Ranking the Most Successful Franchises in the Expansion Era
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Yea those are pretty brutal conversion rates, but I guess making it to that many finals is still a cool feat.
DitchMarner
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The Maple Leafs:
No SCF appearances or Cups
Gilmour won the Selke in '93
Matthews won the Calder in '17
That has to beat some team... right?
No SCF appearances or Cups
Gilmour won the Selke in '93
Matthews won the Calder in '17
That has to beat some team... right?
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tony d
New poll series coming from me in June
Top 5:
1. Montreal
2. Pittsburgh
3. Edmonton
4. Detroit
5. Boston
1. Montreal
2. Pittsburgh
3. Edmonton
4. Detroit
5. Boston
wankstifier
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I think that they still have the highest regular season pts%. That puts butts in seats
Even us Sens aren’t that badThe Maple Leafs:
No SCF appearances or Cups
Gilmour won the Selke in '93
Matthews won the Calder in '16
That has to beat some team... right?
NyQuil
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The newer Stanley Cups are worth way more than those in the 60s - 80s.
True but winning one cup in the 60s is worth more than winning zero ever.
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Sugi21
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Lol tell that to the warriors who one them in the 60’s-80’s!!!! Might have been less teams back then but the games were played tougher compared to today!!!
The Avalanche would probably rank 11th if this list were to continue for just one more spot
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sabremike
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The thing is how you define success over that span? If you are just counting cups a team like the Isles are very high. If you go by all time winning percentage they are 21st. In contrast the Sabres have never won it all yet our all time winning percentage is 8th in league history and 4 of the teams above us (Vegas, Wild,Preds,Ducks) are relatively new. Habs, Flyers and Bruins are the other team.
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pens should be number 1
canadiens at number 1 seems silly when they have been irrelevant for the last 25 years
canadiens at number 1 seems silly when they have been irrelevant for the last 25 years
In contrast, the five worst franchises in the expansion era would probably be:
Minnesota Wild: 0 cups; 0 finals - 7 total team/individual awards won
Active since 2000 (9 playoff appearances; 1 division title)
Peak Points Total in a season: 106 (2017)
Old Winnipeg Jets/Arizona Coyotes: 0 cups; 0 finals - 12 total team/individual awards won
Active since 1979 (19 playoff appearances, 1 division title)
Peak Points Total in a season: 107 (2010)
Atlanta Thrashers/New Winnipeg Jets: 0 cups; 0 finals - 2 total team/individual awards won
Active since 2000 (3 playoff appearances, 1 division title)
Peak Points Total in a season: 114 (2018)
Columbus Blue Jackets: 0 cups; 0 finals - 8 total team/individual awards won
Active since 2000 (4 playoff appearances, 0 division titles)
Peak Points Total in a season: 108 (2017)
Toronto Maple Leafs: 0 cups; 0 finals - 7 total/team individual awards won
Original Six Franchise (29 playoff appearances, 1 division title)
Peak Points Total in a season: 105 (2018)
These are also the only five teams in the expansion era to never make a cup final.
Minnesota Wild: 0 cups; 0 finals - 7 total team/individual awards won
Active since 2000 (9 playoff appearances; 1 division title)
Peak Points Total in a season: 106 (2017)
Old Winnipeg Jets/Arizona Coyotes: 0 cups; 0 finals - 12 total team/individual awards won
Active since 1979 (19 playoff appearances, 1 division title)
Peak Points Total in a season: 107 (2010)
Atlanta Thrashers/New Winnipeg Jets: 0 cups; 0 finals - 2 total team/individual awards won
Active since 2000 (3 playoff appearances, 1 division title)
Peak Points Total in a season: 114 (2018)
Columbus Blue Jackets: 0 cups; 0 finals - 8 total team/individual awards won
Active since 2000 (4 playoff appearances, 0 division titles)
Peak Points Total in a season: 108 (2017)
Toronto Maple Leafs: 0 cups; 0 finals - 7 total/team individual awards won
Original Six Franchise (29 playoff appearances, 1 division title)
Peak Points Total in a season: 105 (2018)
These are also the only five teams in the expansion era to never make a cup final.
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You'd have to do a weight scale.
Like, how do you weigh pre-cap versus post-cap?
Essentially, in the 90's early 2000's, how do you even weigh those? Only the teams able to pay star players all the money are competing for cups between 95 and 2003.
Really difficult to do honestly. It'd be some kind of algorithm that also looks at team salaries and assigns a numerical percentage/decimal for the salary. It's much easier to look at it how OP did it.
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The Maple Leafs:
No SCF appearances or Cups
Gilmour won the Selke in '93
Matthews won the Calder in '16
That has to beat some team... right?
Vegas? Wait...
Volica
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You just ran into a lion in the jungle.
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sabremike
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By win percentage the Wild are 7th, Toronto is 21st and Arizona is dead last.
Yea Detroit and Edmonton are both interchangeable at 3 and 4. NYI is tough to rank in this scenario since they won 4 cups in a row in the early 80's, and cups are obviously the most important category in any sport, but at the same time, NYI has been widely mediocre ever since.
