Talk:List of NHL franchise post-season appearance streaks

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[edit] Montreal Canadiens Phantom Streak

I've added back the note about the Montreal Canadiens having a streak of 46 years if it wasn't for that pesky 1969-70 NHL season. Although being an avid Toronto Maple Leafs fan it pains me greatly to recognize any achievement by the despised Montreal Habs team, I felt it was noteworthy for 2 reasons :

  • The unique way in which they were eliminated - to be tied for the last playoff spot and subsequently be eliminated by goal differential *and* by only 2 goals is a tough way to go out.
  • To only miss 1 year out of 46 - that is a very long time, and is almost 1.6x longer than the longest streak of all-time. Although they didn't make it that year, they came *this* close to putting together a streak that would (probably) never be broken. Eric Peebles (talk) 15:05, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I also believe they pulled their goal-tender early in the last game of the season and used a sixth attacker in order to score as many offensive goals as possible. The game was lost so it did not matter how many goals were scored against them, it only mattered how many goals they scored. As it turned out, they fell 2 goals short. You stated they lost due to goal differential, but I believe they missed the playoffs due to less goals scored.Juve2000 (talk) 01:22, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] For the non-North American dummies

Could someone please add an introductory sentence telling us what a post-season appearance streak actually is ? Far Canal (talk) 00:38, 26 May 2008 (UTC)