Biggest disappointment in the non-PO teams?

[BTP]

Gotta be Buffalo - 13 years is it?

I dont care what NJ did last year, 13 years, with arguably one of the most talented teams in the league this year, no playoffs, again, is a joke.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I don't think anyone outside of Ottawa thought that they'd be a good team. Their management tried to rush their rebuild and it's obviously not been working. A high pick this year will definitely help them.

How did they “rush” the rebuild? 7 years ago without playoffs and a shit ton of high draft picks

Gotta be Buffalo - 13 years is it?

I dont care what NJ did last year, 13 years, with arguably one of the most talented teams in the league this year, no playoffs, again, is a joke.

You sure about that talent remark?

 

[Neil Racki]

Devils are probably the most voted for but id say Buffalo.

Im sure their remaining few fans had some high hopes entering this year.

Point leader has 59 points
Dahlin, a former 1.1 pick, is average not great
Tage Thompson regressed

The last WC spot is basically a pick em amongst 4 non playoff worthy teams .. and Buffalo cant even join that tier when their "core" should be entering their peak.

They just suck up, down and sideways.

 

[JTToilinginToronto]

This is New Jersey AINEC.

An absolutely horrific season by that team relative to expectations going into the season. Their fans should boo management out of The Pebble.

 

[EveryDay]

NJ for sure but Buffalo and Ottawa not far behind.

Ottawa regress for more then 10 points and supposedly they were legitimate playoff contender according to their fans.

Poor buffalo fans honestly, it's crazy going 13 years without playoffs as a sports fan...

 

[MasterofGrond]

Devils ainec

Brutal year

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Pittsburgh, for wasting what probably will be Crosby’s truly last “great” season….

“Sullivan hockey, Baby!!!”

 

[ffh]

Proof rebuilds don't work. Most of these teams going on a decade of futility with no end in site.

 

[Rowlet]

New Jersey and Ottawa

The rest are about as bad as expected

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Blues have between 5-10 more points than they were projected to have. More annoyed that they are the first team out of the playoffs than I would be that they just missed and had a pick between 8-12.

 

[Rowlet]

Blues have between 5-10 more points than they were projected to have. More annoyed that they are the first team out of the playoffs than I would be that they just missed and had a pick between 8-12.

Yeah, they've had an extremely weird year. Everything clicked but unfortunately the team wasn't even medium enough to jump to the playoffs, they jumped from likely lottery to just missing the playoffs.

30th in xG, Corsi, Fenwick, xGDF

6th in GD above x, 5th in GA above x, 7th in SOGSv%

They got goalie carried a lot this year

 

[Sombastate]

I really expected the Sens to do more. Like a lot more. Devils, as well. Same with Sabres

I'd go:

3. Sabres
2. Devils
1. Sens

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Ottawa, NJ, Buffalo

 

[SensFactor]

NJ
Buffalo
Ottawa
Detroit

 

[Ulysses31]

NJ
Buffalo
Ottawa
Detroit

had high expectations for DRW?

 

[AvroArrow]

Seems like everyone agrees with New Jersey being the biggest disappointment. Ottawa is a close 2nd, still haven't even competed for a wild card spot.

 

[dgibb10]

Just wait until the league gives them another lottery win.

1 more and it should balance out with the lemieux tanking bs and the kovalchuk penalty

 

[SensFactor]

had high expectations for DRW?

They should have been in already, not have to wait till last game. Especially because you got Debrincat

 

[Hale The Villain]

Devils and Sens had the league's worst goaltending, plus some bad injury luck this year, so no surprise either team missed the playoffs.

Sabres would be my answer. All their top guys took a step back this year. They have to hope Granato was the problem, because it certainly wasn't in net this year.

 

[Bradely]

had higher expectation on the Sens, thought they were probably be a PO team. Jersey also underachieved IMO. But the Wild is the most disappointing team IMO.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Seattle and Jersey are 2 disappointments.


But the hot potato that's the final Eastern conference Wildcard race is like the saddest thing I've ever seen.

Washington holding on with a 3-2-5 record in their last 10
Being chased by the Wings who are hot off of a 7 game losing streak.
And Flyers with a 2-6-2 to fall out after a promising start.

Crosby is like the only player on 4 of these sad sack teams that seems to want to be in the playoffs I guess.

 

[FlameChampion]

I feel like Minnesota has been overachieving for years now. I give the team credit because I don’t know how many teams are that competitive with that much dead cap.

I personally never seen it with Flames or Seattle either. Seattle overachieved last year.

I feel like the west is pretty much what it should be. I think Vancouver has overachieved but they are still clearly a playoff team.

East is similar. I think NJ is the only team that crashed who should of been higher. I think Brunette didn’t get the respect he deserved in hindsight.

I always thought it was going to be hard for the likes of Detroit, Ottawa, Buffalo to make it, so its not a surprise to me. Detroit might get there though.

 

[BurnabyJoe7]

NJ are the biggest disappointment and I would have Minnesota, Seattle and Pittsburgh as the next 3. NJ and Minnesota are self explanatory: just awful years for both clubs especially after last year.

Seattle based on reaching the second round last year and being a relatively young team. They overachieved last year but I think many expected them to be at least a WC team this year with everyone getting another year of experience under their belt. Looks like they have a solid goalie now which makes them missing even more surprising.

Pittsburgh because of their trade for Karlsson. Dubas is just digging a deeper hole for that team. If you can't make the playoffs in the first year after trading for EK, good luck doing it for the remainder of his contract along with the contracts of the other dinos you have. That team doesn't have much to look forward to in the near future and Dubas has extended that phase.

 

[blankall]

Even with one spot open in W2 in the EC, it's safe at this point to think about the biggest disappointment among the non-PO teams.

My top four biggest disappointments:

4. St. Louis
3. Calgary
2. Minnesota
1. New Jersey

2-4 are almost interchangeable but the biggest disappointment has to be the devils. They were picked to be SC contenders and even as late as the ASG were expected to get their act together to make a run for the POs. It's shocking to see them back in as a lottery team.

Who are your PO disappointments?

How are the flames a disappointment? It was pretty obvious they were going to suck. They started selling off players before the season began. If anything there are a lot of positives. Sharangovich and Zary look great. Kadri and Markstrom rebounded


Pretty tough to be good when you lose Hanifin, Tanev, and Zadorov on defence.

 

[ijuka]

Even with one spot open in W2 in the EC, it's safe at this point to think about the biggest disappointment among the non-PO teams.

My top four biggest disappointments:

4. St. Louis
3. Calgary
2. Minnesota
1. New Jersey

2-4 are almost interchangeable but the biggest disappointment has to be the devils. They were picked to be SC contenders and even as late as the ASG were expected to get their act together to make a run for the POs. It's shocking to see them back in as a lottery team.

Who are your PO disappointments?

How are Blues a disappointment?