They are a team lost to time and history because in spite of how bad they were, they were overshadowed by the worst team of all time, the first-year Capitals, whom they joined the league with. The Caps got all the press. While the Scouts were losing 5-1, the Caps were losing 10-1!!
Imagine going 15-54-11 and not being the worst team! They allowed 328 goals but Washington allowed 118 more!! Their biggest game the first year was a 3-2 win in Boston. They beat the Caps three times and the Seals twice, which as you can imagine, caused me a bit of distress.
They were even worse their second year at 12-56-12, but again Washington was 11-59-10, 4 points worse. And the Caps still allowed 43 more goals. Former Seals Gary Croteau and Craig Patrick played major roles, and Denis Dupere was there for 43 games after being on Washington the previous year! These guys must have been wondering what they did to deserve such a fate!
On that second year team, you had Steve Durbano amassing 209 penalty minutes in only 37 games!
They did beat Boston again 3-2 on the road, as well as beating the Rangers at the Garden. And there was a 6-5 home win over Montreal. And 2 more wins over the Seals, which aggravated me to no end.
After beating Washington on February 7, they didn't win another game the rest of the way, going 0-21-5!!
They weren't even remembered for their poor attendance, because while they were averaging 7,000/game, the Seals were worse at 6,000 game.
When it came to being bad, they were always second-best.