Jasonthegreat
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- Apr 19, 2015
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Though there have been teams over the years with major talent that underachieved, which last-place team all-time has had the most talent of all?
How were those Nords teams as bad as they were? I get that the future star players like Sakic and Sundin weren't in their prime yet, and guys like Lafleur and McKegney were just about done, but even considering that the 28 wins over two years is unprecedentedly awful for a non-expansion team. What happened?
They dressed a ton of players both seasons, but they also only had two coaches. And they went 3-26-3 against their own division in 89-90. 9-14-9 the next season. Almost respectable.
1992-93 Rangers. From the President's Trophy to last in the Patrick Division. The Rangers had three Hall of Famers in Messier, Leetch and a declining Gartner. The Rangers featured youngsters Amonte, Weight, Graves, along with rookies Kovalev and Zubov. Mike Richter and Vanbiesbrouck split the goaltending duties. But, with Messier chafing under Roger Neilson's defensive style, injuries, especially to Leetch and James Patrick, and a sub-par year from Richter did the Rangers in.
It might at least be comical -- they averaged 387 goals against (in 80 games, which would be 396 today).OT- I don't know but I'd pay alot of money to see a series between the 84-85 leafs and the 85-86 wings.
The 1926 Canadiens finished last with Howie Morenz, Aurel Joliat, Pit Lepine, Battleship Leduc, Silvio Mantha, Billy Coutu, Goldie Prodgers, Georges Vezina...
Though Bill Boucher was merely defensive at rw and insignificant nonscoring Wildor Larochelle played also at rw and goalie Herb Rheaume played most of the season, his only nhl season, middling in the minors thereafter.
The following season the Habs acquired the western great goalie George Hainsworth, rw scoring Art Gagne and some secondary parttime scoring by rw legend Carson Cooper, rectifying their g and rw woes and shooting up to 2nd overall in the nhl, behind only the dynasty Senators they would lose the Stanley Cup semifinal to.