Which team has been more successful in the cap era: Boston or Washington?

[Maestro84]

Cups: 1-1 tie
Cup Finals: 2-1 Boston
Conference Finals: 3-1 Boston
Second Round Appearances: 7-7 Tie
Playoff Appearances: 11-10 Washington
Presidents Trophies: 3-1 Washington
Division Titles: 9-4 Washington
RS Winning %: 0.5494-0.5386 Washington
RS Games Won: 612-600 Washington
RS Total Points: 1357-1338 Washington
100+ point seasons: 8-6 Washington
PO Games Played: 132-128 Boston
PO Games Won: 72-66 Boston
PO Winning %: 0.5455-0.5156 Boston
PO Series Won: 12-10 Boston
Game 7 records: 6/11-4/12 Boston
PO Series H2H: 1-0 Washington

It's pretty much 50/50 tbh, but if I had to pick I'd likely give Boston the edge due to the additional finals appearance, and better overall playoff success.

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[leafsfan5]

Regular season- Washington
Playoffs- Boston

Going Boston due to postseason success, plus they have a good chance to add another cup this year

 

[Maestro84]

Regular season- Washington
Playoffs- Boston

Going Boston due to postseason success, plus they have a good chance to add another cup this year

Yea that's pretty spot on. PO success >>> RS success; although I'd probably have Washington ahead prior to the start of this playoffs tho

 

[Fugazy]

Regular season- Washington
Playoffs- Boston

Going Boston due to postseason success, plus they have a good chance to add another cup this year

Agreed with this.

 

[bobholly39]

Regular season- Washington
Playoffs- Boston

Going Boston due to postseason success, plus they have a good chance to add another cup this year

Washington for me
Obviously if Boston wins the cup (or even makes the final maybe) itll change to them.

I like Ovechkins individual success. It tips the scale in washingtons favor for me since the rest is pretty close.

 

[Shaman464]

I think if you go by playoffs, deep runs, and cups, Detroit can't be forgotten. Their strongest run was at the beginning of the era, but 1 cup, 1 SCF on top of it, multiple deep runs, and a lot of wins in the playoffs.

 

[TLEH]

I think if you go by playoffs, deep runs, and cups, Detroit can't be forgotten. Their strongest run was at the beginning of the era, but 1 cup, 1 SCF on top of it, multiple deep runs, and a lot of wins in the playoffs.

The poll says Boston or Washington and you came up with Detroit.

 

[amoboko]

The B's imo

 

[Shaman464]

The poll says Boston or Washington and you came up with Detroit.

Because the implication is these are the top 2 cap era franchises, and I think it excludes Chicago, Pittsburgh and Detroit, which all have claims.

 

[TLEH]

Because the implication is these are the top 2 cap era franchises, and I think it excludes Chicago, Pittsburgh and Detroit, which all have claims.

No it doesn’t imply that at all. It just asks between those two teams.

 

[koyvoo]

Bahstin

 

[bert]

Washington for me Boston is going to lose to Carolina too.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Because the implication is these are the top 2 cap era franchises, and I think it excludes Chicago, Pittsburgh and Detroit, which all have claims.

no, it's simply an A or B question between franchises with similar recent success....C your way out


on topic, agree with the regular season = WAS, playoffs = BOS...give me Boston because playoffs

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Because the implication is these are the top 2 cap era franchises, and I think it excludes Chicago, Pittsburgh and Detroit, which all have claims.

Detroit doesn't really have any claim considering Chicago and Pittsburgh both have 3 cups. LA third since they have 2.

Boston/Washington/Detroit would be some combination of 4/5/6.

For this poll i'm picking Boston by a hair since they have the additional cup finals appearance. Another one this year would cement it.

 

[Hawkaholic]

Whoever made it the deepest the most often is the second tie breaker for me after Cup wins.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Post Season success >>> Regular Season success (so Boston)

No one is going to have a 'positive' memory the 'histortic' year my Flames just had, for example.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Because the implication is these are the top 2 cap era franchises, and I think it excludes Chicago, Pittsburgh and Detroit, which all have claims.

You read an implication into something where nothing was implied.

 

[ricky0034]

probably Boston

really close though

 

[VoluntaryDom]

i was actually making a top 10 most successful teams of the 2010s list yesterday and had washington one spot above boston

 

[justafan22]

Boston.

2 cup finals to 1.

 

[Hivemind]

The 8 100+ point seasons for Washington to 6 for Boston is what swayed me. In essence that represents how many seasons they were "contenders" in the era.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

The 8 100+ point seasons for Washington to 6 for Boston is what swayed me. In essence that represents how many seasons they were "contenders" in the era.

you need to account for the years Washington got to beat up on the garbage SE Division

 

[Hivemind]

you need to account for the years Washington got to beat up on the garbage SE Division

Aside of their first trip back to the playoffs in 2008 when they snuck in with a late run to take the division crown, I don't really buy that. Washington went from beating up on the Southeast to beating up on the Metropolitan after re-alignment happened, winning the metro in 4 of the 6 years its existed (with another 2nd place finish). They had an awfully good record against Atlantic and Northeast division teams during their southeast years, as well. The Capitals were just a plain good team.

 

[Machinehead]

Right now, Washington.

Boston has been marginally more successful in the playoffs but Washington has been much more successful in the regular season.

You could say playoff success is more important, but at the end of the day, Cups are 1-1.

 

[Maestro84]

The 8 100+ point seasons for Washington to 6 for Boston is what swayed me. In essence that represents how many seasons they were "contenders" in the era.

Only a handful of teams have been able to hit 100+ points on a regular basis since the lockout so their consistency is quite impressive.

Upon doing some research, since I'm kind of a stats nerd, here are the # of 100+ pt seasons since the 05/06 season:

1. Pittsburgh - 10 (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
T2. Detroit - 8 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)
T2. Washington - 8 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
T2. San Jose - 8 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019)
T5. Chicago - 7 (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
T5. Anaheim - 7 (2007, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
T5. Nashville - 7 (2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019)
T8. Boston - 6 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019)
T8. Vancouver - 6 (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)
T10. New Jersey - 5 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012)
T10. NY Rangers - 5 (2006, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017)
T10. Tampa Bay - 5 (2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019)