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(1/) The @canadiensmtl have, during the @nhl& #39;s #salarycap era (2005-& #39;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):
-">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... 2008 (lost conference final to @NHLFlyers)
- 2010 (same as 2008)
- 2014 (lost https://twitter.com/AshamGasham/status/1391546444507615233">https://twitter.com/AshamGash...
-">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... 2008 (lost conference final to @NHLFlyers)
- 2010 (same as 2008)
- 2014 (lost https://twitter.com/AshamGasham/status/1391546444507615233">https://twitter.com/AshamGash...
(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
- 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):">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... 2006 (when the lost to the @canes in the #stanleycup final) (3/) & 2017 (losing a conference semi to the @AnaheimDucks). The @nhlflames haven& #39;t done much better ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Calgary_Flames_seasons),">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... 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),">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... 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
https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> won #playoff series only
The @canucks ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vancouver_Canucks_seasons),">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... 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
(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 https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> 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).">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... The 2nd
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).">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... 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& #39;d end up playing ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlanta_Thrashers_seasons).
The">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... #Ottawa @senators won #postseason series in 1998, 2002
The">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... #Ottawa @senators won #postseason series in 1998, 2002
( 8/ ) & 2003 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlanta_Thrashers_seasons)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... 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
I will now rank the #northdivision teams by
(9/) #postseason appearances &, also during the @nhl& #39;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).">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...
#Postseason|s in which such teams have appeared
(1) @canadiensmtl: 2006, 2008-& #39;11, 2013-& #39;15, 2017, 2020 (10)
(2) @canucks: 2007, 2009-& #39;13, 2015, 2020 (8)
(2) @nhlflames: 2006-& #39;09, 2015, 2017, 2019-& #39;20 (8)
#Postseason|s in which such teams have appeared
(1) @canadiensmtl: 2006, 2008-& #39;11, 2013-& #39;15, 2017, 2020 (10)
(2) @canucks: 2007, 2009-& #39;13, 2015, 2020 (8)
(2) @nhlflames: 2006-& #39;09, 2015, 2017, 2019-& #39;20 (8)
(11/)
(2) @senators: 2006-& #39;08, 2010, 2012-& #39;13, 2015, 2017 (8)
(5) @mapleleafs: 2013 & 2017-& #39;20 (5)
(6) @nhljets: 2007 (as #atlantathrashers), 2015, 2018-& #39;20 (5)
(7) @edmontonoilers: 2006, 2017, 2020 (3)
Seasons that have seen #playoff series victories
(1) @canadiensmtl: 2008,
(2) @senators: 2006-& #39;08, 2010, 2012-& #39;13, 2015, 2017 (8)
(5) @mapleleafs: 2013 & 2017-& #39;20 (5)
(6) @nhljets: 2007 (as #atlantathrashers), 2015, 2018-& #39;20 (5)
(7) @edmontonoilers: 2006, 2017, 2020 (3)
Seasons that have seen #playoff series victories
(1) @canadiensmtl: 2008,
(12/) 2010, 2014-& #39;15, 2020 (5)
(1) @canucks: 2007, 2009-& #39;11, 2020 (5)
(3) @senators: 2006-& #39;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) #canuckshttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> (8): 2007,
(1) @canucks: 2007, 2009-& #39;11, 2020 (5)
(3) @senators: 2006-& #39;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
(13/) 2009-& #39;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
(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) #gohabsgohttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 2 (2010, 2014)
(1) #gosensgohttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 2 (2007, 2017)
(3) #canuckshttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 1 (2011)
(3) #letsgooilershttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 1 (2006)
(3) #gojetsgohttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 1 (2018)
(6) #leafsforeverhttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 0
(6) #cofredhttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: also 0
(7) @mapleleafs: 0
# of conference final appearances
(1) #gohabsgo
(1) #gosensgo
(3) #canucks
(3) #letsgooilers
(3) #gojetsgo
(6) #leafsforever
(6) #cofred
(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& #39;s #salarycap era,
(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& #39;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
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)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... does not yet show an updated list of teams with #postseason series appearance droughts, I thought I would begin by ranking teams that didn& #39;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
(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& #39;t qualify for the 2021 #stanleycupplayoffs:
(1) #letsgobuffalohttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 14
(2) #njdevilshttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 9
(3) #lgrwhttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 7
(4) #gokingsgohttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 7
(T-5) #flytogetherhttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #nyr https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #gosensgo https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 4 each
(8) #sjsharkshttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 2
(T-9) #gostarshttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">,
(1) #letsgobuffalo
(2) #njdevils
(3) #lgrw
(4) #gokingsgo
(T-5) #flytogether
(8) #sjsharks
(T-9) #gostars
(21/) #blackhawks https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #cbj https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #yotes https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #anytimeanywhere https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #cofred https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #canucks https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 1 each
I will now rank those 16 @nhl teams by the # of consecutive seasons during which they will have, by the time the #Tokyo2020https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> #olympicgames have gotten underway in July, appeared in the
I will now rank those 16 @nhl teams by the # of consecutive seasons during which they will have, by the time the #Tokyo2020
(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)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List... if they qualified for the 2021 edition) although probably will be within the next week or
(23/23) 2:
(01) #letsgopenshttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 15
(T-02) #predshttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> & #allcaps https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 7 each
(T-04) #nhlbruinshttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> & #leafs ( #tmltalk): 5 each
(T-06) #goavsgohttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #gobolts https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #vegasborn https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #gojetsgo https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 4 each
(T-10) #letsgocaneshttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #isles https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #stlblues https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 3 each
(T-13) #letsgooilershttps://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #flapanthers https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #mnwild https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">, #gohabsgo https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">: 2 each
(01) #letsgopens
(T-02) #preds
(T-04) #nhlbruins
(T-06) #goavsgo
(T-10) #letsgocanes
(T-13) #letsgooilers
