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Worst of the Worst [message #799179]	Mon, 07 February 2022 10:45

Adam
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Someone made a couple of comments in here recently about the aggregate record over the last few years, so I pulled a few numbers.

I decided to look at the entire Kevin Lowe era first 2000-2022.

The Oilers in that time are 701-701-47-162 (the 47 being ties, the 162 OTLs) in that time. That's good for 28 out of 30 teams with only Arizona and Columbus worse. Seattle and Vegas obviously don't count here. The worst five teams in the league in that span also include Buffalo and Florida. The Panthers are 26th of 30 even though they also had a ten year playoff drought in here. Somehow four teams managed to be worse!

From the lost lockout season on? The team is 552-590-141 - good for dead last out of 30 teams. Arizona is the next most patheric, then Buffalo, Columbus and the New York Islanders.

Since Taylor Hall was drafted? 373-402-98, good for 29th of 30 with only the Sabres worse. Columbus and the Islanders look a lot better, with the Devils and Senators joining the bottom 5.

Some good news? Since Connor McDavid was drafted, the Oilers are out of the bottom 5! We've got a 244-207-46 record (below true .500) and we're 22nd in the league. (In case you're wondering, the Red Wings replaced us in the cellar, while the rest (Devils, Senators, Coyotes and Sabres remain).

From this, there are a few conclusions to be drawn. Mostly, the worst franchises in the league are the worst for a reason. Over a 20 year span, you would expect that there would be some fluctuation, but the Coyotes, Sabres and Oilers are pretty much always in the mix. Florida has really turned it around in the last few years with new ownership - they are the 7th best team in the league since McDavid joined, despite being in the bottom five in the 2010 and on stats. It really is as simple as that - if your ownership permits incompetents to inhabit management for long periods of time, then you get really bad teams.

Worth noting, there's some commonality in the top range too. Over both the post 2015 and post 2010 periods, Pittsburgh, Washington, Tampa, Boston and St. Louis are the top 5 (not in that order and they shift). From 2006, it's Pittsburgh, Washington, Boston, San Jose and Nashville. Since 2000, it's Boston, San Jose, Detroit, Washington and Pittsburgh (despite some terrible years included for Pit & Wsh in that sample and a bunch of 1st overall picks.)

I suppose in a 15 year span, SOMEONE has to be the worst of the worst, but that it's the Oilers despite 4 first overall picks and despite now almost 7 years of McDavid? That's terrible. I was actually surprised to see we are still under True .500 in the McDavid era. Honestly, it is ridiculous that Katz has allowed this to happen under his watch. The Lowe era needs to end here. The sooner the better.

By the way, used this to generate these numbers:
https://www.nhl.com/stats/teams?reportType=season&season From=20152016&seasonTo=20212022&gameType=2&filte r=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,wins&page=0&page Size=50

"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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Worst of the Worst	By: Adam on Mon, 07 February 2022 10:45
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Adam on Mon, 07 February 2022 12:43
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Dragon_Matt on Mon, 07 February 2022 13:04
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Adam on Mon, 07 February 2022 15:23
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: oilfan94 on Mon, 07 February 2022 15:31
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Adam on Mon, 07 February 2022 16:03
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Mike on Tue, 08 February 2022 07:15
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 08 February 2022 12:07
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Kr55 on Tue, 08 February 2022 12:10
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Adam on Tue, 08 February 2022 14:10
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: nullterm on Tue, 08 February 2022 14:58
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 08 February 2022 15:31
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Kr55 on Tue, 08 February 2022 18:25
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Mike on Wed, 09 February 2022 05:23
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Rocksteady on Wed, 09 February 2022 08:50
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Mike on Wed, 09 February 2022 08:57
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Rocksteady on Wed, 09 February 2022 09:04
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Adam on Wed, 09 February 2022 09:19
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: CrudeRemarks on Wed, 09 February 2022 09:30
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: CrusaderPi on Wed, 09 February 2022 09:32
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: CrudeRemarks on Wed, 09 February 2022 09:39
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: CrusaderPi on Wed, 09 February 2022 09:51
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Dragon_Matt on Wed, 09 February 2022 11:52
Re: Worst of the Worst	By: Adam on Wed, 09 February 2022 15:45

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