The list is now an even 10.
After the Florida Panthers outlasted the Edmonton Oilers in seven games to clinch the 2024 Stanley Cup with a 2-1 victory Monday night at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida, they’ve crossed their name off the list of teams who’ve never won the NHL’s famed championship trophy.
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Removing the Panthers leaves 10 active teams, including the Blue Jackets, who’ve never won the league’s championship. Three defunct teams — the Brooklyn Americans, Cleveland Barons and Philadelphia Quakers ― remain on the list permanently.
Florida’s drought ended with the Panthers’ 10th appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, orchestrated by president of hockey operations/general manager Bill Zito, a former Blue Jackets executive, and capped with a sterling performance in Game 7 by former Blue Jackets star goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.
The Jackets, who haven’t qualified for the postseason since 2019-20, are 0-for-6 in bids to win a championship and one of two NHL teams ― the other being the Seattle Kraken (2021 expansion) — who’ve never reached the conference final stage.
Columbus has only won one playoff series in its history, stunning the hockey world in 2019 with a sweep of the Presidents’ Trophy winning Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round. The Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks are tied for the longest dry spell without a Stanley Cup, as neither have hoisted the coveted chalice despite 29 playoff appearances each.
The Minnesota Wild, who entered the NHL with the Blue Jackets in 2000-01 as an expansion team, are 0-for-13 in their franchise’s history.
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