7 In their 11 seasons in Atlanta - another non-traditional hockey market - the Thrashers made precisely one post-season appearance. Article contentĪtlanta Thrashers Joined : 1999 Playoff debut : Season No. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. “We love the cannon, and obviously, we don’t mind if opposing teams and fans don’t like it,” Blue Jackets forward Jared Boll told the team’s website this month. Visiting players do not tend to enjoy it. “I’m hopeful that’s not going to occur.” Biggest winner : They have a replica cannon that fires after each goal. McConnell told The Columbus Dispatch in 2011. “If this doesn’t work … you know, I really don’t have any options other than staying the owner as the team is moved,” owner John P. And the threat of a possible move soon followed. Reports suggested the team was not much more of a success off the ice, either, losing US$25-million in 2010-11. They finally qualified for post-season play in their eighth season, where they lost in the first round and promptly returned to the wilderness of non-contention for another four seasons. In fact, it was a pretty rough opening decade for the Blue Jackets. Here is a look at the NHL’s nine most recent expansion teams, and how they fared:Ĭolumbus Blue Jackets Joined : 2000 Playoff debut : Season No. “It may take a year or two to get a winner that really starts to get in towards the playoffs, and making the playoffs, and so on.” “We’re going to bring a winner right away,” he told KVVU-TV, a television station in Las Vegas. Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongo allows terrible goal (then laughs it off).Jets reportedly send Evander Kane to Sabres in blockbuster trade, ending rocky time in Winnipeg.Scott Stinson: Why the NHL should think twice about putting a team in Las Vegas.
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