OK, so maybe we're not the worst playoff team:
And the Whalers were 31-38 at 5v5, while Van was 28-43. And that was back when 76% of teams made the playoffs. Det and Min also made the playoffs in 90-91 with negative goal differentials, and more losses than wins. Imagine the complaining if the internet was around back then.
That 76% would be 24 teams making the playoffs this year. We'd have a lot of bad teams making the playoffs.
At least this year's Caps have more regulations wins than losses. Even with a -37, they had more regulation wins, and fewer regulation losses, than Detroit. How the Caps managed to do that, how the Wings managed to do that, I don't know. I guess when the Caps lose, they really lose. Not 3-2 losses, but 5-1. And they beat Det, head to head, a week ago.