Most dissapointing season?

[A Star is Burns]

I think 05-06 was the biggest disappointment. How can you not be disappointed to steal away the Cup from deserving franchises by blinding a guy on one team, crippling another team's whole defense, and killing another team's goalie. Makes me sick to my stomach to think about it.

 

[HisIceness]

I think 05-06 was the biggest disappointment. How can you not be disappointed to steal away the Cup from deserving franchises by blinding a guy on one team, crippling another team's whole defense, and killing another team's goalie. Makes me sick to my stomach to think about it.

You know what, you make a good point here. So many deserving fan bases deserved the cup that year but our dumbass meth-head fans had to win it.

Lets not forget 01-02 as well, the hockey world was deserving of a Montreal-Toronto ECF but our team had to **** that up too.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

2012. NC State had just gone to the sweet 16 and narrowly lost to the eventually runner up (who beat the snot out of their next opponent) and were having 4 of 5 come back, with that 5th being one of 3 McDonalds all Americans. They had a top offense that year.

And they lost to Temple in the round of 64.

Then wood and Howell graduated, and brown and Leslie left early (big mistake for Leslie).

 

[Wild Caniac]

I still remember the shock and disappointment I felt after leaving RBC, knowing that when I got into the car, Mike Maniscalco broke the news of the Capitals winning their game and getting into the playoffs on the final day of the season. It was truly an awful feeling.

 

[RodTheBawd]

10-11 didn't affect me as much because I came into the arena expecting a loss. I came into the final game of the 07-08 season expecting a win. At the time, I felt it was as close to a given as possible. Even when the Canes fell behind, I wasn't worried, because they had come back against that same team (from multiple goals, no less) at least two other times that season.

It wasn't until the shorthanded goal, where Matt Cullen completely ****ed up at the point, that I realized they had a very real chance of losing that game.

07-08 and it's not even close for me. The team played great down the stretch, it wasn't that far removed from the Cup and I had no doubts they'd win that game. Never felt worse walking out of the arena (even felt worse than I felt after Pisani's OT goal in game 5). I also felt if they made the playoffs, they could do some damage because of how well they played down the stretch, with a number of injuries. I had no confidence they'd win in 10/11..and I felt they wouldn't go far even if they made it.

Disappointment is a mis-match between reality and expectations. Because of my expectations, my disappointment was much worse in 07/08

Alright, I'm flipped over to '06-'07. I, too, had already become a cynic in '10-'11, I was more crushed by that FLA loss.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

97-98 season because we officially lost the whale

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

I have to pick one?

 

[AD Skinner]

Weren't they coming off recent beatdowns of the Red Wings in both 11 and 08? I will never forget Anderson and his superhuman game in 08. I collapsed to my knees and made a fool of myself like John Lithgow on 3rd Rock

 

[Glide5]

Thanks a lot for the information everyone. Sorry for bringing back all of these bad memories

I'm a Tampa Bay writer, so I'm glad I didn't have to write about Tampa knocking you guys out of the playoffs... that would have been rude after all this help you gave me haha.