouver_Canucks_seasons), during 7 of the 1st 10 seasons in the #salarycap era, made the #stanleycupplayoffs, with no more than a year between #postseason appearances. Although the #canucks won #playoff series only

(5/) in 4 of those seasons, they did go further, in 2011, than they had in over a decade by playing in a #stanleycup final even in a losing cause (vs the @nhlbruins). The #canucks would in 2020 win a #playoff series for the 1st time since having become 2011 #stanleycup finalists

(6/) & missed the 2016-2019 #postseason|s.

I will now get to the final team from #westerncanada, the @nhljets, winners of a #postseason series in only ONE season: 2018, when they lost in a conference final to the @goldenknights of #Vegas ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Winnipeg_Jets_seasons). The 2nd

(7/) version of the #nhljets had relocated from an #atlanta that had seen the team qualify in only ONE season for the #playoffs, losing the only #playoff series in which they'd end up playing ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlanta_Thrashers_seasons).

The #Ottawa @senators won #postseason series in 1998, 2002

( 8/ ) & 2003 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlanta_Thrashers_seasons) but made the #playoffs in 8 consecutive years from the 1997 #stanleycupplayoffs leading into 2004 version. The #salarycap era would see the #Sens make the playoffs in 8 of the 1st 12 seasons.

I will now rank the #northdivision teams by

(9/) #postseason appearances &, also during the @nhl's #salarycap era, seasons during which they have won @ least 1 #postseason series, particularly with how my hometown @mapleleafs have made the #playoffs in 5 seasons, losing in the 1st round in which they to 2020 had played

(10/) to the 2020 #stanleycupplayoffs ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Toronto_Maple_Leafs_seasons).

#Postseason|s in which such teams have appeared

(1) @canadiensmtl: 2006, 2008-'11, 2013-'15, 2017, 2020 (10)
(2) @canucks: 2007, 2009-'13, 2015, 2020 (8)
(2) @nhlflames: 2006-'09, 2015, 2017, 2019-'20 (8)

(11/)
(2) @senators: 2006-'08, 2010, 2012-'13, 2015, 2017 (8)
(5) @mapleleafs: 2013 & 2017-'20 (5)
(6) @nhljets: 2007 (as #atlantathrashers), 2015, 2018-'20 (5)
(7) @edmontonoilers: 2006, 2017, 2020 (3)

Seasons that have seen #playoff series victories

(1) @canadiensmtl: 2008,

(12/) 2010, 2014-'15, 2020 (5)
(1) @canucks: 2007, 2009-'11, 2020 (5)
(3) @senators: 2006-'07, 2013, 2017 (4)
(4) @edmontonoilers: 2006, 2017 (2)
(4) @nhlflames: 2015, 2020 (2)
(6) @nhljets: 2018 (1)
(7) @mapleleafs: 0

# of #playoff series victories

(1) #canucks (8): 2007,

(13/) 2009-'10 (1 each), 2011 (3), 2020 (2)
(2) @canadiensmtl (7): 2007 (1), 2010, 2014 (2 each), 2015, 2020 (1 each)
(2) @senators (7): 2006 (1), 2007 (3), 2013 (1), 2017 (2)
(4) @edmontonoilers (4): 2006 (3), 2017 (1)
(5) @nhlflames (2): 2015, 2020
(5) @nhljets (2): both in

(14/) 2018
(7) @mapleleafs: 0

# of conference final appearances

(1) #gohabsgo : 2 (2010, 2014)
(1) #gosensgo : 2 (2007, 2017)
(3) #canucks : 1 (2011)
(3) #letsgooilers : 1 (2006)
(3) #gojetsgo : 1 (2018)
(6) #leafsforever : 0
(6) #cofred : also 0

(15/) # of #stanleycup appearances

(1) @canucks: 1 (2011)
(1) @edmontonoilers: 1 (2006)
(1) @senators: 1 (2007)
(4) @canadiensmtl, @nhljets, @mapleleafs, @nhlflames: 0

Of the 5 categories I mentioned earlier, the #Habs finish lower than 2nd, during the @nhl's #salarycap era,

(16/) only on appearances in #stanleycup finals (in a 4-way tie for 4th with 0). My hometown @mapleleafs by contrast finish above 5th in the same category as the @canadiensmtl finish 4th but otherwise finish 6th or even 7th among #northdivision teams. The #Habs have been a

(17/) rather successful team by #northdivision standards during the #salarycap era although TBD will be what #playoff success or failure awaits them in 2021.

I would like to conclude this thread by mentioning that although the main English-language @wikipedia article on @nhl

( 18/ ) #playoff series-winning #drought|s ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NHL_franchise_post-season_droughts) does not yet show an updated list of teams with #postseason series appearance droughts, I thought I would begin by ranking teams that didn't make the 2021 #playoffs by the length of playoff appearance droughts

(19/) by # of seasons:

(1) 10: @buffalosabres
(2) 5: @detroitredwings
(3) 4: @senators
(T-4) 3 each: @anaheimducks, @lakings, @njdevils
(7) 2: @sanjosesharks
(T-8) 1: @DallasStars, @nhlblackhawks, @bluejacketsnhl, @arizonacoyotes, @nyrangers, @nhlflyers, @nhlflames, @canucks

(20/) I now present active #playoff series-winning #drought|s among teams that didn't qualify for the 2021 #stanleycupplayoffs:
(1) #letsgobuffalo : 14
(2) #njdevils : 9
(3) #lgrw : 7
(4) #gokingsgo : 7
(T-5) #flytogether , #nyr , #gosensgo : 4 each
(8) #sjsharks : 2
(T-9) #gostars ,

(21/) #blackhawks , #cbj , #yotes , #anytimeanywhere , #cofred , #canucks : 1 each

I will now rank those 16 @nhl teams by the # of consecutive seasons during which they will have, by the time the #Tokyo2020 #olympicgames have gotten underway in July, appeared in the

(22/) #stanleycupplayoffs if they qualified for the 2021 edition. A @wikipedia article that has todo with such appearances by @nhl teams has not yet been updated ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NHL_franchise_post-season_appearance_streaks) if they qualified for the 2021 edition) although probably will be within the next week or

(23/23) 2:
(01) #letsgopens : 15
(T-02) #preds & #allcaps : 7 each
(T-04) #nhlbruins & #leafs ( #tmltalk): 5 each
(T-06) #goavsgo , #gobolts , #vegasborn , #gojetsgo : 4 each
(T-10) #letsgocanes , #isles , #stlblues : 3 each
(T-13) #letsgooilers , #flapanthers , #mnwild , #gohabsgo : 2 each