Tampa Ties Best Regular Season EVER: 62 Wins

[Nalens Oga]

I'm more impressed by Detroit's record (I'm also probably biased) but that doesn't take away from how impressive Tampa Bay's record is.

How are you more impressed by Detroit's record? There was no parity back then.

 

[Tofveve]

f***ing insane! Congrats Lightning. Wow. And Kucherov too, friggin unbelievable.

 

[innitfam]

Row includes OT wins. So 62.

Right, my bad

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Because they built a good RS team?

They dominated this season and are the best team in NHL. Id say thats pretty deserving as of now

 

[zar]

Amazing regular season!! Congrats! ....but still not as impressive as the Canadiens only having 8 total losses in 1976/77 in 80 games.

 

[Rschmitz]

I remember those early Lightning teams, held together by spit and prayers and a collection of AHL/ECHL talent. How times have changed

 

[Nemesis Prime]

They dominated this season and are the best team in NHL. Id say thats pretty deserving as of now

Nobody """deserves""" to win the cup. If they're as good as the season suggests they will earn it.

 

[Hockey4Life91]

I remember those early Lightning teams, held together by spit and prayers and a collection of AHL/ECHL talent. How times have changed

I don’t think Rudy Poeschek would make our Syracuse or Orlando rosters. Vinik, Yzerman and Murray have been nothing short of masterful.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Nobody """deserves""" to win the cup. If they're as good as the season suggests they will earn it.

Well say what u want, im stickin with that i feel they are most deserving as of now after the season they had

They are the definate favorites going into the playoffs

 

[Krewe]

2013 hawks better

well they were on pace for only 61 wins so try again. And if you still think you are right, would you prefer we cherry pick Tampa's best 48 game stretch?

EDIT: just to prove you more wrong. Tampa's best 48 game stretch was 11/28/18 to 3/18/19, where they went 39-6-3 for 81 points(7 SO vs 11 SO for Hawks). That is a 67 win, 138pt pace. Regular season only, this season is more impressive. Obviously the hawks went on to get a cup, but that isn't the regular season

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Detroit had to face an also stacked Avs team in the conference finals and lost. Will be interesting to see if a team like Washington or Boston can do the same thing.

 

[razor ray]

Congrats to Tampa what an incredible run. I hope they win the Cup they deserve it.

 

[DaBolts]

Yeah....not exactly the same record. Nice try, though.

Except no salary cap back then. Imagine Steve Y. with unlimited spending ability, oh what a team we would have...

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Except no salary cap back then. Imagine Steve Y. with unlimited spending ability, oh what a team we would have...

Your team could have spent as much money as they wanted for a decade and didn't.

Detroit, Colorado and New Jersey were where they were at in the 90's and early 00's because they not only spent a lot of money, but they spent it wisely and constructed great teams with great coaching.

The Rangers spent more than all of them and missed the playoffs quite a few times.

 

[Sentinel]

How are you more impressed by Detroit's record? There was no parity back then.

There were no shootout wins back then either.

Parity, shmarity...

 

[DaBolts]

Your team could have spent as much money as they wanted for a decade and didn't.

Detroit, Colorado and New Jersey were where they were at in the 90's and early 00's because they not only spent a lot of money, but they spent it wisely and constructed great teams with great coaching.

The Rangers spent more than all of them and missed the playoffs quite a few times.

We won one cup in the pre-cap era. Since then, it's been brutal, but the formula is hopefully there. I'll get back to you in June on that.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

I realize there are always jealous rival fans but cmon how can anyone downplay what this team accomplished.

 

[Sentinel]

Except no salary cap back then. Imagine Steve Y. with unlimited spending ability, oh what a team we would have...

Dude, the parity HELPED TB, not hurt them. Without the cap, Detroit outspends everybody else except the Rangers, brings in Malkin, Keith, and Doughty (Pittsburgh goes bankrupt again), and kills you

 

[Sentinel]

It is worth pointing out that 95-96 Detroit had two award winners: Norris to Coffey and Selke to Fedorov. TB may end up with three other awards: Hart, Vezina, and Adams.

 

[DaBolts]

Dude, the parity HELPED TB, not hurt them. Without the cap, Detroit outspends everybody else except the Rangers, brings in Malkin, Keith, and Doughty (Pittsburgh goes bankrupt again), and kills you

We didn't have Vinik as our owner in the past either. Keep in mind our new owner, along with some cast off named Bill Gates, invested $1 billion to redevelop downtown Tampa. He would spend it if he could, trust me.

 

[DaBolts]

I realize there are always jealous rival fans but cmon how can anyone downplay what this team accomplished.

See: Habs/Bruins fans

 

[God King Fudge]

First round exit, calling it now

Aw. How sweet

 

[BladesTheCrusher]

Amazing regular season!! Congrats! ....but still not as impressive as the Canadiens only having 8 total losses in 1976/77 in 80 games.

Is this a joke? That came at a time where the league had only eighteen teams and essentially no Russian or European players. The talent pool is much larger now and thus Tampa's feat is way more impressive.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

We won one cup in the pre-cap era. Since then, it's been brutal, but the formula is hopefully there. I'll get back to you in June on that.

It will definitely be a struggle trying to keep the group together down the line because of the salary cap. In those terms Tampa definitely is at a disadvantage.

I was more just emphasizing the fact that simply spending lots of money isn't conducive to winning and long-term success, as those old Rangers teams proved.

 

[Troubadour]

I used to live in Tampa. Now I don't. And I sincerely regret that for the very first time