Which of these teams makes the playoffs LAST?

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Bit of a twist on the usual poll of which team makes it first.

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[M88K]

Can't vote against the sabres, it's their specialty

 

[jbeck5]

Gotta be the sens. In like 8 years or something.

 

[Prairie Habs]

Coyotes have the lowest internal cap and the worst situation for attracting free agents, so I have to go with them.

 

[Ezekial]

Sharks probably.

 

[TMLegend]

Ducks, Sharks, Blackhawks, and Blue Jackets are all horrific and thus should be able to accumulate good prospects over the next few seasons giving them a shot of escaping the basement quickly.

Sabres, Sens, Habs, Coyotes, and Flames are more middling, and are more likely to end up in perpetual mediocrity in my opinion.

I think the Sens and Sabres have the best collection of talent in this group in my opinion, and I think they'll make it at some point with their cores.

It's between the Habs, Coyotes, and Flames for me. Flames are older, but tend to be somewhat competitive and may sneak in. Habs are okay, but lack high end talent in my opinion. Coyotes are just.. the Coyotes, a team who can never seem to get out of their own way.

 

[HaNotsri]

Sabres could probably extend the streak to 20.

 

[oXo Cube]

Have to bet on the Sharks here. After trading Hertl away that franchise has actual nobody that's an impact NHL player.

They're 2010 Oilers bad.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Sharks , Sabres , Sens

 

[dalewood12]

Sharks look to be in a rough spot for the next few years.

 

[Golden_Jet]

SJ then Montreal

 

[MNRube]

Coyotes have the lowest internal cap and the worst situation for attracting free agents, so I have to go with them.

They also have like 3X the talent that SJ does

 

[HanSolo]

I really want to say the Ducks are on their way to getting out of the basement once the kids mature but I'm not convinced that Cronin and the rest of the coaching staff are developing Anaheim's youth properly.

Either way, looking at that group, I think San Jose has the toughest road ahead, but some of these teams that feel like they're 2-5 good pieces away from being competitive could just blow up and force a rebuild reset.

 

[ricky0034]

things are pretty grim right now for San Jose

they need to land Celebrini to have any hope of turning things around anytime soon otherwise it's gonna take a long time(and even with him it would still take a while)

 

[LemonSauceD]

Sharks followed by the Habs.

Sharks legitimately might not see the playoffs for the next decade if they don’t get Celebrini.

 

[trick9]

Other: Penguins.

 

[Bouboumaster]

It should be San Jose

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I don't see the path for Buffalo to make it in until at least 2027.

Toronto, Boston and Florida aren't falling out of the top 3 anytime soon unless Florida becomes incredibly cheao and refuses to pay all their upcoming UFA's and I doubt that happens.

They aren't as good as Tampa with or without Stamkos.

And Detroit seems to be knocking on the wildcard door.

The Sabres are 6th in the Atlantic until 2027.

To me they are stuck until a top 4 spot opens up and when it does it could be Detroit that takes it.

 

[Crow]

I feel like the flames are going to sell off markstrom, be terrible for a couple years and then attempt a rebuild that will be hampered by two large aging contracts that have a lot of years left.

At least the sharks are a couple years passed that with less baggage and a high end top 5 pick developing.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Sharks and Yotes

 

[frisco]

Calgary. And in classic Flames' fashion they won't pick top five in any years they miss the playoffs.

My Best-Carey

 

[Boreal01]

If Arizona was a legitimate NHL franchise I'd go with San Jose

 

[Blueston]

Detroit. or Buffalo. as the song goes..

 

[strattonius]

Went with Arizona because in their current state it will be nearly impossible to attract free agents or retain any of their good players.

The easy answer is obviously San Jose with how far away they seem to be. But in the NHL fortunate change on a dime so I'm guessing the final answer to this question won't be so obvious.

 

[Dr Salt]

The Sharks are bottoming out right now and the length of their rebuild will be extremely lottery-dependent. Feels obvious. Outside of them, I think there are teams like Calgary who look extremely mediocre right now and are not trending towards a playoff direction.