List of NHL franchise post-season droughts: Difference between revisions

Among the current 32 active NHL teams, ten have never won the [[Stanley Cup]], with the oldest of them being the [[Vancouver Canucks]] and the [[Buffalo Sabres]] (53 seasons). The longest Stanley Cup drought in NHL history belongs to the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] (56 seasons), breaking a tie with the [[New York Rangers]]. NewThe YorkRangets ended their drought in 1994, while Toronto's drought is still active, as they have not made the Finals since winning the last Stanley Cup before the expansion era. Five teams have never reached the Stanley Cup Finals, with the oldest of them being the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972-1996)|Winnipeg Jets]]/[[Arizona Coyotes]] franchise (43 seasons). Toronto's active 55-season drought from the Finals is the longest in NHL history. In [[2009–10 NHL season|2010]], the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] ended what was the second-longest Stanley Cup championship drought at 49 seasons (now the sixth-longest). The end of that drought was the first of three consecutive years in which one of the eleven longest such droughts was broken (Chicago Blackhawks in [[2010 Stanley Cup Finals|2010]], [[Boston Bruins]] in [[2011 Stanley Cup Finals|2011]], and [[Los Angeles Kings]] in [[2012 Stanley Cup Finals|2012]]).