How does 2019 TB rank with other notable first round flop teams with monster records?

[c9777666]

1993/2017 Chicago had the best record in their conference, but also got swept (0-4 by STL and NSH, respectively).

1971 Bruins, 1990 Flames, 1986 Flyers, 1994 Red Wings, 2006 Red Wings, 1991 Blackhawks, 2012 Canucks, 2003 Red Wings.

TB is in their company. How does this compare and contrast with these other teams that had similar flameouts in the FIRST ROUND (albeit not sweeps)

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[God King Fudge]

The worst ever. The worst choke in sports history.

Not sure why this is a discussion.

 

[MadLuke]

2003 Red Wings were sweep but they faced one of the best goaltending performance ever, with Giguere giving 6 goal on 171 shots, it was a bit of non sense

 

[Matty Sundin]

Sharks in 2009 should up there

 

[Ezpz]

First. Biggest choke in NHL history.

 

[Alexei Yashvalev]

This is the worst I've seen a President's Trophy winning team play.

They didn't lose to a hot goalie. Columbus just dominated them for long stretches.

 

[M2Beezy]

2012 Canucks, Presidents Trophy winners, lost in first round in only 5 games to a LA team who BEARLY made the playoffs

 

[Rydgar]

2012 Canucks, Presidents Trophy winners, lost in first round in only 5 games to a LA team who BEARLY made the playoffs

But LA did win the cup. Yet to be seen with Columbus.

 

[Legionnaire]

The worst ever. The worst choke in sports history.

Not sure why this is a discussion.

If Hedman and Stralman had been healthy then maybe.

 

[someguy44]

2012 Canucks, Presidents Trophy winners, lost in first round in only 5 games to a LA team who BEARLY made the playoffs

That Canucks team was pretty good though and definitely better than this Tampa team. The Kings not only steamrolled through every team in the playoffs that year (minus New Jersey) to their eventual Cup win, they also won another cup 2 years later. That Canucks team would be a very bad example to use in this case unless CBJ steam rolls every team in the remainder of the year's playoffs... Even then, that Canucks team didn't get swept.

 

[oooooooooohCanada]

They are the first President's trophy winning team in the expansion era to get swept.. all while also tying the win record and not even being in the series at all.. definitely one of the worst ever.

 

[LordNeverLose]

The worst choke in sports history.

That seems like an overreaction. Shocking choke to be sure, but not the worst in sports history. Just in recent years I can think of UMBC and 28-3. I can come up with a ton more than that. Northern Iowa was up 12 on Texas A&M with 35 seconds to go in the tournament a couple years ago, AC Milan had one of the most famous choke jobs ever against Liverpool in the Champions League final, etc.

 

[JS19]

Well I sure am glad that people are starting to forget about the 2009 Shar...

Sharks in 2009 should up there

Shhhhhhhh!

 

[La Bamba]

This was probably the most disappointing performance from a #1 seed (a historically good regular season team especially) in sports history. Imagine the Golden State Warriors in 2016 getting swept in the 1st round and getting dominated every game. It's mind boggling how Tampa collapsed so badly. This is going to be a bad stain on their team for a while.

 

[Terry Yake]

closest thing i can think of is the 2007 warriors beating the #1 seed mavericks in the 1st round of the NBA playoffs

dallas was 67-15 that season while the warriors were 42-40

 

[firstemperor]

CBJ is a sleeper strong team and always has been but Tampa definitely underwhelmed...at least when the Caps went out, they just ran into a goalie standing on his head. This was a bit different, CBJ outplayed them severely...

I don't like comparisons though because it should be clear to anyone, the NHL is very much, a league of parity right now.

 

[Master P]

It was an upset.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Worst choke in modern era at least. They just played terrible, didn’t deserve to win a single game. Different than some other great regular season teams that lost due to insane goaltending while dominating play.

 

[Lolonegoal]

Not the worst in hockey, but the sweep really puts it in a category of its own.

 

[Sakujo]

I really don't think it's a "choke" per se. I think collapse would be more accurate

Leafs game 7 vs Bruins 2013
Bruins game 7 vs Flyers 2010

Those are chokes

 

[holy]

I really don't think it's a "choke" per se. I think collapse would be more accurate

Leafs game 7 vs Bruins 2013
Bruins game 7 vs Flyers 2010

Those are chokes

Nah, this was a long and drawn out choke. Beautiful to watch such a powerful team breathe their last breaths as Columbus slowly lowered their boot on to the Lightning's neck.

I knew the Lightning were frauds though. Heartless bunch.

 

[CraigsList]

Game 1 comeback to make it 4-3

Game 2: 3-1
Game 3: 5-1
Game 4: 7-3

I’ve never seen a team do as bad as what the Lightning just did... especially in game 3 and 4.

 

[c9777666]

Nah, this was a long and drawn out choke. Beautiful to watch such a powerful team breathe their last breaths as Columbus slowly lowered their boot on to the Lightning's neck.

I knew the Lightning were frauds though. Heartless bunch.

So I guess CBJ magically added an artificial heart at the trade deadline

 

[BurntToast]

I can’t call it a choke when CBJ sold the farm at the deadline. You can chalk up thier end of season woes to them getting acclimated to each other. On paper they are probably one of the best 8th seeds ever. How could the Lightning even scout them? (It’s as if they purposely played like crap at the end of the year) They are completely different tream and a bunch of players went off this series. CBJ now has one of the easiest routes to the cup. They are going to get to play the team who lives through Bruins/Leafs knife fight.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

I can’t call it a choke when CBJ sold the farm at the deadline. You can chalk up thier end of season woes to them getting acclimated to each other. On paper they are probably one of the best 8th seeds ever. How could the Lightning even scout them? (It’s as if they purposely played like crap at the end of the year) They are completely different tream and a bunch of players went off this series. CBJ now has one of the easiest routes to the cup. They are going to get to play the team who lives through Bruins/Leafs knife fight.

Yup. Panarin/Duchene/Dubois/Dzingel/Anderson & then they got some depth scoring from Jenner/Bjorkstrand/Foligno. Thats way more than the 2012 Kings ever had.

On D they have Seth Jones/Werenski/Murray/Savard/Nutivaara/Harrington thats a very strong group of 6 Dmen. If Jones had played 82 games he'd have over 50+ points.
In net they have a 2 time Vezina winner who has returned to form in the playoffs.